Our sweet boys are still talking about how fun they had at their Backyard Campout Birthday Party! Their favorite parts of the party were the fun games we played and sleeping in tents. But my favorite part was the two cakes I made to celebrate their special day!
Little Boy requested a tent atop his Backyard Campout Birthday Cake. Why stop at one tent when you can have an entire campsite?
Here’s what you will need to make your own Backyard Campout Birthday Cake:
- 2 eight inch cake layers
- 2 containers of chocolate icing
- round cardboard cake board
- red and yellow candy melts {for flames and red bird}
- green candy melts {for trees}
- chocolate candy {for fire pit surround}
- Pirouette rolled wafer cookies from Pepperidge Farms {for campfire}
- graham crackers
Step 1: Start by baking and icing the cakes.
My favorite White Almond Cake recipe is from Kat at Mini Cake Love. It is my go-to recipe for all our celebrations!
2. Create flames for the camp fire with the red and yellow candy melts.
Candy melts make flame building super easy! Go {here} to see the full tutorial.
3. Create a Campfire Ring with Chocolates
I knew there was no way I could draw a perfect circle for the campfire so I grabbed small sauce cup and turned it upside down on the top of the cake. Leftover chocolate Easter eggs make perfect rocks. After you smash them with the bottom of a coffee cup, of course! 😉
Add a big dollop of chocolate in the middle then begin to build the fire with broken pieces of rolled wafer cookies and candy melt flames. 
4. Create trees with green candy melts.
I added melted green candy melts to a ziploc bag. I snipped the corner to turn it into a makeshift piping bag. To create the trees I simply piped out free form tree shapes on wax paper.
A wooden skewer was helpful with stirring the melted candy and spreading out the “tree limbs”.
After the trees dried and firmed up, I attached them to pieces of rolled wafer cookies using more melted candy. The cookies made tree trunks and made sticking the trees in the icing a snap.
Then I got inspired and added a sweet red bird to one of the trees. He is just melted red candy piped into an easy bird shape. Love him!
5. Add a tent.
Did you notice the tent size switcharoo? The original tent was way too small compared to the roaring fire I built. So I started over with larger pieces of graham cracker cookies to make a simple tent. Adding fun details with the melted red candy make the tent extra special! 
This cake was super easy and fun to make. Plus my Little Boy loved it!
I am so grateful the boys agreed to have a combined birthday party this year! From the invites to the cakes our Backyard Campout Birthday Party was a blast! Go {here} to see the entire party post!
Come see the entire Party Post!
Big Boy’s Campfire Birthday Cake!
Your comments totally make my day! They give me huge motivation to keep creating and having fun with my 3 Little Greenwoods!
I link up with these fun parties!
That’s adorable! Great cake and the party looked like so much fun!
Have I told you about the awesome cake recipe a friend shared with me? It’s AMAZING! {wink wink}
Both cakes are fabulous! I love the tent and fire pit!
Thanks so much Robyn! We’d love to see you guys this summer!
Oh my goodness there is a little cardinal on the tree! That is sooo adorable! And the tent! Oh I love it soo much! You really pulled off quite the party! 😀
I love that little red bird too! Made me so happy that it turned out so cute!
~ Ashley
This is SO IMPRESSIVE!!
And easy! Trust me! 🙂
Stopping by from Fantastic Thursday Link Party. Great theme idea! The flames look great on the cake.
Thanks so much Melinda! I love your Race Car Birthday Party!
~ Ashley
This cake is so creative and so fun! I love the little bird…I am terrible at making cakes but you make me think I can do it 🙂 Your kids have a good mom!
What an amazing cake!!!
Lucky boys to have such a creative mommy!!
Thanks for sharing!!
So excited that you like the campout birthday cake! Thanks so much!
Such a cute cake! You did a really great job with the whole party. Pinning! 🙂
So excited that you like the campout birthday cake! I really appreciate the pin!
This is fantastic! Love the little details, like the bird and the logs. I bet he loved it! Have a great week!
Kim
Hey Kim! That sweet little red bird is my favorite part. Thank you so much for your comment!
~ Ashley
Thanks for linking up to the Be. YOU. Tiful link party. Featuring you on Thursday as my top pick 🙂
That is FABulously wonderful news! I am honored to be chosen!
~ Ashley
That little campfire is so cute!!
Thank you so much! Building the campfires on both of the Campout Birthday Cakes was so fun.
~ Ashley
This is so adorable!
Again, thanks for joining the Link Up this week!
Thank you Jess!
Super cute! My boys would LOVE this cake! Thanks for linking up to Tips and Tricks, hope to see you again next week!
I’m so excited you like our Campout Cake! Our boys are still telling friends about that one cake their mama made! 🙂
~ Ashley
Ashley…I still that that was the best idea for a boys’ party yet!!!
Thanks for sharing your cake-making details with us at Project Inspire{d}!
Hey Diane! Thank you so much for your sweet comment! It makes me smile big to know that you loved our party theme. I’m not sure what I’m going to come up with next year to top the Campout Party! 🙂
~ Ashley
Ashley, I love decorating cakes and this one is adorable. So fun!! Thanks for sharing on Best of the Weekend. I’m featuring this post. Hope you join us for the party again this week!! Nichi
Eeek! So excited to be featured! Thank you so much!
~ Ashley
That cake looks great! Thanks for linking up to Sweet and Savoury Sunday, stop by and link up again. Have a great day!!
So excited you like our Campout Birthday Cake! Thank you for hosting your fun party!
~ Ashley
Adorable, I think I commented it on the camp out party post too 😉