This fish bowl cake was easier than I thought. Start with two 8″ round cakes and frost them together. Wrap them in plastic wrap and put them in the refrigerator for at least an hour. Cut a small section off the top and bottom of the cake. Put a dab of frosting on the bottom … Read more

I saw this Fish bowl cake on this site and loved it so much I changed my sons theme from race cars to Under the Sea. I used boxed cake mixes and canned icing. I baked the cake the day before the party and assembled and decorated the cake the day of. I also hot … Read more

We had an “under the sea” theme for my son’s 1st birthday, complete with seafood menu and huge aquatic Mylar balloons as goodie bag give-aways for kids. I took all the great ideas posted here in the fish bowl cake section. I made four 9-inch round cakes and used chocolate mousse to hold them together. … Read more

I was asked if I could make something for a birthday and his favorite thing was his fish. I tried to find what I wanted to do but no one had just what I was looking. So I made him his own fish bowl birthday cake for his birthday. I first made a cake in … Read more

I baked 3- 9×12 cakes and stacked them on a wrapped board with buttercream icing between each layer. The cake stand was a wine rack that I turned upside down. I iced the Aquarium Birthday Cake in buttercream icing and cut out black fondant strips to make the frame for the aquarium. I air brushed … Read more

This Aquarium Birthday Cake is so far my most ambitious creatively and proudest cake thus far. Everything is homemade with the exception of the “plants” which are cuts from faux single stems from my local craft store. The “aquarium” is two metal photo frames with the glass removed, plexi-glass and window screen on top all … Read more