I made this Bumblebee Birthday Cake for my son’s 4th birthday. For some reason he had insisted on a bumblebee cake with a blue 4 on it! Both the head and the body of the cake were a standard chocolate cake mix. I used an oval shaped casserole dish to bake the body of the … Read more
This bumble bee cake was for my daughters 1st birthday; I used two round cakes (strawberry flavored) and then cut a small section off one of the cakes so the two pieces fit together and used the cut piece (which I cut in half) for the stinger. For decorating I made buttercream frosting and colored … Read more
My sister decided to have a bumble bee-themed birthday party and I was set the task of making the cake. I made two chocolate sponges : one was 6″ round and the other 8″ round. I iced them with chocolate and yellow buttercream icing. I piped the whole of the small cake yellow and, for … Read more
This bee and hive cake was made for a girl’s birthday/Halloween party. She was dressed as a bee so we figured that a bee hive cake would go cute with her outfit. I used 2 – 6in cakes stacked with icing in between each layer to make the hive. The bee’s body was made from … Read more
I did a bug party for my sons first birthday. I used the Wilton ball pan. This was pretty easy to do and came out so cute. I made a little bug cake for each kid. (a ladybug, bumblebee and spiders, also an ant in the middle of the table for adults). I described the … Read more
I first baked 2 9″ round cakes and 2 8″ round cakes. After they cooled I iced 1 of each with chocolate frosting from Betty Crocker. I then put the remaining 2 cakes on top. I used vanilla frosting with yellow food coloring and dark chocolate frosting also from Betty Crocker for the colors of … Read more
For my daughter’s 2nd birthday, I made a hive cake with mini-cupcake bumblebees around it. I baked the hive using a regular yellow cake mix and splitting half of the batter into a 8″ metal bowl and the other half into a 8″ spring form pan. I baked it at 350 degrees for 35 minutes … Read more
This bumble bee cake was my first attempt at a kids cake. I got the idea from my daughter’s book. I made a chocolate cake (double quantity) in a Swiss roll tin and cut the oval body shape from it with a pointed tail for the sting then from a corner section cut a circle … Read more
I wanted a bumble bee party for my son’s first birthday so I decided to make a beehive cake for the big cake and a bumble bee cake for his baby cake. For the beehive I used a Wilton Wonder Mold Doll pan and an 8 in round to give it more height. After assembling … Read more
This bumblebee cake was a surprise for a friend’s birthday, she was going out in a bee costume so I made a cake to match. I made 2 chocolate cakes in different sized oven bowls. I cut a quarter off the side of the smaller cake and stuck it to the side of the large … Read more
I wanted to make something special for my husband for our 15th anniversary (we have three kids and were in the process of buying a larger house so money was TIGHT). I looked through MANY cake books until I found this bumble bee cake(I did a lot of it my own way though). I made … Read more
I was asked to make a Bumblebee cake for a friend of my daughter. I made it from scratch from the top of my head, For the body I used a spring form sandwich tin and cut the front to shape. For the head I used a small Pyrex bowl, both cakes were chocolate mud … Read more