The Boy Scouts Camping Cake was able to feed 80 people. I used gum paste and fondant for the boy scout figures and ginger bread for the house. As for the tress I used rice crisp then piped over them using butter cream frosting. The entire cake was covered in butter cream then sprinkled with … Read more

I made this Camping Birthday cake for my adult niece, who loves to go camping. I baked the one layer in a sheet pan. The trees are upside down sugar ice-cream cones, piped with buttercream. The rocks by the water and around the fire place, the red fish, as well as the snake sunning itself … Read more

I made this Camping Cake for my son’s 9th birthday camping party. I made four 9″ round cakes, two on top each other. For the trees, I used sugar cones, two or three stacked on top each other to make different heights. Some were placed behind the cakes, some were placed on the cake to … Read more

I made this camping cake for a cake auction we had for my son’s cub scout troop. I started with using a sheet cake and icing it with ready made chocolate icing. I used fondant to make the rocks, canoe and paddle, and the tree tops. For the tree trunks I used pretzel sticks. I … Read more

This campout cake was made for my niece who was in JROTC in her high school. It was her 16th birthday. The cake was just a box mix. I did one rectangle cake and the hill is the half football cake pan. The icing was Wiltons buttercream. I did the camo design with star tip. … Read more

This is year is the boy scouts 100th blue and gold anniversary. So for my son’s pack I decided to do somewhat of a tribute cake using all their ideas. So I asked every den what they thought of scouting and they overloaded me with ideas. However, I managed to put each of their ideas … Read more

I used 9 inch round pans to make the cake (any smaller, and you wouldn’t have enough room to decorate). Cool cake and cut irregular lake shape out of one layer, can freeze first to make a little easier to cut. Either use buttercream tinted brown or chocolate buttercream to ice the cake. The lake … Read more

I used fondant for the people on this camping cake. I melted chocolate for the tent and for the grass I used #233 icing tip and also #67 icing tip. I got the general ideas form this web site and just used my imagination for the rest.

For my son’s 8th birthday, we decided to have five friends “camp” over in the backyard. The cake had to be one that featured a tent. Using a few ideas from other cakes, this Camping Birthday Cake is my adaptation! The cake started with one 9×12 chocolate cake and two 8×8 lemon cakes. I used … Read more

My partner is a keen camper and we like to camp in quite out the way places. This cake is a Dundee cake (his favourite) and because of the effect I want to create I iced it the risen side up to get a bumpy ‘rough ground effect’. I used some apricot jam and then … Read more

I made this camping cake for my nephew. A simple sheet cake which I iced green. I borrowed the vehicle and the “hunter” from my son. The tent is actually made from paper, I printed the pattern from the internet. The logs on the side of the tent and the ones making up the fire … Read more

My son requested a Camping Scene Birthday Cake for his 4th birthday. I started off by making a simple 9×13 inch cake. I then frosted the top with green on one side to represent grass and blue on the other side to represent water. The decorating was the most fun part! I used pretzel sticks … Read more