This penguins cake was made for a coworker of mine who loves a good laugh. The cake was a lemon pound cake laced with Italian limoncello, fresh grated lemon peel and fresh squeezed juice. The icing was cream cheese icing and the penguins appeared to be embracing a fun game of bowling using themselves as … Read more
This was my first attempt at cake decorating design ideas of this kind. I made this cake for my friends 22nd birthday. And I thought since she loves penguins I would make her a penguin cake! I started out by making a 13×9 inch cake. I allowed it to cool. I had to enlarge the … Read more
I made this shark cake for my son’s 5th birthday. I used a regular boxed mix and made two 9in circles. After placing them on top of one another, I cut out the opening for the sharks mouth. Use these pieces for the fins. I used white icing for the teeth and just tinted white … Read more
My nephew is into sharks right now and loves Jaws so I decided to make him a Sharks World Birthday Cake. My niece is taking classes right now so I asked for her help. We had 4 13 X 9 cakes and filled it with Bavarian crème filling. For the shark head we used a … Read more
I made this Shark Eating Person Birthday Cake for my 5 year old grandson using ideas from this site. I had problems with sharks teeth as fondant icing was too soft so I hunted around and found Dolly Mixtures. I cut off the colored part and shaped the tooth and wedged them in with butter … Read more
To make the cake I used the Wilton football-shaped pan and sandwiched two cakes together to give the shark a 3-D effect. I used 1 vanilla cake and 1 strawberry cake and it was really interesting when we cut into it! As you can see in the shark picture, the shark was covered in fondant … Read more
I made this Narwhal Birthday Cake for my girlfriend, as her favorite cake is carrot, and one of her favorite animals is the narwhal. I was inspired by the idea that I could make the horn out of a carrot! This was my first theme cake ever, and although it took me forever to make, … Read more
We have a nature girl in our family. Here is a cake I made for her a few years ago. Unfortunately, I can’t remember where I got the inspiration from. The sea weed is some kind of fruit leather cut into strips. The fish, goldfish. The sand, graham crackers I ran through the food processor. … Read more
I made a buttercream frosting and tinted it different color blues. Then I frosted the ocean cake first with one color, then another and swirled them together. I used the back of the spoon in order to create the ‘waves’. I sprinkled it with edible blue glitter. The rocks are made from Rice Krispie Treats … Read more
This Homemade Sea Turtle Reef Cake was for my son’s 1st Birthday. The theme for his nursery and the party was Sea Turtles and Ocean Reef. Everything is edible; using a combination of fondant, rice crispy treats and crusting buttercream. I use a regular box mix and always add a box of instant pudding mix … Read more
My co-worker wanted a Dolphin Birthday Cake for her daughter’s 6th birthday. After searching this site, I thought I would give it a try. My cakes are made by using a modified box mix. Use 1 cup milk, 1 cup oil, 4 large eggs, 1 box vanilla pudding and 1 yellow cake mix. I started … Read more
