Swimming Pool Birthday Cake

My Son's Swimming Pool Birthday Cake

This is the cake I made for my son's 7th birthday party.  The slide is made with pretzels (used melted chocolate for glue) and a Fruit by the Foot.  For the signs I just 'painted' white melted chocolate on parchment paper and I used a small bit of Fruit by the Foot for the 'string' to hold up the sign and then coloured melted chocolate for the words.  I added texture to the 'water' and I sprayed it with blue food colouring.  I am not very good at making cakes but I try and my son loves it.

Teddy Grahams, Watermelon Rings, No Lifeguard Sign

White Chocolate Sign with a Fruit by the Foot Hanger

Slide made from Pretzels and Fruit by the Foot

Diane

Beach Balls on a Stick

Sour Cherry Beach Balls!

I was trying to come up with some ideas for my son's swimming birthday party and I found the sour cherry round candies in my cupboard.  I just put a toothpick in them and piped on melted white chocolate that was tinted with copper gel and melts tinted with teal.  I did put the balls in the fridge between colours to help the melts harden.  A cute idea that did not work out great but I tried!  I am sure the kids will like it!

Diane

Beach Ball Cake Pops

Beach Ball Cake Pops

The most recent post was my snorkel cake pops and this one is my beach ball cake pops, also for my son's birthday.  These do not look as 'smooth' as my other pops but they still get the point across.  I made the basic cake pop, dipped them in my leftover melted white chocolate tinted with copper gel colour, I put them in the fridge and then I piped teal tinted melts and then red candy melts.  After I piped each colour on I did put the pops in the fridge to set the colours.  For his party I am displaying the snorkel and beach ball cake pops together and I think the kids will love it!

Diane

Snorkel Swimmer Cake Pops

My Snorkelling Swimming Cake Pops

These cake pops are for my son's birthday party this weekend.  We are having an outdoor water fun party so I looked on-line but I could not find any ideas for cake pops so I created these ones.  I first made the basic cake pop (see bakerella.com) and then I covered the entire pop in melted white chocolate that was tinted with copper colour gel and a tiny bit of golden yellow gel.  I put them in the fridge to harden and then when I took them out I put the top of the pop in melted chocolate and textured it with my fingers to make it look like hair.  I put them back in the fridge to harden.  The last part, the mask and snorkel, was the time consuming part but it looks so cute.... I used a paint brush to put a blob of white melted chocolate in the shape of the mask, placed a black cake confetti dot for each eye and then took a short piece of licorice and circled it around the blob.  I had to hold it until the chocolate melted.  I then painted a thin strip of melted chocolate along the head where I then placed the snorkel.... Voila... a snorkelling, swimming cake pop!

The Blue Snorkel

The Red Snorkel

The Green Snorkel

The Chocolate Textured Hair!

Diane