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

Cool Homemade Happy Feet Birthday Cake

Homemade Happy Feet Birthday Cake

When my daughter turned two, she was really into “Happy Feet.” We decided to venture away from our typical Wilton pan birthday cake and do a freehand Happy Feet Birthday Cake. Using the Happy Feet napkin design, my husband cut the Happy Feet shape seen in the picture using a serrated knife. We used a … Read more

Coolest Penguin Birthday Cake

Homemade Penguin Birthday Cake

I made this Penguin Birthday Cake for my son’s first birthday! I layered seven eight inch rounds and sculpted the top 2/3 for the head/upper body. The sculpting was a challenge since I’d never done it before! I used fondant for the belly and eyes and black frosting for the body. While not a masterpiece, … Read more

Coolest Penguin Cake Decorating Design Ideas 2

You can use any cake and frosting recipe. Bake cake and frost. Cover with blue colored fondant. The ice and snow are done with royal icing which I applied with a tip (Wilton #11 or #12) and also used a (damp) knife to spread. Use tip #2 or #3 for the fine/pointy pieces of ice. … Read more

Coolest Shark Birthday Cake Idea

Homemade Shark Birthday Cake Idea

This Homemade Shark Birthday Cake Idea is a composite of every shark cake on this site. Thank you all for such wonderful advice and tips and pictures. The coolest thing I discovered from this venture was that I can make virtually any shape, given enough cake. The early picture of the raw carving could be … Read more