I thought I was being clever when I came up with the idea to use the grass/hair tip to make a grass hula skirt to put on a doll cake. Guess there are other brilliant people out there too. Anyway, I made 3 different colors of green and then put them all in the same … Read more
We had a Luau theme party for our 5 year old daughter. I stumbled upon this site and used the ideas I saw here to create this Luau beach party cake. I used 2 box cakes, 9X13 pan, stack cakes on top of each other. Ice in between and all around. I tinted half the … Read more
This Hula Cake Design was a very easy and fun cake to make. I used two 8×8 cake pans and stacked them as you can see. I frosted the entire cake in homemade buttercream white frosting. I used brown sugar as the sand and piping gel with blue food coloring as the water. The flip … Read more
I used 7″ round, disposable aluminum tins and made the chocolate cakes from scratch for a heavier, more durable Tiki Birthday Cake. The cake is 5 layers that were on the thin side. I froze the cakes for ease of handling when frosting. I used chocolate butter cream and premade, pressurized tubes of frosting for … 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
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
This Dora Hula dancer cake was made for my daughter Keira’s 4th birthday. Keira had just started her first year in Hula and loves it! So I decided to combine two of her favorite things into the cake, Dora and Hula. When I first decided to make this cake I had no clue as to … Read more
This Hula Girl Cake was definitely the funnest cake I’ve made yet! My niece came to me and asked if I would make her a Hula girl cake for her birthday. I said yes of course and immediately came to this web-site for inspiration! My niece liked one, I liked another, and my sister liked … Read more
My friend threw a surprise party for her husband with a Hawaii theme. I made this Coolest Homemade Luau Cake. The bottom layer was 11 x 18 chocolate with banana-Bavarian cream filling. The next layer up was a 10 x 3 white cake with chopped cherries/macadamia nuts with pineapple/toasted coconut filling. And the top layer … Read more
My granddaughter wanted to have a Luau Birthday party and asked me if I would make her a homemade Luau birthday cake design. This is what I came up with. I made a half sheet cake. I covered it with butter cream frosting tinted blue. I didn’t have to smooth it out because it was … Read more
The idea for this 60th Birthday Luau Cake came from this website. The week before, I started with the fondant flowers as recommended. Next, I built my tiki hut using an empty (clean) can of tomatoes (29 oz can) and glued bamboo corn skewers around it with the pointed edges down to dig into the … 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