For my sons birthday we had a camping party and the boys slept outside. We wanted the cake to be a camping cake to suit the camping theme. This cake was really easy to make and fun too! I used a 1/2 sheet cake pan and used a Wilton’s tip for the grass. The trees … Read more
For my daughters second birthday party we had a picnic in the park. The cake went along with the picnic theme with ants marching across a red-and-white checkered picnic blanket. Here are a few tips for how to decorate cakes like these: Place squares of strawberry fruit-by-the-foot over white frosting made the checkered pattern. I … Read more
I used 42 Mini Cupcakes frosted in Vanilla buttercream for this Scouts Cupcake Cake. Cupcakes are alternating deep chocolate and classic vanilla cake (2 family recipes)baked in paper candy cups like the ones you are given pill in at the hospital. Baking in the candy cups allows you to make a slightly larger mini cupcake … Read more
I made this waterfall cake when I was 13 years old for my neighbor’s 11th Birthday Party! I asked if he had any perforations, and he ask if I could do a safari/jungle themed cake. So I did just that. I baked 3 different cakes. One chocolate cake baked in a 12 X 14 inch … Read more
This Luau birthday cake was for my daughter’s 8th birthday. We had a pool party and a luau! I had so much fun making this cake. First, I used a VERY large cake pan (12x18x2) for the bottom layer of the cake, and 2 (9×13) for the top layer. You could use just 1 (9×13) … Read more
I was requested by my childhood friend, to make a birthday cake for her hubby’s 40th. No theme was given, but the invite to the party was a picture of the man himself on his motor biking tour of Europe taken earlier in the year, sat in front of his tent, alongside his BMW bike. … Read more
This Homemade Camping Birthday Cake is the first cake that I have made to sell to someone! The top round layer is Swiss Chocolate with caramel filling. The square layer is lemon cake with whipped cream & lemon curd filling. The lady who requested this cake said her husband enjoys camping, among other things, so … Read more
This is a camping cake that my husband and son came up with for the father-son cake bake for cub scouts. They decided to go with a scene about boy scouts with a pond camp, fire, tents and trees for the atmosphere. Using the Tiger Cub motto of Search-Discover-Share We baked a sheet cake frosting … Read more
I made this Deer Hunting Cake for a friend’s 10 year old son who just started hunting this year, and shot his first deer. I first started with the Camo Tent, made that out of gingerbread and made the camo colored icing and decorated with an icing brush in the camo pattern. Then in the … Read more
For this year’s Blue & Gold Banquet, I was commissioned to bake a Cub Scout cake. We have about 100 boys in our Pack, so I knew the cake was going to need to be big. I decided to create four square-shaped cakes and place them like the patches on the uniform. A dilemma that … Read more
I made this waterfall cake for my son’s 4th birthday. He had seen a Diego cake online and requested something similar. I baked two 9″ round cakes, one 8″ round cake, two 4″ cakes, and one cake in a springform pan (for the lower level). We cut the lower level just a bit to fit … Read more
The actual Camp Out Birthday Cake is made of baked cookie dough set to 325 F. and is delicious! At first me and my Mom couldn’t decide how the fire should look, and every camp out cake has to have a fire, so we made rocks out of M&Ms, jellybeans work too, and candles for … Read more