My friend William was turning 50 and goes to the beach at least twice a week- all summer. A Homemade California Beach Cake was an obvious choice for his birthday. The cake itself is a modified mix. 2 boxes of yellow cake made with 3 whole eggs, 3 egg whites, 1 1/2 c milk, 1 … Read more
I made this Dolphins at the Beach Cake for my sister who loves Dolphins. This is the first cake I made with MMF. I don’t really ever bake and my family would just laugh at me when I did. This cake was very fun to make and now I just want to bake cakes all … Read more
My friend Sarah and I make cakes for our co-workers all the time. Sarahs birthday cake had to be a very special and unique birthday cake. Sarah has worked on cruise ships and loves all things tropical. I found the teddy bear pool party and beach party cakes online. I baked a white cake in … Read more
After looking through your site for ideas for a beach cake I decided on a beach theme for my daughter Alexas 8th Birthday. We had recently watched “Jaws” on TV and she had really liked the movie. So I dug through her enormous “Polly Pocket” collection and found two girls and a boy plus a … Read more
I got the idea for this Beach Birthday Cake from a magazine, but modified it to make a rectangular cake, the original was round and two tiers. I liked the flatter surface which allowed for more stuff on top. Another change: I lined the water feature with fruit roll-ups to give it a nice base … Read more
For my daughter’s 12th birthday, we were having a beach themed birthday party, and we wanted to make a cake that stood out! So I looked online, and took a few ideas and put them together to create our very own beach themed birthday cake. We used brown sugar to make the sand, and added … Read more
My son wanted a pool party with a ocean themed cake for his 6th birthday. I took some ideas from other cakes and combined it to make my own. I used blue spray for the water part do avoid coloring frosting and it made cool shading. I also textured the frosting with a decorating tool … Read more
For my eldest daughters 8th birthday, we hosted a party at one of the local city pools. Being huge fans of the ocean, we decided a beach kid birthday cake was in order! I had always wanted to try using piping gel, and this provided the perfect opportunity. I used a large sheet cake pan … Read more
This was a beach cake idea that I got from the cover of a magazine. We had a pool party for my daughter when she turned two so this was perfect! The cake itself is an eight-inch two layer cake. I then “dug” out the pool on the top and filled it with blue jello … Read more
My daughter is obsessed with the ocean, and was turning 7, so I thought I’d combine these things in her cake and make a Sand and Surf Birthday Cake. I made 3 chocolate bar cakes, and trimmed the corner off of one, to make the 7 shape. I then coloured the fondant ready made icing … Read more
This is the first time I decorated a cake. I made it for my nephew’s 6th birthday. I got ideas from this website and just added some more stuff. Everyone loved this homemade beach theme birthday cake. It took a long time to draw the swimsuits on the bears, but it was worth it.
I made this Jet Ski birthday cake for my son-in-law’s 40th birthday. He loves to jet ski so I thought this would be great fun on a cake. The cake itself is about 12 x 18. I used the white almond sour cream wedding cake recipe which stands up very well to any kind of … Read more