This ocean cake was made using four cake mixes. I put vanilla wafers in the food processor for the “sea floor”. The crab and octopus were made from a small custard dish to bake the cake mix. I covered it with colored fondant and then molded legs and eyes from the colored fondant. The “tube … Read more
I got the idea off of the internet after combining 2-3 other ideas and using the fish in the book Rainbow Fish for my color concept. The rainbow fish cake is 2 9 in rounds. I colored cream cheese icing to make it Rainbow Fish colored. The lips are lollipops, the fins are a 1 … Read more
I made this Fogerty The Fish Cake for a woman whose boyfriend is allergic to real fish. She wanted a fish that looked like it was “served on a platter”. It’s a chocolate cake with vanilla buttercream and two colors of green fondant that I custom colored, plus tomatoes and lettuce which I made.
I baked 2 x 8inch Victoria sandwiches, sandwiched together with jam and butter cream then butter creamed the two cakes side by side big enough to cut a template out of a fish, omitting the fins and tail. When template was cut out I started to shape the fish to give it a realistic shape, … Read more
I made this fish birthday cake for my son (11 yrs.) and my husbands birthday (lost count!). They fall only 2 days apart, so I have the pleasure of making a cake that they both like, not an easy task. I make special cakes for family and friends every year ranging from a goldfish bowl … Read more
I made 2 round fish birthday cakes and trimmed them to make the fins. I used wooden skewers to attach the fins. I used mock cream/butter icing for the frosting colored blue. I used smarties for the scales and red licorice for the lips. These were secured with toothpicks. It was time consuming and I … Read more
This Aquarium Birthday Cake is so far my most ambitious creatively and proudest cake thus far. Everything is homemade with the exception of the “plants” which are cuts from faux single stems from my local craft store. The “aquarium” is two metal photo frames with the glass removed, plexi-glass and window screen on top all … Read more
My wife made this octopus cake for our son’s 4th birthday. We looked on this site for ideas and improvised a bit. She used a pan that is for a basketball for the body and then Twinkies for the tenticels. It turned out really well! The body was made with a pan that is used … Read more
I made this Octopus Birthday Cake for my nephew’s first birthday cake, which was an ocean/water theme. I baked two 9 in cakes and stacked them (after trimming them down) with frosting in between. I frosted the cakes with homemade vanilla buttercream frosting and used Wilton dye for the aqua color. For the octopus body, … Read more
When my aunt’s husband and his siblings began planning their mother’s surprise birthday party, she couldn’t wait to tell them that her niece makes cakes. With that, they nominated her to supply the cake. She didn’t know much about her mother-in-law’s likes or dislikes so she had trouble coming up with an idea for the … Read more
I never did anything like this before. I made my favorite chocolate cake recipe in a pan that was about 11 x 17 x 2 inches. I doubled the recipe. I drew a picture of one of my daughter’s favorite toy penguins (she has 3). Then I used it as a guide to cut out … Read more
Start this Penguin Birthday Cake Design with five layers (or more if you want a taller penguin) of 8 inch round cakes. Trim the tops so they stack evenly and “glue” them together with a frosting of your choice. Wrap them in plastic wrap and freeze them for at least four hours – this makes … Read more