Coolest Homemade Ocean Cake Ideas 5

This ocean cake and cupcake tier are for my daughters 3rd birthday. The party was an “Under the Sea” theme. The actual cake is a 9X13 chocolate cake, frosted with buttercream and tinted light aqua. A star border around the bottom, with a Wilton tip, neatens it up. The sand is crushed graham crackers. The … Read more

Coolest Homemade Ocean Cake Ideas and Tips 10

I took a regular yellow cake mix and baked it in a rectangular cake pan. Once cooled turned it upside down onto a cookie sheet. I then covered the whole thing with white icing. I took two tubs of regular icing and colored it blue with icing color used to make the ocean. Then took … Read more

Cool Homemade Dolphin and Trainer Birthday Cake

Homemade Dolphin Birthday Cake

I made this cake for my niece’s 10th birthday. She is crazy about dolphins and asked her mom for a homemade dolphin birthday cake for her party. I started with four 9×13 cakes (two yellow, two chocolate). I iced it with blue buttercream and chocolate frosting. I made sand with vanilla wafer crumbs and granulated … Read more

Coolest Homemade Fish on a Plaque Cake

Homemade Fish Cake

A friend of mine wanted a “fish” cake for her son’s birthday. After looking at several different fish cake photos, we decided to combine several different ideas. The “plaque” is made from a torted sheet cake. I smoothed the buttercream icing using paper towels and a fondant smoother until it resembled a wood plaque. I … Read more

Cool Homemade Fish Birthday Cake

Homemade Fish Birthday Cake

This Homemade Fish Birthday Cake is great when you’re off to a party that’s for boys and girls because everyone loves Nemo! The colours are super easy to change around and it’s up to your own imagination. The cake itself takes two packet cake mixes and I used a chocolate and vanilla mix and then … Read more

Coolest Koi Shaped Cake

Homemade Koi Shaped Cake

I made this Homemade Koi Shaped Cake for my oldest daughter’s 24th birthday. I found ideas on this website. I made the homemade fondant (first time ever working with fondant) that I found on this website along with looking at You Tube videos on how to make fondant. The recipe I used was 1 bag … Read more

Coolest Homemade Fish Birthday Cake Ideas 7

I began with two circle cake pans for each. One became the body, and the other I cut up for the fins. I decorated the bodies with frosting piped in to resemble scales and gave them large white frosting eyes with a dab of blue in the center. The back fins were covered with sprinkles.

Coolest Homemade Fish Birthday Cake Ideas 0

I made this fish shaped cake for my sons thirrd birthday party. I used a boxed mix to make two 9″ round cakes. I cut one of them to make the tail and fins which I “glued” on with frosting. I made the frosting teal by using equal parts of blue and green gel food … Read more

Coolest Octopus Cake

Homemade Octopus Cake

For my son’s 1st birthday we decided to go with an ocean theme. I wanted to start a tradition of making fun and original homemade cakes for my kids. We have a rather large family so we needed a cake that would feed at least 25 people. I thought cupcakes would also be an easy … Read more

Coolest Giant Octopus Birthday Cake

Homemade Giant Octopus Birthday Cake

For my son’s 1st birthday I went with an under the sea theme. I first found the plates and party decorations that I wanted to use and from there I came up with the Homemade Giant Octopus Birthday Cake. I used a Wilton 12×2 pan for the bottom layer, a Wilton 10×2 pan for the … Read more

Coolest Lobster Cake

Homemade Lobster Cake

My nephew requested a lobster cake for his 9th birthday dinner, my brother of course bought him a steamed lobster from the grocery store. I decided to take his request one step further and baked him a lobster shaped cake. I was so disappointed to find that there were no lobsters on this site, I … Read more