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
I’m always thinking up original ideas for how to decorate cakes. I made this cake for my twins’ Second Birthday Picnic. It is a three-layer nine-inch round cake first frosted with white butter cream icing. The “picnic blanket” is a large square made of white rolled fondant. I then kneaded in turquoise food coloring and … Read more
I made this cake for my Brownie Troops first Court of Awards. It is a simple sheet cake cut to size. I just used piped frosting for the patches and decoration fondant would have been much better!s first Court of Awards. It is a simple sheet cake cut to size. I just used piped frosting … Read more
I love this website. I’m a beginner at cake decorating and it has given me the best ideas. This waterfall cake is a compilation of a lot of the luau cake ideas. I used one 12 inch cake for the bottom, then two 10 inch cakes and two more 6 inch cakes for the top. … Read more
We were throwing a luau potluck at work and I was nominated to bring the desert. The base of the Waterfall Cake was German Chocolate cake mix with chopped Andes mints. The “island” part of the cake as well as the shore line were yellow cake. I baked several rounds for this. The entire cake … 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
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I made this Scout Uniform Cake for our year end ceremony. I baked a 1/2 sheet cake. I used yellow cake mix and buttercream frosting. I cut out the neck and rounded off the bottom. I iced it all blue. I piped on the yellow tab and the flag. I made an outline for the … Read more
I made this cake for our Brownie Troops Court of Awards ceremony at the end of the year. The cake is two chocolate mixes prepared according to directions in a rectangular pan. I then frosted the cake in white butter cream icing and let it set. Brownie cake sash is fondant tinted brown (I didn’t … Read more