My mom loves beaches and anything to do with water or the sand. I drew free-handed the sandals and used piping gel on wax paper and inverted the pattern. Just added a few flowers because peach is her favorite color. I just used simple butter cream frosting on a 2 layer cake. Thanks to this … Read more
I made this cake for my sisters 18th Birthday. I got some birthday cake decorating ideas on this web. I used a Wilton 12″x 18″ sheet pan with three boxes of yellow cake mix. After I froze the cake for two hours I cut out a flip flop shape from each half of the sheet … Read more
My sister has horses and lives in her Hunter wellington boots so when we were trying to decide what cake to do for her 39th birthday my mum suggested a Wellington Boot Birthday Cake Idea! I made the sponge in a large roasting tin as it’s the longest tin I have. When it was baked … Read more
I made this High Heel shoe cake for my friend’s wife, yes, she loves glamorous shoes. The stand is made from perforated plastic, and was cut and bent into the shape. The cake itself is vanilla sponge with a vanilla butter cream. Once the cake was carved into the shape I needed, I dirty iced … Read more
I found the recipe for this Flip Flop Luau Cake on Betty Crocker but modified it a bit. They had a handy template that you print out so that your flip flop cake is just the perfect size. I’ve done some cake decorating in the past but my experience is minimal. I really wanted to … Read more
I made this Beach Thongs Birthday Cake for my daughter’s birthday from an idea I had seen in a magazine. I started by baking a 9×13 yellow sheet cake. There was no need to remove the cake from the pan after baking but I let it cool completely before cutting the sandals shapes. I cut … Read more
My best friends daughter wanted a cake made in the shape of a high top converse tennis shoe in lime green and orange. After reviewing many tips on cake decorating, I used two 9″ round cakes for the high top and a 13″x9″ cake for the base. I cut the round cakes at an angle … Read more
For my daughters 9th birthday she wanted her party at a water park. Many of the party favors we picked out (from Oriental Traders) had flip-flops so my birthday cake decorating ideas was to make flip-flop cakes. Because she shared her party with two friends I made two cakes. For the second cake I made … Read more
This Beach Birthday Cake was so much fun to make. The seashells are all made from chocolate. The flip flops are cake cut out from my daughte’s flip flops. I traced them and used the paper to cut out the cake. They are iced with buttercream and decorated with fondant. The sand is vanilla wafers … Read more
I was asked to make a shoe cake for a friend of mine’s husband for his birthday. I thought how am I going to do that? The first thing that I did was come directly to this wonderful website. I got ideas from other great people so that I could complete my ideas. I just … Read more
My daughter wanted a Summer theme Luau type party. So I made her this Flip Flop Birthday Cake. I traced a pair of my flip flops on construction paper and cut them out on a 9×13 cooled cake (I cut the cake dome off for a flat surface). Make sure you have a right and … Read more
I made this Shoe and Purse Birthday Cake for my sister to give to a friend of hers. We wanted it to be adult but girly. This would also be a nice cake for a teenager. The shoe was made out of gumpaste. I took an old shoe of mine and made a template for … Read more