I used two boxed cakes and baked them in 9×13 pans. I put them one on top of the other then I hollowed out the top one to make room for the “pool”. I iced them lightly and then put them on the fridge for a few hours. I then lined the pool with foil … Read more
My 10 yr old daughter, Javan, designed and decorated this Fountain Cake on her own. I thought it turned out fabulous. The bottom is a square red velvet cake with tinted buttercream icing. The top layer is a 6 inch cake set in one corner, not centered. On the top she made a circle with … Read more
This Swimming Pool Birthday Cake was for my twin sons’ 6th birthday party, which was at our community pool. The cake is designed to look like that pool. I made it with 6-9×13 cakes (3 chocolate, 3 white) stacked side by side. The top layer was carved in the shape of the pool. I used … Read more
I created this cake for a co-workers daughter’s 4th birthday. I’ve made cakes in the past, but when she asked for a pool party… it seemed rather challenging. I made a full sheet cake and dug out a 2″ deep well for the pool. Icing the grass was tedious, but the effect looks great (#16 … Read more
I used this pool cake idea for my sons 2nd grade end of the year pool party. I searched for pool cakes and the best unique birthday cake idea I found was a pool cake made with Jello in the center. I was not sure how my son’s 2nd grade classmates would like Jello mixed … Read more
Our friends and I decided we were having a luau birthday party for our sons who were both turning one and I wanted something less girly than flowers or a sunset and that would be fairly simple to prepare (this Life Preserver Cake was my first homemade birthday cake). If you are using this for … Read more
I made this swimming pool party cake by request for my granddaughter for her ninth birthday. I prepared a dense chocolate cake in a 9 by 13 inch pan with one cupcake from the batter for the table that was iced with white icing to look like a tablecloth topped with sprinkles and 3 gummy … Read more
My husband called me from work one day to ask a HUGE favor. The UPS driver at his work needed a swimming pool cake for that weekend. All the local bakeries couldn’t do it on short notice so my husband volunteered me. His three kids swim competitively. They were having an end of the season … Read more
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This life buoy cake was made for a friend’s daughter who just finished a lifeguard course. I bought a ring shaped silicon pan for it, and filled it with chocolate cake. Then I coated the cake with a smooth cherry flavored jam, and covered the cake in white sugar dough. I found it easier to … Read more
This pool party birthday cake was made with a circle pan. First we baked a vanilla cake and then iced it with vanilla frosting dyed blue. Next we added fudge sticks to the edges of the cake. Then we took Polly pockets and laid them in the cake with one. We put two gummy worms … Read more
I created this homemade swimming pool birthday cake for my brother Omar’s Birthday. My brother has a swimming pool business and I thought it will be nice to create this cake. I baked a round cake and cut out a circle in the center for the water. I frosted the whole cake with whipped cream … Read more