I made this water slide cake for my son’s third birthday and he absolutely loved it! I got the idea from the the Wilton website. To make the towers I used Wilton roll out cookie recipe and using 3-inch round cutter, cut 36 cookies and bake. Cool cookies completely. Using royal icing between each, stack … Read more
I found this swimming pool birthday cake in the Women’s Day magazine (I believe it was April or May ’06 issue) and decided to make it for my Grandson’s 1st birthday. I am far from a baker, but I know I wanted to give my first grandchild the ultimate 1st birthday cake. It was a … Read more
For my daughter’s 10th birthday, we had a swimming party at the Y.M.C.A. So I thought a Swimming Pool Birthday Cake Design would be perfect. After looking at many photo’s of swimming pool cakes and how do tips, I came up with this one, the cake in the photo was my 2nd try, the first … Read more
This Water Slide Birthday Cake was made for my daughter’s 6th birthday party held at a water park. The bottom cake was a single 12×18 layer, then a 2 layer 8″ cake & a 2 layer 6″ cake. The slides were made by molding Wilton ready-to-use Gum Paste then painting with a Wilton gel icing … Read more
This Pool Party Birthday Cake was fun to do and really wasn’t that hard! I did however have a few problems. I started by baking two 9×13 cakes, stacking them on top of each other with some icing in between and then letting them chill in the fridge for about 3 hours. I then cut … Read more
This 3D Pool Cake is my first 3D cake. My sister asked if I would make a cake for my niece and nephew’s birthday pool party. I made the accessories ahead of time out of fondant. I used a 10″ circle cake pan, two layers high for a total of 4 circles. After freezing the … Read more
For my sons sixth birthday swimming pool party I made these cupcakes. I got the original idea from a Wilton cupcake magazine for a swimming pool cake, I just changed it to cupcakes. I used boxed white cake mix (BC super moist butter white recipe is delicious) and colored half the batter light blue. I … Read more
As my daughter, Jolie, has a summer birthday, we always have to plan something around keeping cool. For her 7th birthday, she wanted to have a large blowup water-slide in the backyard (the kind you rent), so she wanted a Waterslide Cake Design to match. I came up with the design using different objects and … Read more
I’d wanted to make something fun and different for my daddy’s 75th birthday. Since my daddy and my son are very close – they kinda’ like soulmates – I decided to make a cake with figurine of both of them. I picked a swimming pool theme as a symbol of fun and made this Swimming … Read more
I made this Swimming Pool Birthday Cake for my son’s 11th birthday party. He has a July birthday so it’s always a swim party. I made two 13×9 inch cakes and iced them. I cut a rectangle pool out of the center and filled it with Jello (Jigglers recipe) blueberry jello for the water. I … Read more
I made this Homemade Pool Party Birthday Cake for 2 of my boys. I used 2 13×9 pans. I baked them both and placed them in the fridge for easier frosting. When they were cooled I placed them on a Walton cake sheet, then placed them on top of each other and carved out the … Read more
