Coolest Tiki Birthday Cake

Homemade Tiki Birthday Cake

I used 7″ round, disposable aluminum tins and made the chocolate cakes from scratch for a heavier, more durable Tiki Birthday Cake. The cake is 5 layers that were on the thin side. I froze the cakes for ease of handling when frosting. I used chocolate butter cream and premade, pressurized tubes of frosting for … Read more

Coolest Homemade Beach Theme Kid Birthday Cake Ideas 9

My friend Sarah and I make cakes for our co-workers all the time. Sarahs birthday cake had to be a very special and unique birthday cake. Sarah has worked on cruise ships and loves all things tropical. I found the teddy bear pool party and beach party cakes online. I baked a white cake in … Read more

Coolest Homemade Beach Theme Kid Birthday Cake Ideas 2

This unique birthday cake was made for my daughters 18th birthday. She was getting ready to take a trip to Florida and loves the beach. I decided it was too much work to give the teddy graham bears suits, so it became a nude beach instead.I used a 9×13 cake but you could use any … Read more

Coolest Homemade Luau Cake

Homemade Luau Cake

My friend threw a surprise party for her husband with a Hawaii theme. I made this Coolest Homemade Luau Cake. The bottom layer was 11 x 18 chocolate with banana-Bavarian cream filling. The next layer up was a 10 x 3 white cake with chopped cherries/macadamia nuts with pineapple/toasted coconut filling. And the top layer … Read more

Coolest Luau Birthday Cake Design

Homemade Luau Birthday Cake Design

My granddaughter wanted to have a Luau Birthday party and asked me if I would make her a homemade Luau birthday cake design. This is what I came up with. I made a half sheet cake. I covered it with butter cream frosting tinted blue. I didn’t have to smooth it out because it was … Read more

Coolest 60th Birthday Luau Cake

Homemade 60th Birthday Luau Cake

The idea for this 60th Birthday Luau Cake came from this website. The week before, I started with the fondant flowers as recommended. Next, I built my tiki hut using an empty (clean) can of tomatoes (29 oz can) and glued bamboo corn skewers around it with the pointed edges down to dig into the … Read more

Coolest Homemade Beach Theme Kid Birthday Cake Ideas 10

For my eldest daughters 8th birthday, we hosted a party at one of the local city pools. Being huge fans of the ocean, we decided a beach kid birthday cake was in order! I had always wanted to try using piping gel, and this provided the perfect opportunity. I used a large sheet cake pan … Read more

Coolest Luau Sunset Cake

Homemade Luau Sunset Cake

I made this Luau sunset cake for my cousin who was having a luau for her 16th birthday. I used a half sheet cake and frosted it with my own frosting. I then made pink, yellow and a coral color for the sunset. I put blobs of each color throughout the top half of the … Read more

Coolest Luau Birthday Cake

Homemade Luau Birthday Cake

I made this Luau Birthday Cake for my niece’s birthday. Sadly she can only share it in Facebook because she is in the Philippines. It’s a mud cake iced with buttercream. The tree house cake is a 2 6″ cake put together and cut the sides to achieve the look of a house. The tree … Read more

Creative Homemade Tiki Cake

Homemade Tiki Cake

I created this Tiki cake for a Fathers Day Luau we had this year. The cake itself is a double layer chocolate fudge cake, made in two 9×13 pans. I trimmed the cakes to make them square, but otherwise didn’t do any shaping on this cake. The whole thing was frosted smooth with chocolate icing, … Read more

Coolest Homemade Beach Theme Kid Birthday Cake Ideas 11

I got this kid birthday cake idea from a cake magazine and also the internet. I decorated the teddy grams as swimmers, snorkelers, and mermaids. I made a two layer cake and cut the top layer apx. 3/4 of an inch deep and poured in blue jello, that was setting (about the consistency of runny … Read more