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Coolest Arts and Crafts-Shaped Cake Decorating Ideas

Take a look at these cool homemade Arts and Crafts cake decorating ideas shared with us by bakers from around the world. Along with the birthday cakes here, you’ll also find loads DIY birthday cake-making ideas and how-to tips to inspire your next birthday cake project. Enjoy!

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Featured Arts and Crafts-Shaped Cake Decorating Ideas

Cool Paint Roller Cake

Amazing Paint Roller Birthday Cake

I wanted to make a birthday cake that didn’t look like a cake, and since we all love to paint, I thought of making it look like paint. The paint roller is just a jelly roll filled with cherry pie filling.  I stuck a real paint roller handle into it! The icing is store-bought green icing that comes in a tube. After smearing it all over the cake, I “spiked” the icing to make it look more like a used paint roller.  I also smeared some icing on the paint roller handle to get a more real effect. Read more about this Paint Roller cake…


Awesome Quilting Cake

Quilt Cake

I created this quilting cake for the mother of a good friend of mine. Her mother loves to quilt, so I knew the items on the cake had to be somewhat realistic. My great grandmother was a quilter so it was kind of a pet cake of mine at the time. Although I knew my friend only needed a small cake for a family dinner, I just wanted this cake to be so much more than a simple dinner cake. Read more about this quilting cake…