This Lake Cake Design was for my 14th Birthday at my lake house. My mom and me made it together. Cake: make two 9 inch circle cakes with any quick make cake mix. Icing: icing the cake with blue icing. Then where the island is use green icing. For decorating you will need: Peach rings … Read more
My daughter wanted a cake that looked like a real sand castle. I used two round cake pans and one 1/2 sheet cake pan. I formed the second and third tiers from the sheet cake. The icing is buttercream and the sand effect was created by crushing graham crackers and vanilla wafers. For the towers, … Read more
I made this Beach Party cake for the End of the Year party at my daughter’s school. The kids were happy to think about the beach instead of school. It was a yellow cake with chocolate filling, decorated with Royal icing frosting. I bought the accessories at Wilson’s and used cocktail umbrellas. The sand was … Read more
I originally planned this Beach Birthday Cake with a week in mind but the friend I made it for suddenly told me his wife’s birthday was the following day. This was a chocolate chip sponge cake with a chocolate ganache filling and chocolate butter cream covering. The figure wasn’t easy to make as the spotlights … Read more
This Hawaiian Luau Birthday Cake was made for a ten year old’s luau. First she asked for a volcano cake, then she asked for a beach cake. So, I put the two together (with inspiration from all the beach and volcano cakes submitted here). First, 5 days before the party, I made royal icing flowers, … Read more
Kid Birthday Cake Recipe: Chocolate Cake mix 2 Cans White Frosting Blue food coloring 1 box Instant Jell-O in Blue Raspberry Runts candy brown sugar teddy grahams Swedish fish I prepared a 9×13 cake as directed. While the cake cooled I put together the Jell-O and put in the fridge to semi set. I cut … Read more
This unique birthday cake was created for my nieces birthday party. She had just returned home from Hawaii and wanted to carry on the fun. The cake decoration was inspired by her birthday invitation. I first made a chocolate cake (any sheet size will work). The cake was frosted and filled with buttercream icing. The … Read more
I have just began making cakes and this island cake is the third one that I have made so far and for someone that is not very creative I have been doing well. I have visited this site many times and have looked at pics to come up with ideas for cakes. This cake in … Read more
I have twins and we always try to pick a theme they can both be happy with. This year was a Tye-Dye beach theme since we had our first beach vacation earlier in the summer. Because they are twins I like to give them each their own cake, hence two castles connected together. Also gave … 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