I made this camping cake for my 40 year old niece. For the toppers: I shaped the caravan out of white modeling paste, then added the windows and the door from gray fondant. Using black modeling paste, I made two tires, attached them to the caravan and then set it aside to dry. Next I … Read more
This boy scout camping cake was for the Boy Scout cake walk for my sons pack. He designed the cake and then I scoured the Internet to figure out how to make it! The cake is a half sheet chocolate with homemade buttercream. For the river I thinned the icing out a little more and … Read more
Hi, my name is Michelle. I have been making novelty cakes for family members for the past couple of years but now that I have recently retired from office work I am enjoying being able to spend more time learning and exploring all the possibilities with my hobby. Recently I was asked by my niece … Read more
For my 10 year old son’s birthday party we decided to have a camping party in our backyard. It was a big hit! We set up tents in the back, built a real campfire, roasted marshmallows, and told ghost stories, in addition to singing happy birthday with our the Hottest Cake Around! I always enjoy … Read more
This boy scout fun birthday cake was made for my nephew’s birthday. It was super fun and he loved it. I used a traditional 9×13 and made a Boy Scouts campsite scene!! It had all the bells and whistles. I used green icing for the grass, crunched up graham crackers as dirt to make the ground … Read more
This scout camp cake was made to raise funds in a raffle to help towards cost of scout camp. It’s a simple sponge cake covered in fondant. All decorations are made of colored fondant except marshmallow on stick which is a mini marshmallow. It raised lots of money towards camp costs and as it was … Read more
The summertime fun camping cake is for a fellow employee’s birthday. The cake is chocolate iced with vanilla butter cream. The dirt is made from crushed up graham crackers and the tents are also graham crackers broken in half covered with rolled butter cream and pretzel sticks for the poles. The pond is blue gel and the grass is … Read more
This waterfall camping cake was conceptualized and created by my 11 year old son,Robert. Every year we would make a cake for his cub scout Blue and Gold banquet for a cake auction. Pack 81 out of Chelmsford Massachusetts would have this auction as a fundraiser for the local food pantry. All proceeds would go directly to the pantry. … Read more
Let me just begin by admitting that if I had to do this for a living, my family would be eating very infrequently. It took me WAY longer to make these cakes than I am even willing to admit. But it was fun! Well, all except the (first time for me) attempting to smooth the … Read more
I had the most fun creating this camping cake. My nephew had a campout for his tenth birthday and I had the pleasure to make this awesome cake. I made a 1 layer 12×19 sheet cake, colored store bought icing, green, using Wilton’s gel food coloring. His birthday was in September and Walmart had already … Read more
I made this Campfire Cake Idea for my outdoorsy boyfriend’s birthday. It is a marble chocolate and yellow cake. I used two 9×9 inch pans and stacked them together filling the cake with a chocolate butter cream frosting. I started by frosting the cake with a butter cream frosting then outlined the lake and path … Read more
I was asked to make a birthday cake for a Boy Scout banquet and the first thing that came to mind was a camp cake. I used homemade fondant to make the tents, boats, sleeping bags, pillows, fire and life preservers and chocolate covered raisins and marshmallows for the rocks. The mountain is covered in … Read more
This Cub Scout Graduation Camping Cake was for our year end scout celebration or cross-over ceremony. The cake is 1/2 a sheet cake, covered in butter cream frosting and spray painted green on top. The trees are fondant cones covered in royal icing, the bridge and tent are fondant also. The path way is made … Read more
My friend and her family LOVE to go camping. So, I got this idea for a Camping Cake from Wilton’s website and used the guitar pan to create the camping site. I was even able to tort it and fill it! I cut off the knobs of the guitar and covered the front part in … Read more
I made this camping cake for a friend who finished Boy Scout training and needed an outdoor themed cake. The tent is a Graham cracker, the fire is pretzels and red tinted coconut. The lake is icing and the path is crushed Oreos. The trees are sugar cones iced with stars. I am big on … Read more
My sister asked for a camping birthday celebration, so I decided to make her a tent cake, in the shape of our traditional rectangular cabin-style tent. This cake was created based on a “doll house” pattern from the old Bakers coconut cut-up cake books. It’s two square layers. One is cut corner to corner, both … Read more
I made a camping birthday cake for my neighbor’s son’s 6th camping theme birthday party! The cake is boxed cake mixes, chocolate fudge and vanilla swirled with fudge icing in the middle. I always use the Frost & Pride from Staples for the outer icing, easy and light to spread. I made the tent out … Read more
For my sons birthday we had a camping party and the boys slept outside. We wanted the cake to be a camping cake to suit the camping theme. This cake was really easy to make and fun too! I used a 1/2 sheet cake pan and used a Wilton’s tip for the grass. The trees … Read more
I was requested by my childhood friend, to make a birthday cake for her hubby’s 40th. No theme was given, but the invite to the party was a picture of the man himself on his motor biking tour of Europe taken earlier in the year, sat in front of his tent, alongside his BMW bike. … Read more
This Homemade Camping Birthday Cake is the first cake that I have made to sell to someone! The top round layer is Swiss Chocolate with caramel filling. The square layer is lemon cake with whipped cream & lemon curd filling. The lady who requested this cake said her husband enjoys camping, among other things, so … Read more
This is a camping cake that my husband and son came up with for the father-son cake bake for cub scouts. They decided to go with a scene about boy scouts with a pond camp, fire, tents and trees for the atmosphere. Using the Tiger Cub motto of Search-Discover-Share We baked a sheet cake frosting … Read more
The actual Camp Out Birthday Cake is made of baked cookie dough set to 325 F. and is delicious! At first me and my Mom couldn’t decide how the fire should look, and every camp out cake has to have a fire, so we made rocks out of M&Ms, jellybeans work too, and candles for … Read more
I used one cake mix and baked the tent part of the cake in a small Pyrex bowl. The tree is made from a sugar cone decorated with the star cake decorating tip. Brown M&M’s make up the ring for the fire. One crushed Oreo was used for the ash. Pretzel sticks are the wood … Read more
This camping cake was made for my sons 4th birthday. His party was called “Camp Turnin’ Four” at our home. I kept this one really simple but it turned out really cute! It could really be vamped up, but the nice part about this one is that it’s quite simple. I used a disposable sheet … Read more