I used two 12 x 18 sheet cakes for the bottom and a nine inch round cake for the “Shamu” pool. I used a butter cream icing recipe for the cake using more Crisco than butter so it was easier to decorate with. I made fondant for the first time and used the water, sugar, … Read more
My son wanted a great white shark cake for his fifth birthday so I found a shark picture and copied it on to a cake. I used a Wilton football mold for the shark cake and a 9 x 13 for the water cake. After I baked the football I put it in the freezer … Read more
My niece wanted a Shamu cake for her birthday. I mentioned this to someone I know who told me that her friend made a killer whale cake for her sons’ birthdays and sent me a link to photos. The photos were amazing but I decided that I could do it! It required working with fondant … Read more
I just found a picture of a killer whale on the web and went from that. I made my own frosting out of 1/2 c. margarine, 1/2 c. Crisco, 3/4 bag powdered sugar and 1 tsp. vanilla, add milk to your consistency liking.
This cake was not hard to make at all, but it did require a lot of prep work. I saw a very similar homemade fish ocean birthday cake online and my son loved it. This is what I came up with. 1. I had to make a batch of sugar cookies cut out in the … Read more
I made this under the sea cake for a teacher appreciation week with this theme. I took a lot of ideas off this site and just free handed it. The cake was just a mix in a 9×13 pan. I used ready made frosting, and did the sand first, its the stuff from the bottom … Read more
Cakes are my new hobby. Being a mom of FOUR with two children in school Ive got plenty of them to make! This ocean cake was for my daughters Kindergarten class learning about the ocean. I made a butter cream frosting, made the octopus seaweed barnacle (red barnacle is twizzler) and starfish freehand with the … Read more
I used a chocolate cake for the inside of this ocean cake. Then I used pre made icing form a bulk store and colored it to the colors I wanted. The fish rocks are also bought from a bulk store (I put them on one at a time). People asked me all the time if … Read more
My granddaughter, Abigail, requested a birthday cake with Winter the dolphin and her two dolphin friends in Florida. I have never decorated a birthday cake, but accepted the challenge knowing how much fun it would be. I had no idea what I was doing, but decided to look up dolphin figures on the internet, specifically … Read more
Two sheet cakes stacked, carve into whale like body for a fish cake. Fondant a layer over whole fish. Cut scales with round cookie cutter, layer on overlapping. Tail is cut from an additional square cake, make shape however you’d like. Frost with regular frosting or fondant like I did. Have fun, my nephew almost … Read more
This Fish Birthday Cake is a completely gluten-free masterpiece, with the only dairy being butter so suitable for a lactose-free and caesin-free diet too. The design was inspired by some of the other fabulous cakes on this site (particularly cakes #40 & #46) along with a beautiful clipart I stumbled across on the net one … Read more
I made this Homemade Goldfish Birthday Cake for my daughter’s 1st birthday. I used packet cake mix for the cake part (Greens butter cake), it is really tasty and very reliable. I made butter icing for the icing and flavoured it with vanilla essence. My skills don’t lie in decorating so my husband and my … Read more