I used 7″ round, disposable aluminum tins and made the chocolate cakes from scratch for a heavier, more durable Tiki Birthday Cake. The cake is 5 layers that were on the thin side. I froze the cakes for ease of handling when frosting. I used chocolate butter cream and premade, pressurized tubes of frosting for the decorating. The teeth are mini marshmallows that I cut in 1/2 with a cheese slicer.
The cake started to tilt anyway, so I staked it up with 3 bamboo kabob skewers and hid them under frosting on top. It made it through the rather warm day and my daughter, who turned 6 LOVED it!
Since this was for an outdoor party with +10 6 year old’s and several adults, I also made chocolate (and some white) cupcakes with cocktail parasols on top. The green “palm trees” are parasols that I snipped into shape.
The “happy birthday” banner was just a printout on the computer.
What a fun, festive, colorful cake! I can’t wait to try something like this for our next luau party!
This looks like such an awesome cake! I can’t wait to try it for Matt’s 4th birthday! I love the marshmallows and it looks neat, but not too scary!! Thank you for posting this!
Thank you thank you for posting this Tiki Birthday cake! My daughter decided she wanted to have a Luau for her 12th Birthday party. So we searched and searched for a cake that she liked. Well, I found this one and she loved it! Can’t wait to try and make! By the way you did an awesome job!