I got this idea out of a magazine. They actually used two 13×9 sheet cakes. I used a boxed cake and I only used one baked in a 13×9 pan. I cut the shapes out accordingly, using the extra for the dirt. I tossed in the extra in the food processor to crumble it up. … Read more
I wanted to create a cake for my Dad for his 60th birthday but didn’t want to do the traditional “over the hill” type cake. So I looked at some ideas with the fondant icing and saw a cute cake with a Grandpa sitting in a chair reading a book to his grandkids and thought … Read more
I made this Over the Hill Cake with a vanilla sponge for my friend as a joke who was turning 30 and none too happy about it. I got the idea from other cakes on this site. I used a Pyrex bowl to make the hill shape and used lots of butter and flour to … Read more
I made two 9×13 cakes, one for the base and one for the hill. For one of the over the hill cakes I cut the corners off and glazed those corners so that it wouldnt crumb. I used chocolate fudge icing and covered the one I didn’t cut up. I made the corner of the … Read more
I used a 9×13 rectangle pan for the graveside, and a 9 inch round for the tombstone. I always freeze my cakes before decorating as it makes it easier to cut them and frost them. I cut a groove into the rectangle cake to make a place for the round one to sit. I cut … Read more
This Homemade Over the Hill Birthday Cake was so easy to make and took very little time. This cake is made with a 16” round cake pan and two boxed cake mixes. Suggest that you make the signs in advance. Cover the cake with a buttercream crumb coating prior to fondant. This cake is covered … Read more
I wanted to make a cake for my husband’s 40th birthday that would really “wow” him, represent his interests and make fun of while still celebrating the big 40. This Homemade Over the Hill 40th Birthday Cake is what I came up with. Since I wanted to use the car of his youth I decided … Read more
This Over The Hill Cake Idea was a very large cake. Two sheet cakes length wise for base with two six inch making up the hill with small cupcakes as the boulders. Gumpaste figurines and sugar gel for lake. It was a fun cake to make.
This year for my mom’s sixtieth birthday she wanted my family and my brother’s family to meet at a nice restaurant. My brother said if I take care of the cake then he will upfront the money for the gift. Since I don’t work, it worked out for both of us. I got to searching … Read more
I came up with this idea for this Over the Hill Cake by combing 2 great ideas that I found on your site. One being, driving “Over the Hill” on a road and the other being a “Caution-Old Zone” cake. I used ready to use Wilton frosing for all my decorator frosting. I first frosted … Read more
This Over the Hill cake was for my brother-in-law’s 50th Birthday party as well as my mother’s 71st. It’s an over the hill cake and the idea came after looking at various over the hill cakes online. To make this cake I used 3 different sized round cake pans and pieced the cake together. I … Read more
To celebrate my Mom’s 50th Birthday, I made her a lemon Over the Hill Tombstone Cake. She said she wanted to embrace this mile stone with a tombstone cake, after searching the net. I made this cake for her using my buttercream recipe and made the numbers from sugar cookies, She loved it! Happy 50th … Read more