I made this Pool Party Cake for a 16th birthday pool party. The cake is a half sheet. I carved out the middle for the pool, covered it with buttercream then marshmallow fondant. All the decorations are fondant and the writing is buttercream.
This idea came from the birthday theme “A Pool Party”. You would need: 2-packs of vanilla waffle cookie, 2 packs of M&M candies (either one color or all colors), 1 box of Teddy Graham cookies, 1/2 cup of blue icing, 2 cups of white (buttercream) icing, 6 gumballs (will be beach balls), 3 strips of … Read more
This swimming pool cake was a time consuming project. I got the idea for the major part of the cake from this site from the beaches theme and then kept on adding my own ideas. I know one thing for sure – will never use a Jello Jiggler for a pool again unless I can … Read more
This swimming pool cake was taken from an old Australian Women’s Weekly Cake book. I made it for my son’s 1st birthday. It was a replica of a cake my mother-in-law once made for my husband and it had the original (cupie?) dolls that were on my husband’s cake (yes my MIL had kept them … Read more
I made this Swimming Pool Party cake for my piano students (twins) for their 8th birthday (that’s why the pool is 8-shaped). The base is 13×18 inches and the pool on top is 13×9 inches. It’s chocolate moist cake. I carved the 8 shape first before I put the pool on top. I then covered … Read more
This Jello cake recipe was the hit of my sons 4th birthday party. It was done with two 10″ round cakes. I dug out a kidney shape from the cooled cake, iced the whole thing with a white crumb coat. I prepared 2 packages of Jello with a total of 2 cups of water (one … Read more
I got the idea to make this Swimming Pool Cake from this website. I used different tips and ideas from various cakes on the site. I also watched the video on yotube.com. We don’t have a pool, so all summer we spend our time at Uncle Tom’s pool. I decided to make this cake for … Read more
Greetings from Australia. I came across this website last week which gave me some fantastic ideas for my daughter’s 7th birthday pool party cake. I took a few ideas from different cakes and came up with this Pool Party Jelly Cake: I baked a 22cm x 30cm slab cake using 2 packet mixes. I drew … Read more
I used two boxed cakes and baked them in 9×13 pans. I put them one on top of the other then I hollowed out the top one to make room for the “pool”. I iced them lightly and then put them on the fridge for a few hours. I then lined the pool with foil … Read more
This Swimming Pool Birthday Cake was for my twin sons’ 6th birthday party, which was at our community pool. The cake is designed to look like that pool. I made it with 6-9×13 cakes (3 chocolate, 3 white) stacked side by side. The top layer was carved in the shape of the pool. I used … Read more
I created this cake for a co-workers daughter’s 4th birthday. I’ve made cakes in the past, but when she asked for a pool party… it seemed rather challenging. I made a full sheet cake and dug out a 2″ deep well for the pool. Icing the grass was tedious, but the effect looks great (#16 … Read more
I used this pool cake idea for my sons 2nd grade end of the year pool party. I searched for pool cakes and the best unique birthday cake idea I found was a pool cake made with Jello in the center. I was not sure how my son’s 2nd grade classmates would like Jello mixed … Read more