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
I bought a half of sheet cake from Costco to cut time in making this swimming pool cake. I used spray blue for water and spray green for grass. I used sugar wafers as concrete around the pool. I dipped the edge of the pool and boarder of the cake in candy crystals. For decorations … Read more
It is such fun to make whimsical cakes and all the little people are all of our family members. The people are made with fondant. The waterslide is blue gel icing. More Waterslide Cakes Cake by Tracy B., Alexandria, VA This originated from Women’s Day magazine but I also found whimsical cakes on this site … Read more
My niece was having a pool party for her sixth birthday and she had two specific requirements: purple and chocolate. I’ve seen the jello pool cake (http://video.aol.com/video-detail/jell-o-swimming-pool-cake/4277762898), so wanted to try my own version of this swimming pool cake. My original plan was to make a 9×13 cake, but instead had to do a 8 … Read more
This is a swimming pool birthday cake that was ordered at our ice cream parlor. It’s a 13 x 9 inch vanilla ice cream cake filled with crushed Oreos and frosted with commercial whipped buttercream icing. The customer said that her son (turning 8) had joined the swim team and wanted anything to do with … Read more
I actually planned this swimming pool cake before discovering this marvelous site and I cant begin to tell you how many nights sleep I lost trying to figure out how to make the gelatin stay on the cake. Also for some reason the English equivalent of your Jell-o seem to react with the fondant that … Read more
This originated from Womens Day magazine but I also found whimsical cakes on this site and made some changes. I think it was easier and just as cute. The ladder was made with pretzels, the slide and surf boards were made with Airheads candy and the people were made from Teddy Grahams (which I decorated … Read more
We just got a swimming pool, so I decided to try the jello pool cake for a 12th birthday party. This swimming pool cake was a huge hit! This is the first time I have ever attempted to make a cake like this, so it’s a little messy. But, I really had a great time … Read more
Basically, I baked an oval shaped cake to make this Pool Party Birthday Cake. I used different icing colors to decorate the swimmers. The swimmers were teddy grahams. I used M&M’s and Life Savers. The kids enjoyed the cake!
I made this cake from a jello cake recipe for my Nieces pool party. I made two round cakes and cut out a circle in the top layer. I then filled it with blue jelly. I iced the cake in white icing. I placed M&M’s around the outer edge of the “pool”. Cutting sour airheads … Read more
This swimming pool cake was fun to make. I used 2 9 inch pans placed on top of each other. The top layer I cut a kidney shaped 1/2 inch deep pool. I filled it with partially thickened jelly. I frosted the cake blue. I used blue M&Ms for the border and blue airheads for … Read more