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
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 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
I used this created this pool cake for my nieces Birthday. She is a swimmer and wanted that to be her theme. First I baked a chocolate cake per her request. Any size will do, as long as it’s square. Then I frosted and filled with buttercream icing. Next I used rolled fondant slightly colored … Read more
I made this Swimming Pool Birthday Cake after looking at other pictures on this website and learning from the issues other cake decorators encountered. I baked 2 9×13 cakes. After cooling, I put the first one down on the cake board. I iced the cake with buttercream icing. I cut the center out of the … Read more
A friend asked me to make her a cake for a pool party to kick off the summer season. I searched online and combined several cool ideas I found. This is a white 9-inch two layer cake filled with raspberry filling. The filling is made by heating seedless raspberry jam in the microwave and mixing … Read more
I used this Jello cake recipe for my boyfriends mother who had just built a fish pond in her backyard; this was not the easiest cake. I made Jell-O and put Swedish fish in it. When I took the Jell-O out to transfer it to the cake it broke in pieces so that is why … Read more
I made this Swimming Pool Cake for a fourth grade graduation pool party. Because nine boys and eight girls were to attend, I decided to make each out of fondant and placed them in the pool. I colored piping gel with electric blue ‘gel food color’ for the water. For the sides, I used a … Read more