Our boys are super excited about their big Backyard Birthday Party! Well, you can’t have a Backyard Campout Birthday Party without a Campfire Birthday Cake!
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Campfire Birthday Cake: Supplies
- 1 box of your favorite cake mix
- 8 inch cake pans
- 2 containers of chocolate icing
- cardboard cake board
- red candy melts
- yellow candy melts
- chocolate candy {for fire pit surround}
- Pirouette rolled wafer cookies from Pepperidge Farms
How to Make a Campfire Cake: Instructions
Step 1: Start by baking and icing the cakes.
Bake two 8″ layers of your favorite box cake mix. Ice it with chocolate icing.
Step 2. Create flames for the camp fire with the red and yellow candy melts.
I added melted red candy melts to a ziploc bag. I snipped the corner to turn it into a makeshift piping bag. To create the flames I simply piped out free form flame shapes on wax paper.
A wooden skewer was helpful with stirring the melted candy and spreading out the “flames”.
The flames looked more like coral so I layered a bit of orange on top. Just add a few yellow candy melts to the red and give it a mix to make orange. Then a bit more plain yellow on top of that.
Step 3. Create a Campfire Ring with Chocolates
I knew there was no way I could draw a perfect circle so I grabbed my favorite coffee mug and turned it upside down in the middle of the cake.
Ta-da! A perfect template for my campfire ring!
There are a ton of candy choices for what to use for the ring. Any sort of candy would work.
But when I found solid chocolate Easter eggs on sale for 70% off, I snatch up a bag!
Now oval egg shaped chocolates wouldn’t look much like campfire rocks. But smack them with the bottom of a coffee mug and they turn into jagged, misshapen rocks! 🙂
Step 4. Build the Campfire for your DIY Birthday Cake
Create the fire by adding a dollop of icing then layer pieces of the rolled wafer cookies and candy melt flames. Give the cake a turn as you build the fire to make sure it looks great from all sides.
This Campfire Birthday Cake was so much fun to make! All of the decorations were easy to find at our local grocery store and Hobby Lobby.
But the best part was the gasp that came out of my Big Boy when he saw the cake for the first time! Every birthday boy deserves a special cake.
Especially when he turns ten years old! I love that sweet boy!
Catch up on our Backyard Campout Inspiration and fabulous party invitations!
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Ashley, once again, you wow me! This is SO COOL!!!
Hey girl! Thanks so much for the comment love!
~ Ashley
Whaow I would be excited too and I’m a grown woman hahaha
The cake sound delicious !
Fabulous recipe Fabulous idea
Marti
Super creative idea!! Love everything about this cake. Thanks so much for sharing how you did it.
It was easy to make and our Big Boy thought the campfire was awesome!
The cake is fabulous! I really love the picture of your not so little man with the cake! Great shot!
I love that picture too! He had the best time!
Super cute cake! Love it when it is lit with candle, looks almost like a lit camp fire! Going to have to pin this one for sure! Thanks for sharing. Stopping by from a Little R&R link up.
I am so excited that you love the campfire cake! Thanks for pinning!
Suzanne of Simply Suzannes at Home
Great job, Ashley!
His Campfire Bash looks like it was so much fun. Love the campfire cake :0)
Thanks so much for sharing,
Suzanne
The look on your little guy’s face says it all! Well done 🙂
I adore that picture! Thanks so much for the comment love!
That just turned out super cute Ashley! I pinned it. Love it. Have a wonderful week!
Thanks so much for pinning my campfire cake!
{big hugs}
~ Ashley
Oh my gosh how awesome! I ADORE the cake! I can’t make a cake look pretty worth anything! That look on Big Boy’s face, that is pure joy! Love it!
Thanks so much Heather! I loved making this cake for him!
That is the cutest cake I have ever seen! You are so creative!! I’m sharing it! You are too funny, love how you made the rocks! 🙂 Pinned!
Tootsie thought I had lost my mind when I started pounding on the chocolate eggs I had just taken from her! Thanks so much for the pin!
What a cute idea! Thanks for sharing. Hugs and blessings, Cindy
Hey Cindy! I’m so happy your like our Campfire Birthday Cake! It was so much fun to create for our Big Boy!
Ashley, you are so creative! This is such a fun bday cake… your sweet boy looked like he enjoyed it! What a super momma you are!
This is so cute, Ashley, and I love that it’s so easy! Thanks for sharing your idea! 🙂
This is too cool Ashley! And the smile on your sons face is priceless!
This cake is so cute and creative, such a fun birthday cake! Pinned! I love the backyard campout party ideas too 🙂
You did a great job! How cute!
Thanks for joining the Link Up this week!
Very clever! I love how the candy melts look like real flames, so cool!
Thanks so much! The boys thought the candy melt flames were super cool!