Coolest Beehive Birthday Cake

Homemade Beehive Birthday Cake

I made this Beehive Birthday Cake for a baby shower for my daughter’s preschool teacher. The school threw her a shower and they asked me to make the cake. Each class had a different bug for their class and her class was the “Busy Bees” hence the beehive cake. This cake was a white almond … Read more

Coolest Homemade Bumble Bee Cakes and How-To Tips 1

This bumble bee cake was actually made for a baby shower. It is made of two double layer round cakes (8′ and 6”). Then I star tipped the entire thing (both cakes placed together) in yellow and then added the black striping. The antennae are licorice. The wings were a bit harder. They are melted … Read more

Coolest BEE-utiful Birthday Cake

Homemade BEE-utiful Birthday Cake

This Homemade BEE-utiful Birthday Cake was a creation that I made for my mother’s birthday. I got my inspiration from my mom’s newest hobby, bee keeping. When I set out to create this cake I knew that I was going to have to be a bee cake. Currently enrolled in gourmet foods at school has … Read more

Coolest Homemade Bumble Bee Cakes and How-To Tips 2

It was my co-workers birthday and she liked bumblebees so when it was her birthday I took the challenge and made a bumble bee cake! The body was made from a medium size oval baking dish and the wings were made from a small oval size baking dish. The head was the small batter bowl … Read more

Coolest Bumblebee Birthday Cake

Homemade Bumblebee Birthday Cake

I made this Bumblebee Birthday Cake for my son’s 4th birthday. For some reason he had insisted on a bumblebee cake with a blue 4 on it! Both the head and the body of the cake were a standard chocolate cake mix. I used an oval shaped casserole dish to bake the body of the … Read more

Coolest Homemade Bumble Bee Cakes and How-To Tips 3

This bumble bee cake was for my daughters 1st birthday; I used two round cakes (strawberry flavored) and then cut a small section off one of the cakes so the two pieces fit together and used the cut piece (which I cut in half) for the stinger. For decorating I made buttercream frosting and colored … Read more

Cute Homemade Bumble bee Birthday Cake

Homemade Bumble bee Birthday Cake

My sister decided to have a bumble bee-themed birthday party and I was set the task of making the cake. I made two chocolate sponges : one was 6″ round and the other 8″ round. I iced them with chocolate and yellow buttercream icing. I piped the whole of the small cake yellow and, for … Read more

Coolest Bee and Hive Cake

Homemade Bee and Hive Cake

This bee and hive cake was made for a girl’s birthday/Halloween party. She was dressed as a bee so we figured that a bee hive cake would go cute with her outfit. I used 2 – 6in cakes stacked with icing in between each layer to make the hive. The bee’s body was made from … Read more

Coolest Homemade Bumble Bee Cakes and How-To Tips 4

I did a bug party for my sons first birthday. I used the Wilton ball pan. This was pretty easy to do and came out so cute. I made a little bug cake for each kid. (a ladybug, bumblebee and spiders, also an ant in the middle of the table for adults). I described the … Read more

Cute Homemade Bumble Bee Cake

Bumble Bee Cake

I first baked 2 9″ round cakes and 2 8″ round cakes. After they cooled I iced 1 of each with chocolate frosting from Betty Crocker. I then put the remaining 2 cakes on top. I used vanilla frosting with yellow food coloring and dark chocolate frosting also from Betty Crocker for the colors of … Read more

Coolest Bumblebee Cupcakes with Hive Cake

Homemade Bumblebee Cupcakes with Hive Cake

For my daughter’s 2nd birthday, I made a hive cake with mini-cupcake bumblebees around it. I baked the hive using a regular yellow cake mix and splitting half of the batter into a 8″ metal bowl and the other half into a 8″ spring form pan. I baked it at 350 degrees for 35 minutes … Read more

Coolest Homemade Bumble Bee Cakes and How-To Tips 5

This bumble bee cake was my first attempt at a kids cake. I got the idea from my daughter’s book. I made a chocolate cake (double quantity) in a Swiss roll tin and cut the oval body shape from it with a pointed tail for the sting then from a corner section cut a circle … Read more