Coolest Garden Scene Cake Recipes 8

I made this “Bugs and Butterfly” cake for my daughter Hannahs 5th Birthday Party. It’s one of those cake recipes that are so easy to make!! I bought small butterfly cookie cutters and rolled out white fondant, then cut out the butterfly shapes. I then “painted” the fondant butterflies with gel food colors mixed with … Read more

Cool Homemade Japanese Garden Cake

Zen Garden Cake

My nephew is obsessed with everything Japanese. He wanted a Japanese themed birthday party. I offered to provide the birthday cake. The inspiration for this garden cake came from a decorative Zen garden my manager had in her office. I made a standard yellow cake for the base. I cut out approximately one inch in … Read more

Coolest Garden Cupcakes

Homemade Garden Cupcakes

We did a Garden themed party for my daughter Lily’s 1st birthday. We decided on the Garden theme based on her name. I baked Garden Cupcakes for the occasion and did a “Rose Garden”, and a “Vegetable Garden”. The cupcakes were both mini and regular sized cakes, and were just a boxed mix! I made … Read more

Coolest Garden Party Birthday Cake and Cupcakes

Homemade Garden Party Birthday Cake and Cupcakes

My daughter’s birthday is in April and she wanted to have a Spring Garden party theme. I had just bought the book, “Hello Cupcake” and was inspired by their butterfly and sunflower cupcakes. After making the cupcakes I decided to make an actual cake to go with them. I used the same decorating techniques described … Read more

Cool Homemade Garden Birthday Cake for my Daughter’s 5th Birthday

Homemade Garden Birthday Cake

For my daughter’s 5th birthday I decided on a garden theme as the party was based around fairies. I made this Garden Birthday Cake. For the sponge I used a Betty Crocker carrot cake mix. I simply sandwiched them together using green butter icing. I used two different lots of coloured butter icing. The idea … Read more

Coolest Garden Scene Cake Recipes 10

I cooked a sheet cake. We covered the entire cake with blue icing with a little more white mixed in for the “sky”. Since it was close to Easter we were able to get pastel m&ms to make the flowers and sun. We added green grass and stems to complete the “picture”. The cake was … Read more