My friend and her family LOVE to go camping. So, I got this idea for a Camping Cake from Wilton’s website and used the guitar pan to create the camping site. I was even able to tort it and fill it! I cut off the knobs of the guitar and covered the front part in … Read more
I made this camping cake for a friend who finished Boy Scout training and needed an outdoor themed cake. The tent is a Graham cracker, the fire is pretzels and red tinted coconut. The lake is icing and the path is crushed Oreos. The trees are sugar cones iced with stars. I am big on … Read more
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I made this Scout Uniform Cake for our year end ceremony. I baked a 1/2 sheet cake. I used yellow cake mix and buttercream frosting. I cut out the neck and rounded off the bottom. I iced it all blue. I piped on the yellow tab and the flag. I made an outline for the … Read more
I made this cake for our Brownie Troops Court of Awards ceremony at the end of the year. The cake is two chocolate mixes prepared according to directions in a rectangular pan. I then frosted the cake in white butter cream icing and let it set. Brownie cake sash is fondant tinted brown (I didn’t … Read more
This Hawaiian Luau Waterfall Birthday Cake was for a relative’s birthday party. It is four tiers (some chocolate and some vanilla cake) with an extra side cake (actually the cut off top of the 6″ cake) for the tiki. The round tier sizes are 14″, 12″, 9″, and 6″. I leveled the top of each … Read more
I made this Tropical Oasis Cake for me for my birthday. It was very easy to make anyone can do it. I baked a two layer ten inch and a two layer eight inch cake. If you have trouble with your cakes sticking, grease the pans with butter flavored crisco and spray with a non-stick … Read more
My sister asked for a camping birthday celebration, so I decided to make her a tent cake, in the shape of our traditional rectangular cabin-style tent. This cake was created based on a “doll house” pattern from the old Bakers coconut cut-up cake books. It’s two square layers. One is cut corner to corner, both … Read more
I made a camping birthday cake for my neighbor’s son’s 6th camping theme birthday party! The cake is boxed cake mixes, chocolate fudge and vanilla swirled with fudge icing in the middle. I always use the Frost & Pride from Staples for the outer icing, easy and light to spread. I made the tent out … Read more
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