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
I made this Deer Hunting Cake for a friend’s 10 year old son who just started hunting this year, and shot his first deer. I first started with the Camo Tent, made that out of gingerbread and made the camo colored icing and decorated with an icing brush in the camo pattern. Then in the … Read more
For this year’s Blue & Gold Banquet, I was commissioned to bake a Cub Scout cake. We have about 100 boys in our Pack, so I knew the cake was going to need to be big. I decided to create four square-shaped cakes and place them like the patches on the uniform. A dilemma that … Read more
I made this waterfall cake for my son’s 4th birthday. He had seen a Diego cake online and requested something similar. I baked two 9″ round cakes, one 8″ round cake, two 4″ cakes, and one cake in a springform pan (for the lower level). We cut the lower level just a bit to fit … 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
I was inspired to make this Homemade Deer Hunting Cake for my husband since he is a big hunter. I started off by making two cakes each in 13×9 inch pans. I then put buttercream frosting in between the cakes to keep them held together and stacked one on top of the other. The entire … Read more
My daughter wanted to raise money for river otters for her birthday. How to make a River Otter Birthday Cake? I knew I couldn’t live up to some of the beautiful otter cakes I saw on this website and others. So, I decided to go with a “scene” instead, with little toy river otters as … Read more
We had an end of year party for our Cub Scouts and I made a Cub Scout cake. I used a cookie cutter from the local scout store to impress an outline in the center that I could outline with icing. The paw and the Boy Scout emblem were hand drawn with a toothpick lightly … Read more