It was my dads 60th birthday and we thought that over the hill cakes would be suitable for this occasion. We searched this website and came up with this cake. It was two cakes that I put together with frosting. The base is a half-sheet (I think), which was two 1/2 cake mixes, and the … Read more
This Over the Hill cake is a chocolate cake with a chocolate gnashe filling. Iced with ‘plastic’ chocolate icing. This is made by just combining melted 70% chocolate with liquid glucose. I made a 25cm base cake and another cake in a pudding bowl for the top of the hill. I made the figure out … Read more
This cake was for my father-in-laws birthday party. I got this idea from the Wilton web site for over the hill cakes and improvised a little. The over the hill tombstone is a candle purchased from my local grocery store. The cake is a two layer 10 in cake iced in butter cream. The drop … Read more
I made this Over the Hill cake for my mom’s best friend who turned 50 this year. She is always sending me funny messages with Maxine in them so I thought I would return the favor. I used a 13×9″ pan and baked a Betty Crocker yellow butter cake mix. I used one regular sized … Read more
Over the hill cakes are so much fun to make!For the bottom cake: 1/4 sheet iced tombstone: cut out of a 1/4 sheet and tilted on top of bottom 1/4 sheet by placing a cake ladder behind the tombstone to keep it standing. It’s also supported by wooden pegs. I placed the cake together first … Read more
I recently started making cakes for fun. I was asked to do my uncle’s 40th birthday cake. I got inspiration from some other over the hill cakes on this site and other web sites. The cake is 2 13×9 cakes with a layer of cream cheese frosting in the middle. I have a GT Express … Read more
As you can see, over the hills cakes, is for somebody coming on in age. The cake was made with a 10″ square cake pan. I baked the hill in a Pyrex bowl. I used a grass tip for the borders the edge of the path and the hill. The rocks are chocolate rocks I … Read more
The bottom tier is 12x18x3 yellow pound cake filled with vanilla buttercream. Middle 9x13x2 is chocolate pound cake filled with vanilla buttercream. I used a wonder mold pan for the hill. It is chocolate pound cake with chocolate buttercream ‘mud’. Jim collects punch buggies and his wife brought me one to put on the cake. … Read more
I used a 9×13 sheet cake and just cut off the top corners rounded to resemble a tombstone. The ‘50’ are cookies cut out of slice and bake in the shape of numbers. I used a grass tip for bottom. I got this idea from a Wilton book.
I made this Over the Hill cake for my sister’s 40th birthday, and it was actually quite easy! I made the cake from scratch, but any cake mix should suffice. I added black food coloring to the cake mix-probably about 3 or 4 drops. My cake turned out purplish, but I used white cake, so … Read more
A 30th Birthday Over The Hill theme. Basically it is always “Greener on the other side” of 30! The numbers, 20..25..30 are made from candy melts. The actual cake was 1/2 white and 1/2 chocolate as well.
This over the hill cake is a variation of a Wilton design. Instead of having the person climb out of a hole I decided to have her climb a hill. The hill is made of 2 yellow cupcakes cut and stacked. I used spray color for the cake to save time. Then I used edible … Read more