Coolest DIY Birthday Cakes

Unique Cakes in the Shape of Turtles 11

I used a glass Pyrex bowl to make the shape of the cake look like a shell. Head, legs, tail are all molded from fondant. The swirls on the shell were piped with butter cream.

Coolest Homemade Tortoise Birthday Cake

I received a phone call asking me if I could make a birthday cake at the last minute. Thinking that they wanted a plain decorated cake, I agreed. But then came the bombshell: “Can you make me a tortoise?”. Well, this was on a Wednesday and she wanted the cake by Friday. So it was … Read more

Coolest Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Cake Photos and Tips 0

For my sons 5th birthday he insisted on a teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles cake. Of course none of our local bakeries had Ninja Turtle cakes. He wanted the Turtles to come out of the sewer just as they were on the paper cups we got at the party store. With a little editing and creativity … Read more

Coolest Turtle Cake

I used a large round cake pan for the shell, and a small round cake pan for the body beneath the shell. The head and feet are mini loaf pans. And the flippers/arms are from a small round cake pan that were sculpted to they fit to the body. I put together the body and … Read more

Coolest Sea Turtle Cake Idea

This Sea Turtle Cake Idea was a ‘Welcome Home/Birthday’ cake for my sister while she was away for 5 weeks in Australia and Fiji. Through an e-mail she had told me her new favorite animal was the sea turtle. And then I had an idea to make a sea turtle cake for her. This was … Read more

Coolest Homemade Turtle Cakes 1

I got the idea to make this cake from a cookbook page on how to make several different shaped unique cakes using a glass bowl and a few cupcakes. This cake is incredibly easy to make. It uses only one cake recipe (box mix or homemade) and one batch or frosting. You just have to … Read more

Coolest Homemade Turtle Birthday Cake

I made this Turtle cake for my niece Shari’s birthday. She wanted a turtle cake so I made her one. I get a lot of ideas from this website, as well as others, and then recreate them, adding my personal touch. For the base cake, I made a chocolate with pudding filling cake in a … Read more

Cool Homemade Sea Turtle Cake Idea

I made this Sea Turtle Cake Idea for a friend’s baby shower. She was having her first boy and ocean was her theme. I made two choc. fudge cakes, 1 9″ round and 1 11×14 cake. I hand carved the flippers and the shell. I made modeling chocolate for the shell pieces, buttercream for the … Read more

Coolest Homemade Turtle Cakes 2

I decided to be different on my daughters birthday. Instead of a cake she asked for a birthday cookie. I made a double batch of Chocolate chip cookie mix and spread it out on a pizza pan. I used a turtle template for the turtle. She adores turtles thus turtle cakes! She loved the cookie. … Read more

Coolest Turtle Cake

I used the 3D bear pan for this turtle cake. Covered everything with fondant and made a separate shell out of fondant and hand painted everything.

Coolest Two Headed Turtle Cake

For my son’s 12th birthday, he requested a two-headed turtle cake! I always use photos for reference. I used 2 boxed cake mixes and baked them one at a time in an 8 cup Pamphered Chef mixing bowl. One cake was used as the shell and the other was trimmed to make the contours of … Read more

Unique Cakes in the Shape of Turtles 0

This sea turtle cake was made for a “sea turtle lover who doesnt like sugary sweet cakes”. The body was baked in a tin turkey roasting pan. It gave the perfect shape and popped out of the pan beautifully. The legs were cut from 8in round cakes (the front legs have a perfect angle if … Read more