My son loves Diego so I wanted to make him a Diego Birthday Cake for his 3rd birthday. I made 2 13 by 9 cake mixes and put them together. Then made a bundt cake and put it at the end of the cake. For the water I got piping gel and dyed it blue. … Read more
My son wanted a Diego party so the first thing I did was come on to this website for some great ideas. I saw a Waterfall Birthday Cake already posted on here and then added some of my own ideas to it. I added a third layer of cake. The first layer had the waterfall … Read more
This campfire cake is a round cake made with strawberry cake mix. Frosted with chocolate frosting, the best part about this cake is that if it looks a little messy- its OK! The “logs” are cookies, found in the cookie isle. The flames are melted butterscotch and cinnamon candies.
I used fondant for the people on this camping cake. I melted chocolate for the tent and for the grass I used #233 icing tip and also #67 icing tip. I got the general ideas form this web site and just used my imagination for the rest.
For my son’s 8th birthday, we decided to have five friends “camp” over in the backyard. The cake had to be one that featured a tent. Using a few ideas from other cakes, this Camping Birthday Cake is my adaptation! The cake started with one 9×12 chocolate cake and two 8×8 lemon cakes. I used … Read more
My partner is a keen camper and we like to camp in quite out the way places. This cake is a Dundee cake (his favourite) and because of the effect I want to create I iced it the risen side up to get a bumpy ‘rough ground effect’. I used some apricot jam and then … Read more
I made this Picnic Birthday Cake for a church picnic. The cake is chocolate and yellow layers. The grass is made from butter cream icing and the picnic table and picnic foods are made from home-made marshmallow fondant.
I made this cake for my sons cub scout Blue and Gold banquet. I wanted to make a cake that had all the badges on it. I used a 14″ square pan. I used two boxes of cake mix, probably should have used three as it wasn’t as thick as I’d like. I frosted it … Read more
This is the Waterfall cake I made for my son’s first birthday. I looked everywhere for the perfect cake but couldn’t find a tiered scene cake anywhere, so I decided to create my own. I combined a few ideas I got from the volcano and waterfall cake designs, but the rest I came up with … Read more
My daughter asked for a “nature cake” for her 9th birthday. I already knew I wanted to do some kind of waterfall and I happened to find a cheap pack of animals at the store which even included a couple of trees and rocks. I used a simple from-scratch yellow cake recipe but doubled it. … Read more
I made this camping cake for my nephew. A simple sheet cake which I iced green. I borrowed the vehicle and the “hunter” from my son. The tent is actually made from paper, I printed the pattern from the internet. The logs on the side of the tent and the ones making up the fire … Read more
My son requested a Camping Scene Birthday Cake for his 4th birthday. I started off by making a simple 9×13 inch cake. I then frosted the top with green on one side to represent grass and blue on the other side to represent water. The decorating was the most fun part! I used pretzel sticks … Read more