For my daughters 1st birthday, I decided on a duck theme and searched for cool birthday cake designs. “Duck” was the only word she knew and what to associate it with, so that’s what we did. I’ve never made a 3-D cake before and decided against buying a 3-D cake pan, because I wanted it … Read more
I made this cake for my sons third birthday party. In the goody bags I put rubber ducks, bath coloring tablets, a washcloth and a bath toy! It’s one of the more kid birthday cake ideas, and was not too difficult. To make the water of the cake, use two boxes of blueberry Jello (lime … Read more
The theme of the baby shower was rubber duckies which I happened to find on your site under kid birthday cake ideas. This two-tiered cake features a cute little rubber ducky on top taking a bath. Both tiers were iced with butter cream icing. Fondant bath bubbles adorn all layers of the cake.
Here is my cake baking tips for this bathtub cake. I made the tiles out of colored fondant. I used two 9 X 13 cakes for the tub. I iced the cake with buttercream icing and then covered it with fondant. I cut out a 3/4 inch hole for the “water”. I made the duck … Read more
My wife wanted a Rubber Ducky theme for our son’s first birthday. She told me that she had looked at all the Rubber Ducky Birthday Cakes in the stores and couldn’t find anything she liked. Next thing I know I am knee deep in pound cake, fondant and icing. The bottom cake is a single … Read more
In going along with my theme for my friend’s baby shower, I created this Baby Boy Duckie Cake with the blue baby hat. It is a white cake tinted a mint color with Wilton’s coloring and Nestle’s Dark Chocolate & Mint chips added to the batter. The duck was cut freehand from an 11×14.5″ base … Read more
This Hot Tub Cake was for a friend who graduated with her master’s. They recently purchased a hot tub and thought that should be my theme. The cake was 2 layers with the top having an area hollowed out. It was covered in fondant that I marbled to match the color of their hot tub. … Read more
My daughter wanted a ducky party for her 2nd birthday. I made white cupcakes and decorated them with light blue icing. Just white icing with a little blue food coloring. Then to add the bubble effect. I cut small white marshmallows in half and rolled them into little balls to put on the cupcakes. Finally, … Read more
This cake was made for my second daughters 1st birthday. We took two rectangle cakes and cut a 3″ x 6″ section out of the center of one of the cakes. We then covered the un-cut cake with cream cheese frosting and topped it with the cut cake, which we also covered with frosting. (Cake … Read more
Our daughter Michaela loves rubber duckies. I used a Wilton pan and a pound cake because it rose perfectly and kept all the detail of the pan. The round part is fondant colored blue (Wilton icing colors- in royal) and the bubbles and “soap” are white fondant. Very simple to make and what a hit … Read more
Here is my cake baking tips on this cake. Gather all your equipment necessary to bake and decorate you cake. Pre heat your oven to the proper temperature (usually 350). Prepare Cake batter as directed by any cake recipe. I used a traditional butter cake recipe and fill an oval cake pan half way full … Read more
I made this rubber duck and bath cake for my son’s first birthday – he absolutely loves rubber ducks! This cake looks fab in the end but is a lot of work and is time consuming. The yellow ducks are made from fondant icing which I coloured and left to dry for 2 weeks ( … Read more