The layers were 14, 10, and 8 inches. I iced the cake in ivory and made all the sea shells out of white chocolate, I used petal dust to give them their color. I piped seaweed with a #4 writing tip, and used ivory edible pearls to accent around the shells. The cake took me … Read more
My son designed this ocean scene cake for his sixth birthday. He wanted coconut “Luau Huts” for five crabs (he has seen hermit crabs in the pet store with little huts made of half a coconut). We eventually settled on only two crabs because of space. The crabs and stars are made of gum paste … Read more
My daughter wanted a Little Mermaid cake for her 6th birthday. I decided to do an Under the Sea Adventure Birthday Cake. The base is 2 – 9 by 11 cakes (I used white cake) with chocolate pudding between the two cakes. The clam shell is made from Wilton’s doll mould pan. I carved it … Read more
I am posting this Under the Sea cake for all the Mom’s like me that LOVE and are inspired by other Moms’ideas! My daughter asked for an “Under-the-Sea” birthday party, so we had a Mermaid Tea Party. The cake is made of 2 round layers of strawberry cake on the bottom and 2 smaller round … Read more
This ocean cake was made using three (two cake batters) 9″ round white cakes, four Nilla cookies, chocolate candy rocks, buttercream and fluffy white icing, cake boards, white melting chocolate and graham crumbs. The first 9″ round was set off centre on the large cake board. The second was cut in half and set next … Read more
For this Ocean cake, I started with a Costco cake with simple blue and white border, but I wanted blue frosting. Wilton’s makes a food coloring spray in lots of different colors, perfect for coloring the simple store bought cake (Spray color found at Michael’s). I then used graham cracker crumbs for the beach, gummy … Read more
I made this cake for my son’s 3rd birthday party. He loves fish and water and requested a homemade Under the Sea cake. This was my first 2-tier cake and I’m happy with how it turned out. I thought I would need to put some sort of supports in the bottom layer but it turned … Read more
I’m very new to cake making-decorating. I have only made 3 and that is in the last 8 months. First my own wedding cake, then my friend’s wedding cake and now this one for my friend’s son’s first birthday party. They love the book called The Rainbow Fish so wanted that included in the cake. … Read more
I got the recipe for an ocean cake from the Deepak Chopra cook book. It was the blueberry orange cake (quite nutritious and delish!) with a cream cheese icing. Part of the green food coloring was spirulina. Ive just always been intrigued by the ocean.ve just always been intrigued by the ocean.
I made this aquarium cake as a direct representation of an actual tropical fish aquarium that my friend has. It was made on a college campus with supplies from the campus grocery store, my personal tools, and a lot of pre-planning. The fish are made of various kinds of candy, the gravel is cookie crumbs … Read more
My son was having his 4th birthday party at a swimming place and he really wanted a sea-life themed birthday party. I decided to make my own Sea Life Theme Birthday Cake because it would be exactly as I wanted it to be. I bought 2 boxes of white cake mix and made it according … Read more
I made this Scuba Diver 50th Birthday Cake for a friend’s birthday. The cake was covered in fondant that was tinted aqua blue. The fish, plants, diver’s face, hands and tanks were made of Starbursts candy. With so many colors needed it eliminated have to color different batches of fondant. Just put the Starbursts in … Read more