Coolest Birthday River Tubing Cake

Homemade Birthday River Tubing Cak

This homemade birthday river tubing cake is my first fondant birthday cake, made for a friend of a friend’s 50th birthday. I made the fondant (marshmallow recipe) which was pretty easy to make. My grandson age 9 was visiting so I tinted some brown and yellow fondant and asked if he thought he could make … Read more

Coolest Eagle Scout Court of Honor Cake

Homemade Eagle Scout Court of Honor Cake

My son finally received his Eagle Scout rank (yay!) and as part of his Court of Honor, I wanted to celebrate with an Eagle Scout Court of Honor Cake. This cake is a 2 layer, coconut rum cake covered in marshmallow fondant. The bottom layer is decorated with the gold scout fleur de lis which … Read more

Coolest Waterfall Birthday Cake

Homemade Waterfall Birthday Cake

My daughter wanted a Waterfall Birthday Cake with a surfer girl on top for her sixth birthday. On the bottom, I did 2 nine inch round cakes with pudding for the filling. On the top, I did one 6 inch round. Had some fun with the frosting, and that was it! I’ve done lots of … Read more

Coolest Mountain Cake

Homemade Mountain Cake

I called my dad to ask him what flavor cake he wanted for his birthday, so we started talking. He wanted a yellow cake with cream cheese icing, a regular sheet cake. I asked him what his favorite color was, and he said, “Hmm, well I guess blue or green. That’s really what I love … Read more

Coolest Camp Birthday Cake

Homemade Camp Birthday Cake

I got most of my ideas for this camp birthday cake from this website so I thought it would be good to share the results! My son wanted a German chocolate cake so I made the cake. I had intended to weave green food coloring in it before baking to give it a camouflage inside … Read more

Coolest Campsite Cake

Homemade Campsite Cake

I got most of my ideas for this Campsite Cake from this website, so thanks to all of you for posting! My son and I made this campsite cake for his cub scout cake bake off contest. It’s two 9 x 13 cakes, one yellow and one chocolate. I made my own butter cream icing. … Read more

Coolest Teddy Bear Picnic Cake

Homemade Teddy Bear Picnic Cake

I made this Teddy Bear Picnic cake for my 2 year old’s birthday. A friend had seen something similar and sent me a photo so I gave it a go. The cake is a basic circular chocolate cake, which, I then covered in chocolate cream cheese and butter icing and finished with marshmallow fondant icing. … Read more

Coolest Dirt Track Cake

Homemade Dirt Track Cake

This Dirt Track Cake was a cake for my 13 year old grandson Eric. He is one of twins and he likes truck races. The bottom layer is a 11×15 cake pan. The other layers are 9×13 carved to fit, with a total of four layers. It is frosted with IMBC over the entire cake. … Read more

Coolest Scouts Graduation Cake

Homemade Scouts Graduation Cake

For my son’s Cubscout graduation I decide to surprise everyone with a cake. He passed from Wolf to Bear but I couldn’t leave out all the other dens so I include them in the cake. It was a success and everybody enjoy the event. We are so proud of our kids! I baked two round … Read more

Coolest Waterfall Jungle Birthday Cake

Homemade  Waterfall Jungle Birthday Cake

I love looking at cakes here and get lots of great ideas from it. My nieces wanted a jungle them and loved the animals. I used a 9×13 pan for the bottom of the Waterfall Jungle Birthday Cake. I used two 8×8 pans but didn’t fill them up to where I usually would so the … Read more

Coolest Cross Country Course Cake

Homemade Cross Country Course Cake

This Cross Country Course Cake was made for my children’s cross country banquet! It is 2 11×15 cakes baked and placed side by side! I made the signs a few days before as I also did the trees. Trees- green buttercream, I used the leaf tip #352 and sugar cones and started at the bottom … Read more

Coolest Boy Scouts Camping Cake

Homemade Boy Scouts Camping Cake

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