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
This Beach Birthday Cake was made for a 50th, and it was surf and beach themed as requested. It is chocolate cake with vanilla frosting sandwiched between and iced in butter cream icing. The surf boards are handmade from fondant.
I got this unique birthday cake idea from this website since my theme was “Splash Party” and we had a bunch of different pools and water activities in the backyard. But I altered it a little bit from the ones I read. I found it much easier to make a Jello jiggler of the Berry … Read more
To celebrate my daughters 5th Birthday, we had a Luau/Beach party. The cake was VERY simple to make. Basic packaged cake and icing sugar recipes used. I first made a chocolate cake, using a rectangle 2L pan and then a vanilla cake, using a 1.5L loaf pan. I cut the vanilla loaf and lined up … Read more
I made this beach ball cake for my son’s first birthday. I used the Wilton Sports Ball pan. It took one boxed cake mix which I altered the recipe by using four eggs and one small box of pudding. I cut off one end so it could sit steady. I put frosting in the middle … Read more
I made this Sand Castle Birthday Cake for my daughter’s 4th birthday. She said she wanted a castle cake and I knew she loved the beach… Wallah!! Sand Castle Cake! LOL I honestly do not remember the cake pan sizes I used. I started with a large square cake for the base. Added a smaller … Read more