This year is the Boy Scouts 100th year anniversary of Scouting. So I decided to make a whimsical cake as well as a formal cake. The whimsical cake is posted on camping if you want to check it out. This particular Blue And Gold 100 Years Boy Scouts Cake was a 2 layer cake, the … Read more
My daughter and I decided to make a cool Luau cake for her birthday. I made a three tier cake with six layers so we could add a long waterfall. We frosted the cake with green to create the inner island feeling. I used a # 233 Wilton tip to create the various grass and … Read more
This cake was for my daughters 6th birthday party. She wanted a hula/luau theme and was set on a waterfall cake. I searched for unique cake designs and this is what I finally ended up with. The cake was made with a 4 layer cake made from 12, 10, 8 and 6 inch cake pans. … Read more
Our cub scout group had a cake contest and the theme needed to be “earth friendly”. This is how my Boy Scouts Cake turned out. Everything also needed to be edible on the cake.
I decided to make my dad a birthday cake for his 72nd birthday. He loves walking the dog in the park so this is the theme I decided to do. I started making the models for the top of the cake. I made a bench by molding some ½ flower icing and ½ roll out … Read more
This Go Diego Go Birthday Cake was made for my son’s 4th Birthday. He LOVES Diego and Baby Jaguar. As with all complicated cakes, this one took two decorators. My friend Becky and I decorated this cake very quickly! We used two cakes, one for the base and the other cut in half and stacked … Read more
This Eagle Scout Cake is a two tiered cake for an Eagle Scout. The bottom tier is chocolate cake with raspberry filling and the top tier is vanilla cake with raspberry filling. I was able to find the Eagle Scout logo and other Scout logos on edible rice images. The cake is covered with butter … Read more
I used 2 boxes of chocolate cake mix for this Waterfall Birthday Cake. One I baked in a 9 x 13 pan and the other divided between an 8″ square pan and an 8″ round pan. I created the mountain by stacking the 9 x 13 on the bottom, the square placed on top at … Read more
This Camping Birthday Cake was a huge hit! The trees are sugar cones iced green. I used the star tip and pulled out long strands to make them look like branches. To secure them to the cake I used long pretzel sticks inside the cones. The tent is graham crackers iced together and covered in … Read more
I made this Homemade Camping Cake for my five year old’s Toy Story-themed birthday party. I wanted to include the camping scene since the party was being held at the local nature center. The cake is actually two 13×9 inch cakes made from regular store-bought “funfetti” mixes (son’s choice). Once cooled, I trimmed the domes … Read more
My friend’s about-to-turn-five-year-old daughter was into caves, so I was challenged to make an appropriate [dairy-free, nut-free, gluten-free, soy-free] birthday cake. Having never made a cave-themed cake before, I skimmed the Coolest Birthday Cakes website for inspiration and got some great ideas and useful tips for an Allergen-Free, 99% Edible Cave Cake. I used a … Read more
I found this picture in a State Park coloring book we got while camping at our local state park. Traced the picture and filled with icing. I used the Wilton spray color to make the water color and color of the sky.