For our Luau party we made this Tiki Man Cake. We just baked a regular box mix in 3 loaf pans. I froze the cakes for about 10 minutes after cooling. Then I did a thin layer of icing and refroze for about 5 minutes. I took a plastic knife and a bowl of water. … Read more
My granddaughter wanted a Hawaiian Luau for her birthday this year. I made this Luau Birthday Cake for her “family” party and a pair of flip flops for her “friend” party. Everything on this cake is edible except of course the top of the doll. I started with a 1/2 sheet cake (her choice was … Read more
This luau party birthday cake was a hit! We had a double birthday party for my son and daughter. The cake is made from 2 boxes of yellow cake mix baked in a large rectangle pan. After baking and cooling the cake, we partially chilled some blue Jell-O (until it was the consistency of egg … Read more
My friend Sarah and I make cakes for our co-workers all the time. Sarahs birthday cake had to be a very special and unique birthday cake. Sarah has worked on cruise ships and loves all things tropical. I found the teddy bear pool party and beach party cakes online. I baked a white cake in … Read more
My friend wanted a luau themed cake. I made this Luau Cake with Piped Hibiscus Flowers in a 12″ circle cake and covered it in fondant. Then I put a plastic grass skirt around it. I piped several hibiscus flowers and put them around the circumference of the cake. I used tinted blue piping gel … Read more
This Hawaii Island Cake is a checker board cake inside (black and white cake). The main cake is layered and frosted in Butter cream frosting (BCF) that I made from scratch. The sand is made out of brown sugar with a little water added. The palm tree is life savers, and marshmallow fondant (MMF) (made … Read more
I got this unique birthday cake idea from this website since my theme was “Splash Party” and we had a bunch of different pools and water activities in the backyard. But I altered it a little bit from the ones I read. I found it much easier to make a Jello jiggler of the Berry … Read more
My daughter wanted a luau party them. I found some great ideas from this site. She loved the hula girl cakes, but wanted water and palm trees too. I decided to do the waterfall, and incorporate some hula girls into it. I used three different size pans, and layered them off center. It was very … Read more
For my eldest daughters 8th birthday, we hosted a party at one of the local city pools. Being huge fans of the ocean, we decided a beach kid birthday cake was in order! I had always wanted to try using piping gel, and this provided the perfect opportunity. I used a large sheet cake pan … Read more
My inspiration for the luau cake came from this Coolest-Birthday-Cake.com website. The cake for my daughter’s 6th birthday (Barbie cake) was a disaster, but I thought I’d give it one more try for her 7th. It was really worth it because she loved the cake and so did the guests. I loved the cake too … Read more
I made this Luau Birthday Cake for my niece’s 5th birthday. I got all of the idea’s online by searching for pictures of luau cakes. I took ideas I liked from the cakes I had seen and combined them to make this cake. This was the funnest cake I’ve made so far. A few days … Read more
This unique birthday cake was made for my daughters 18th birthday. She was getting ready to take a trip to Florida and loves the beach. I decided it was too much work to give the teddy graham bears suits, so it became a nude beach instead.I used a 9×13 cake but you could use any … Read more