My youngest daughter’s birthday was coming up and she wanted to have a pool party. Since the party would be near water, I decided to turn it into a luau. I wanted her to have a Hula Girl Cake. I used the Wilton’s Doll Cake pan. I also made two 8 inch round cakes for … Read more
My cousin Mary wanted a luau party for her 6th birthday. She had a kids party early in the day and a family party later. I made the hula girls using the Wilton mini-wonder pan and used a star tip to look like a grass skirt. She used them for the kids and displayed the … Read more
I bought a pineapple flavored cake for this Luau Cake. I baked two round cakes and layered it with frosting I added coconut extract to. I then cut a small “pond” in the top layer of the cake. I added blue food color to the remaining frosting (2 cans of vanilla worked perfect). Before frosting … Read more
This cake was for a friend’s eighth birthday. I took 14 inch coma cake for the island on a blue cake board. I took the giant cupcake for the hut. The hut roof was made of shredded wheat. I took crushed vanilla cookies for the sand. The rocks were candy covered chocolate. The palm trees … Read more
I made these Luau cupcakes for my son’s school dance. I used chocolate and white cupcakes. For the beach ones I spread icing on top and dipped in crushed graham crackers. I then put a dot of icing on a piece of a fruit roll up and attached to the top. I then did the … Read more
I used two 9″ round cake pans. The top layer had to be cut into about an inch and a half and scooped out. I added blue Jell-O that was almost set. You then have to allow it to set. I made blue icing. The sailboat is made by icing a Twinkie and using a … Read more
For my daughters 10th birthday, she wanted to have a Luau party. For the Luau party cake, I found a picture of a cake on the Internet and took it from there. My daughter, Heather, requested chocolate, so we started with a basic box cake mix, which I made in a 9 X 13 pan. … Read more
I threw a Luau for my daughters first birthday party. I am stopped daily and told my baby looks like a Cabbage Patch Kid so I decided to personalize her cake to her invitations. I took a half sheet cake with a layer of plain white buttercream frosting and started with that as my canvas. … Read more
I made this Hula Dancer Birthday Cake for my daughter’s 8th birthday. It is a chocolate cake with chocolate filling and covered with homemade fondant. I used two pans, one ten inches round for the base, and the other shaped like a cone. I sliced the cake into three layers and filled it with chocolate … Read more
I prepared this Hula girl cake in a batter bowl with 1 1/2 cake mixes according to package directions. I had a 1st birthday luau for my little girl and I got the idea to have a “hula Barbie cake”. I think it was really easy to use the Barbie doll that had a bikini … Read more