I am a self taught cake decorator with no schooling. I learned just because of the love of creating. This particular cake was inspired by someone needing a cake to say thank you. The person is native to Hawaii and he just came back from a visit to his family and upon his return to … Read more
I had a blast doing this Hawaiian Luau birthday cake. It was my niece, Faith’s 12th birthday. My parents, Faith and myself had a HUGELY anticipated trip to Hawaii planned in June and her birthday fell on our first full day there. We celebrated her birthday at home the weekend before our trip with what??? … Read more
This entirely edible display was made for a Hawaiian Luau. The totem in the center is made of four six inch rounds stacked. I stacked the first two on the board, frosted and inserted 5 dowel rods to support the weight of the next two layers. I prepared a small cake board, stacked the next … Read more
Believe it or not, this was a last minute cake! Made entirely by one person in one week, this cake wasn’t as hard as it looks. I had to take it tier by tier in order to not panic. I started with the bottom, which consists of buttercream and fondant rocks. The rocks were actually … Read more
I made 3 Hawaiian Luau Cakes. The top level is a pineapple. I used a 6″ and a prep bowl to make my cake, with a little carving to tweak it. It is covered in fondant. The leaves are fondant with gum text added to help them harden and keep their shape. I piped my lines with butter cream. … Read more
This Homemade Luau Cake was a birthday cake for my daughter, Piper, who wanted a Luau theme cake. Since her birthday is in June and her parties are always at the lake, which involves a curvy road in, I had to figure out something easily transportable! (The 3D dog cake’s head fell off on the … Read more
To make this kid birthday cake I used two 9×13 layer cakes and stacked them on top of each other. It was frosted with a store bought chocolate frosting. I crushed up nilla wafers to make the sand and used spray blue cake color to “airbrush” the waves and spray white for the whitecaps on … 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. The sheet cake was eaten later with the family. The luau party sheet cake has green icing for grass, a mix of granulated sugar and hot chocolate mix for sand, … Read more
We were invited to a Tiki Party and needed a dessert so I thought why not a Hawaiian shirt. I used a sheet cake and cut the shape of the shirt. Because I didnt have a wider pan it took the shape of a women’s shirt rather than a man’s but still worked. I used … Read more
I made this Hula Girl Birthday Cake for a 7th birthday. I used the done mold for the hula skirt and a large leaf tip to make the grass for the skirt. I piped the bikini top with a instant flower tip. The flowers were made out of fondant brushed with luster dust and allowed … Read more
For my daughters 4th birthday, which is in July, we decided to have a Hawaiian Luau party idea. She wanted a Barbie cake though, so I got the idea to make a hula girl cake from this website. To make this Hawaiian Luau cake, we started by baking a 18″ round chocolate fudge cake using … Read more
I did get the idea for this Tiki cake from this website. I wanted to show how cool mine came out. I did things a little different. I used 9 inch round pans. The cake was 6 layers high and every layer was a different type of chocolate and frosted in between. I leveled each … Read more