I made this Fish Birthday Cake for my Dad. It is a French vanilla cake and iced with homemade buttercream icing. I baked the cake in a typical dark coat pan. I let it cool for about 2 hours (on the counter). After cooling, I cut the shape of the fish out (while in the … Read more
I saw a fish cake like this in a cake decorating book. It was so simple to make and was perfect for my son’s first birthday. I added to it by making the smaller fish so that he could have a “cake” all to himself and the gumdrop number 1 to mark the occasion. I … Read more
The theme was actually a fish party thus the idea for a fish birthday cake arose. I made the base of the cake with Betty Crockers readymade mix in a huge dish, made some glazed icing (icing sugar and water) after dry took a flat spatula, dipped it in hot water, dried it and put … Read more
For our fish birthday cakes I used a plain chocolate sponge cake with some jam in the middle (if desired). I decorated it with whipping cream, colored yellow and blue with food coloring. I used ice cream wafers cut with a small round cutter.
I made this Fish Tank Birthday Cake for my best friend’s birthday. She LOVES fish and has like six different fish tanks. So I thought it would be cool to make a Fish Tank Birthday Cake for her. I wanted to make a cake she wouldn’t forget. This cake is all eatable. I made it … Read more
This Octopus cake was for a friend’s birthday. We call him “The Octopus” thus the cake design. The body was made with a domed cake pan. Chocolate with whipped cream inside. The “legs” were cut from 9in. cake pans using a stencil I drew freehand. You can get 4 legs per cake. Remember to freeze … Read more
This Pink Octopus Birthday Cake is Anastasia’s first birthday cake! This was my second attempt at fondant, marshmallow fondant to be exact. I used the recipe from the Wilton website and made two different batches. The one batch I dyed all pink since I knew I would need so much, as the legs are all … Read more
My daughter Aallee and I plan her birthday parties months in advance. This year she decided on a Low Country Shrimp Boil (with a few crawfish thrown in for color). It’s a mature theme for an 11 year old, but I thought, what the heck! Her cakes are always homemade and originality like this can’t … Read more
For my son’s first birthday, even though he won’t remember the cake, I decided to do something different and special. The decision on the theme of the cake was easy since he loved the movie Happy Feet. Googling penguin cakes I came up with a few ideas on what I wanted my happy Feet cake … Read more
I made this Penguin birthday cake for a friend’s mom. She loves penguins. I made a yellow mix cake 9″ x 13″ and a chocolate mix cake 8″ x 8″. I leveled the tops and covered them in homemade buttercream icing, tinted blue with Wilton icing colors. The recipe for my buttercream is from C&H … Read more
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