I drew out the design using the shape of the tin as a guide for how big I needed it. I used the spare cake around the head to add on as wings. I made the cake a day before I needed to ice it as it is easier to ice than fresh cake. I … Read more
My son loves sharks, so I browsed the shark cakes on this site and got my inspiration. I also looked at the pirate ship cakes and combined two ideas I liked. The boy on the raft is meant to be my son. My son insisted on seeing all of the shark’s body. I made the … Read more
I was determined to find a way to create the best shark cake ever for my son’s 5th birthday. Since I see this is not something that can be purchased, I plotted and planned, and checked out the cakes on this site to ‘borrow’ ideas. I found a Williams-Sonoma football trophy pan that would create … Read more
At school last year I made a sponge cake and decided to use the recipe to make a cake because I was bored. Sharks and Killer whales are my fave animals so I decided to make a Shark Cake. I looked at some other sharks on this site but didn’t really like any of them, … Read more
I used Stephanie Es shark picture on how to prepare the cake! This is a red velvet cake out of a box. I used a sheet pan and a round pan. I cut the shark shape out of the sheet cake and the fins out of the round pan. I drew the shark design on … Read more
My 4 year old is CRAZY for whales and wanted to raise money to “save the whales” for her birthday party. Having no experience in the cake-making and decorating field, I used many of the helpful ideas already listed on this page for a whale birthday cake. I found it very user-friendly to make the … Read more
This First Birthday Under the Sea Cake is really easy! Just two square cakes (Madeira is best type of cake to make), the smaller one placed in a diamond shape over the bigger, bottom cake. The 3rd top cake was made using a small loaf tin, and cutting it into a square. I used butter … Read more
My 6 year-old son made this Fish and Rainbow Octopus Cake. Since it was for a cake contest, he did everything himself. The cake is a round Wilton cake pan. The fish is a large lollipop broken up and rearranged (it might be able to be broken or cut more exactly if an adult was … Read more
This was for my friend’s birthday. He loves his aquarium so this was the theme that I decided to make. I made a chocolate cake for the sheet, frosted it with white frosting and then spray painted it with edible spray paint. Then I used different items to decorate the underwater theme. All edible! I … Read more
What you will need for this ocean cake is: 2 1/2 sheet size cakes (or you can use just one but it wont be as thick) Blue and Tan Frosting, Blue Decorating Gel, Hawaiian cake decorations (I purchased mine from babykakes.com) Place a layer of frosting (or your favorite filling) in between each layer. Frost … Read more
Yup! Another cake request from my family! My youngest niece was turning 21 and LOVES dolphins. I made a dolphin cake, similar to one that is already posted here, for my oldest niece for her 31rst birthday. I wanted to something a little different for Katy. I wanted to attempt a 3-D effect with dolphins … Read more
For my husband’s birthday, I wanted to make a fish cake. My daughter said it should be a goldfish cake (her favorite cracker). We started with a cake baked in a 9x 13″ pan. Once cooled, I leveled it and cut it lengthwise to make two long rectangles. With frosting in the middle, we stacked … Read more