This is a fun cake, a non traditional 4th of July theme. The coolest part is the shark in the water! This cake was actually brought to a beach celebration. This is a fairly simple cake to make. However, most of the fondant decorations need to be made in advance. Such as, the hammock, which … Read more
I baked a simple layer cake, iced with butter cream and decorated with goldfish crackers, gummy sea life creatures, teddy graham crackers. Beach towels are made from Fruit Stripe gum and floats for bears are gummy life savers. The “sand” is made from crushed vanilla wafers. I cut a hole in the top layer of … Read more
It was son to be my dad’s birthday. I love making cakes and only need an excuse to get baking so I had a think what to make for him, they were going on holiday in a month’s time so I thought it would be a great idea to make a holiday cake. I started by … Read more
This is a double layer sheet cake. I crumb coated it then went back with a layer of white frosting. I cut the “cookies” in different lengths to represent a beach fence and glued them to the side of the cake with additional frosting where necessary. I did learn however, that this should be your last step … Read more
“Fairies and pirates, pixie dust and buried treasures… how do I capture that in a cake?” That was all I could think of in my jet lagged, exhausted head. My daughter’s 4th birthday party was 3 days away, and I had just landed after a 24h flight, and was devising a strategy on how to prepare … Read more
This was a beach party cake for my niece and nephew. It is a 2 layer cake. I carved out a spot for the swimming pool and filled it with partially set blue jello gelatin. The beach sand is crushed graham crackers mixed with a little white granulated sugar. I piped little outfits onto teddy … Read more
I made this beach cake for my aunt who loves being on the beach. I looked on this web site for ideas and then threw in some things I thought about. I started with the sand icing which is light brown icing. Then with a grass tip I did the grass corner. Then the ocean. … Read more
This Beach Scene Birthday Cake was made for our daughter’s birthday, it was a beach theme party. The cake flavors were chocolate, vanilla and marble. I used vanilla frosting and for the sand I used brown sugar. For the water I used blue piping gel.
This wedding beach cake I made for my daughter’s wedding. We were traveling to the wedding so I only made the cakes at home. I made 3 half sheets, 2 that I cut ends off to form squares for bottom. Saving the ends and cutting them for squares for on top. The third sheet I … Read more
My cousin used this kid birthday cake recipe for her daughters 4th birthday party. The party had a “Hawaiian Luau” theme, so she had to come up with an original birthday cake recipe. She decided to make a beach! For this kid birthday cake recipe, she used a large sheet cake pan and iced the … Read more
The basic cake here is a 9 x 13 sheet cake which I made into a beach cake. A day ahead of time, I made the dolphin, turtle, and fish out of gum paste. I let them dry overnight so they would hold their shape better. I also made the palm trees using candy melts. … Read more
My instructions for this island beach cake were ‘Summer of 69’. The cake is milk chocolate fudge with buttercream icing. All the decorations are fondant. To make the beach I first iced the cake with pale brown icing then sprinkled with brown sugar. The water was blue b/c with green waves and white b/c tips. … Read more