This Homemade Finding Nemo Aquarium Cake was made by hand (with the exception of the plants). The characters were sculpted from Play-Doh 2 days before to give them time to dry out. I put 1/2″ long beads through the top of them before they dried to feed fishing wire through them once assembled. The “aquarium” … Read more
I got this fish birthday cake idea from a magazine. My daughter said she wanted a fish themed party for her 8th birthday. So of course I went all out from fishnets and shell to fish cake bowls and so on. We had fish gummies and gold fish crackers for snack. I even went so … Read more
For the octopus cake I used a large rectangular sheet pan. I made 2 cakes and filled them with a chocolate mousse. I also made a 3rd batch of cake mix and poured it in a glass mixing bowl to get a dome shape for the octopus to sit on, as well as some cupcake … Read more
I used a traditional birthday cake recipe for this layer cake and a batch of cupcakes. I also baked a full custard cup to create the head of the Octopus (it sort of overflowed into a nice rounded top). “Ocean” – I frosted the cake as usual with white frosting (the best part is that … Read more
I made this homemade Pingo birthday cake for my husband who likes Pingu. Time was limited so the design had to be basic, quick and simple. The sponge was a 10-inch round cake and I find that just before decorating. I put it in the freezer for half an hour to really chill and this … Read more
This Penguin Cake was my first time ever trying to decorate a cake like this. A good friend of mine was pregnant, and she loves penguins, so we decided to do a penguin theme for her baby shower. The cake is just two boxes of yellow cake mix, prepared as package states, and baked in … Read more
The penguins are made of black and orange food coloring almond paste. I molded it into penguins. The Igloo on top is a separate cake I put on its own foil covered board, cut to shape. Since it was for my sons first birthday he needed his own piece. I decorated it with whipped white … Read more
For my son’s 7th birthday, he asked me to make his cake “a guy swimming in the ocean about to be eaten by a shark”. I began by making a 3-layer 8″ chocolate cake. I put a wooden dowel down the center of it to stabilize it and crumb-coated the cake. I had made some … Read more
I made this shark cake for my sons 4th birthday. I read through a lot of the tips on here and came up with a plan based on that. The ocean was a double layer 9 X 13 vanilla scratch cake, tinted blue. Then iced in buttercream, tinted Wilton Teal. I piped on some darker … Read more
My son requested a “shark coming out of the water cake” for his pool party for his 7th birthday. So I looked up real pictures of sharks coming out of the water before attempting this Shark Cake. I baked half of the cake in a small rectangular pan and then baked the other half in … Read more
My 6-year old son had his party at an aquarium this year, so he wanted his cake to have a shark on it. I drew a shark on a piece of wax paper and then traced the outline of the shark picture onto the cake. I then followed the outline and filled in the shark. … Read more
For my twins second birthday, they were obsessed with whales. So I decided to try my hand at making a shaped cake for the first time and made this pink whale birthday cake. I used store bought cake mix and made a rectangular cake for the “water”. For the body of the whale, I used … Read more