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This sandcaslte birthday cake decoration was another experiment! We had a beach theme for my son’s birthday and he loves the sand. So, instead of a girly castle I just changed it up and made a sand castle. I used two sheet cakes and cut them to what I wanted. I iced it in sand … Read more
I made this sandcastle birthday cake for my sweet little girl, Hannah, who was turning 4 at the end of July and wanted to have a beach party for her birthday. The dollar tree in our area had a lot of summer decorations. I used some new sand buckets to serve chips and gold fish … Read more
I made this Sand Castle cake for a wedding reception. It is a three layer cake and I just cut out the steps and doors. The icing is buttercream with brown sugar on top of it.
My daughters graduation invites had a picture of her laying on a beach blanket with sunglasses, the inside of the card reading: “Life’s a beach… and then you graduate.” And so a theme was born. She very much did not want a Luau-type party so we went with a sandier sunny sea-shell thing without the … Read more
We vacation in Carpinteria beach every year and my daughter wanted a beach themed birthday party. So I decided to make her a Sandcastle Birthday Cake. I used 2 boxed cake mixes and split them between 3 round pans. I had a 10 inch spring form, an 8 inch spring form and a 6 inch … Read more
I did my sons first birthday party all with a fish theme, and I decided creating a sandcastle cake on a beach. I got two 9×13 cake pans for the bottom. My grandmother used to make peanut butter balls for us during the holidays, so I took that recipe and instead of putting it into … Read more
This sandcastle birthday cake and birthday theme was fun to do, the idea came from a family magazine that I was looking at in a doctor’s office, family fun or something like that, and just took the idea and went crazy with it. For invitations, I sent out small beach balls with the time, date, … Read more
I made this sandcastle cake for my husbands birthday party. We had a tropical/beach theme. I had drawn several cakes, but this one just popped! I made two regular yellow cakes (one nine-inch and one eight-inch; both three inches deep). The cake was iced in a butter cream icing. I used rolled fondant which I … Read more
I made this sand castle cake for a little girl’s 10th birthday pool party. I thought this was a great twist on the regular castle cake and it was really fun to do. I baked 3 boxes of cake mixes into: two 8-inch square cakes, two 6-inch rounds, three large cupcakes, and 9 regular cupcakes. … Read more
I made this Sand Castle Birthday Cake for my daughter’s 4th birthday. She said she wanted a castle cake and I knew she loved the beach… Wallah!! Sand Castle Cake! LOL I honestly do not remember the cake pan sizes I used. I started with a large square cake for the base. Added a smaller … Read more
Here is a sand castle cake I baked for my daughter’s 7th Birthday on a houseboat trip. Not an easy feat being that we were in the middle of the lake. I used a regular store bought white cake mix and a whipped white Frosting. For the “sand” effect I crushed cinnamon graham crackers. I … Read more
I made this Sand Castle Cake for my mom. Her office was doing a beach themed party so I made a sand castle beach cake. The towers of the sand castle were made out of rice crispy’s and the top of the castle. The beach ball is rice crispy’s covered in fondant and sand pail … Read more