My daughter was having a pool party, which was my inspiration for this cool Swimming Pool cake. I made a large chocolate sheet cake and, when cooled, cut a shallow rectangle out from the center for the swimming pool. Don’t cut too deep. Used the reserved cake for snacking. I lightly frosted the inside of the … Read more
This Water slide birthday cake was a fun cake to make. I had to decide how to make the slide go down the side of the cake. When I make this cake again I will use a 6 inch on top of the 10 inch to make the slide not so steep. I used fondant t make the slide and … Read more
This was a beach party cake for my niece and nephew. It is a 2 layer cake. I carved out a spot for the swimming pool and filled it with partially set blue jello gelatin. The beach sand is crushed graham crackers mixed with a little white granulated sugar. I piped little outfits onto teddy … Read more
I found this swimming pool birthday cake in the Women’s Day magazine (I believe it was April or May ’06 issue) and decided to make it for my Grandson’s 1st birthday. I am far from a baker, but I know I wanted to give my first grandchild the ultimate 1st birthday cake. It was a … Read more
For my daughter’s 10th birthday, we had a swimming party at the Y.M.C.A. So I thought a Swimming Pool Birthday Cake Design would be perfect. After looking at many photo’s of swimming pool cakes and how do tips, I came up with this one, the cake in the photo was my 2nd try, the first … Read more
This Water Slide Birthday Cake was made for my daughter’s 6th birthday party held at a water park. The bottom cake was a single 12×18 layer, then a 2 layer 8″ cake & a 2 layer 6″ cake. The slides were made by molding Wilton ready-to-use Gum Paste then painting with a Wilton gel icing … Read more
This Pool Party Birthday Cake was fun to do and really wasn’t that hard! I did however have a few problems. I started by baking two 9×13 cakes, stacking them on top of each other with some icing in between and then letting them chill in the fridge for about 3 hours. I then cut … Read more
This 3D Pool Cake is my first 3D cake. My sister asked if I would make a cake for my niece and nephew’s birthday pool party. I made the accessories ahead of time out of fondant. I used a 10″ circle cake pan, two layers high for a total of 4 circles. After freezing the … Read more
For my sons sixth birthday swimming pool party I made these cupcakes. I got the original idea from a Wilton cupcake magazine for a swimming pool cake, I just changed it to cupcakes. I used boxed white cake mix (BC super moist butter white recipe is delicious) and colored half the batter light blue. I … Read more
As my daughter, Jolie, has a summer birthday, we always have to plan something around keeping cool. For her 7th birthday, she wanted to have a large blowup water-slide in the backyard (the kind you rent), so she wanted a Waterslide Cake Design to match. I came up with the design using different objects and … Read more
I’d wanted to make something fun and different for my daddy’s 75th birthday. Since my daddy and my son are very close – they kinda’ like soulmates – I decided to make a cake with figurine of both of them. I picked a swimming pool theme as a symbol of fun and made this Swimming … Read more
