The Mommy-to-be loves the beach and she loves chocolate so I made a milk chocolate cake with chocolate frosting and added mini-chocolate chips. I used one box of cake mix divided by a round pan, an oval pan and two mini-round pans to create levels of the sand castle (I used dowels between layers to … Read more
My daughter is obsessed with the ocean, and was turning 7, so I thought I’d combine these things in her cake and make a Sand and Surf Birthday Cake. I made 3 chocolate bar cakes, and trimmed the corner off of one, to make the 7 shape. I then coloured the fondant ready made icing … Read more
This is the first time I decorated a cake. I made it for my nephew’s 6th birthday. I got ideas from this website and just added some more stuff. Everyone loved this homemade beach theme birthday cake. It took a long time to draw the swimsuits on the bears, but it was worth it.
I made this Jet Ski birthday cake for my son-in-law’s 40th birthday. He loves to jet ski so I thought this would be great fun on a cake. The cake itself is about 12 x 18. I used the white almond sour cream wedding cake recipe which stands up very well to any kind of … Read more
I got this kid birthday cake idea from a cake magazine and also the internet. I decorated the teddy grams as swimmers, snorkelers, and mermaids. I made a two layer cake and cut the top layer apx. 3/4 of an inch deep and poured in blue jello, that was setting (about the consistency of runny … Read more
I usually make birthday cakes for the grandchildren as a two layer with normal cake decorations. My roses are a big hit. I think they believe I can do anything with icing but the only thing Id ever done is rose’s borders etc. This year my five year soon-to-be six year old granddaughter and her … Read more
This was a Pail of Sand Cake made for my little boy Josiah when he turned 3 years old. Our new pool was ready just in time and my husband had made a huge sand area beside it for the children to play in. This cake was perfect for our Josiah’s pool party! I used … Read more
My friends had recently gotten back from a holiday in Thailand so we had a joint belated birthday party for them. I’d like to thank all the previous ‘beach cake’ submissions on this site as I combined a whole heap of information and ideas from them all to come up with this one! The cake … Read more
My son wanted “a beach” for his birthday, so here is the result of my Beach Birthday Cake Idea. I started by baking a standard Devil’s Food chocolate cake. I iced it as soon as it was cool with cream cheese frosting that I made (it’s 3 oz cream cheese, a little milk, and 2 … Read more
I baked this surfer Joe birthday cake for my daughter’s boyfriend’s 20th birthday. He is an avid surfer so this was perfect for him. He loved it so much he didn’t want to cut it! But we did and it was delicious! I used a 9x12x2 pan, a 2 cup Pyrex bowl and one box … Read more
For my sons first birthday I had a Fun in the Sun theme. So I thought it would be fitting to have an ocean cake. My husband made a cake bored for me that had a moat around the center cake. I used eight cake mixes for the entire cake. For the sand castle part … Read more
I planned a beach themed birthday party and thought this beach cake would be perfect. First I prepared a round cake following the directions of whichever cake flavor you choose. After the cake is cooled I cut a jelly bean shaped hole on one half of the cake through the first layer of cake. I … Read more