This sandcastle birthday cake and birthday theme was fun to do, the idea came from a family magazine that I was looking at in a doctor’s office, family fun or something like that, and just took the idea and went crazy with it. For invitations, I sent out small beach balls with the time, date, … Read more
I made this sandcastle cake for my husbands birthday party. We had a tropical/beach theme. I had drawn several cakes, but this one just popped! I made two regular yellow cakes (one nine-inch and one eight-inch; both three inches deep). The cake was iced in a butter cream icing. I used rolled fondant which I … Read more
I made this cake for my son’s 1st birthday. When I found out I was pregnant we went with an underwater fish theme for the nursery and figured to stick with it for the first birthday party as well. I decorated the cake on the water side with pipping gel that I tinted light blue … Read more
I started out with knowing that I had to make a cake for my mom’s birthday. And she lives in Florida, and loves the beach. So that’s where the idea for a Beach Theme Cake came from. I just iced the whole cake white and made it kind of messy looking, then I used an … Read more
My daughter turned 3 this year and I made her party on the beach, the kids loved it! I covered this Beach Birthday Cake with blue icing first, then made the doll, crab and palm tree from sugar paste (leaves with foam). The ‘sand’ is Muscovado sugar. I added shark sweets and jelly beans for … Read more
My mother and grandmother made this kid birthday cake for my son, Calebs, birthday. It is made of yellow cake mixes. We decorated all the fish and bears the day before. We made seaweed from fruit roll ups. The Teddy Grahams were made into snorklers and mermaids. The mermaids were made using fruit roll ups … Read more
My friend was having a Jamaican theme graduation party and I was not sure what to make (I wanted a unique birthday cake). So when I think of Jamaica, I think…Beach! The water is made of blue frosting and Jell-O. The sand is crushed graham crackers. I made the shells out of white chocolate put … Read more
I made this Beach Ball Cake Idea for my son’s 2nd Birthday. He was very into all sorts of balls this year, and since it falls in summer it was a perfect ball to choose. It was a chocolate cake inside with a butter cream frosting. I used a sheet pan cake and built up … Read more
I made this sand castle cake for a little girl’s 10th birthday pool party. I thought this was a great twist on the regular castle cake and it was really fun to do. I baked 3 boxes of cake mixes into: two 8-inch square cakes, two 6-inch rounds, three large cupcakes, and 9 regular cupcakes. … Read more
This Homemade Sunset Cake is a key lime cake with lime buttercream. I made this for a friend and she loved it. It’s nice to have a couple of tubes of the Wilton black decorator’s icing on hand for the black accents or writing (I would never want to attempt to make black icing). The … Read more
I made this beach bug cake from a Wilton 3d cake pan, using a combination of icings. Meringue icing for the water and details were made with marzipan and assorted cookies, etc. Sand was crushed graham crackers. It was a little sloppy but the kids thought it was cute.
This is a homemade beach theme birthday cake I made for a friend’s surprise birthday party. I’d seen a couple similar to this online, but added my own flair to represent the guest of honor. It’s two 10″ cakes, one yellow, one devil’s food, with a layer of fudge filling in between. It’s frosted with … Read more