Take a look at these cool homemade Garden Scene cakes shared with us by cake decorators from around the world. Along with the birthday cakes here, you’ll also find loads DIY birthday cake-making ideas and how-to tips to inspire your next birthday cake project. Enjoy!
I did not have cake recipes for this cake so used the pan from the Betty Crocker bake and fill to bake the ladybugs and for the daisy cupcakes the daisy leaves are made from marshmallows and a brown M&M for the center of the daisy. I used M&Ms for the eyes of the ladybugs. … Read more
I made this Tinkerbell Garden Birthday Cake for my granddaughter’s second birthday. It was a three-tiered cake. I used four boxes of cake mix but made the frosting myself. I divided the cake into four sections, each section representing one of the seasons, and this division made it easier to put the various fairies on … Read more
This Garden Birthday Cake was my first attempt at a stacked cake. The cake is vanilla sponge layered and coated with orange buttercream. I then covered the cake in fondant and decorated with gum paste flowers and trees and used some floristry wire to stand the gumpaste clouds and sun on the top. I used … Read more
My daughter Lily had a butterfly theme for her first birthday party so I wanted a cake to create the mood. I thought I was creative until I did a trial run of a butterfly cake for my birthday. It was terrible and had to look for other cake recipes. I couldnt create a butterfly … Read more
This Backyard Pond Cake was so much fun to make. I made it for my sister-in-laws wedding. The wedding took place in her backyard, where she has a beautiful pond. I used a boxed cake mix and buttercream icing (recipe in the Wilton cake books). The trees were made with plastic cones and buttercream icing. … Read more
My dad was 83 this year and as he is a keen gardener and always complaining about his rhubarb. I decided to make him a cake which was all about him. The cake was 10 inches in diameter and made from a Christmas Fruit cake recipe – so that it would last. Over a number … Read more
This birthday cake design was made from my own buttercream recipe and fondant, which I hand-painted all of the fondant. I spoke with the mother and child on what style cake they wanted and the child wanted corn stalks and a pumpkin patch. He also wanted to make sure that a tractor would be incorporated … Read more