Beach Cake
This Beach Cake is the ultimate summer dessert for pool parties, beach-themed parties, and cookouts. Made with simple cake mix and decorated with fun candies.
Servings: 8 servings
Calories: 241kcal
Ingredients
- 1 boxed white cake mix
- Eggs Water, Oil: ingredients listed on cake box
- 1 container of Blue frosting
- Teddy Grahams
- Rainbow Candy Strips
- Peach Rings
- Gummy Sharks
- Paper Umbrellas
Instructions
- Bake the cake according to the directions on the cake mix package in a round cake pan. Allow to cool completely.
- Frost the entire cake with blue frosting to create the ocean.
- Crush about 1 cups of teddy bear cookies into find crumbs and sprinkle them over one-half of the cake to make the sandy beach.
- Insert the paper umbrellas into the sandy section.
- Cut the rainbow candy strips into smaller rectangles and arrange them on the sand as beach towels.
- Place a teddy bears cookie on each towel.
- Place additional teddy bear cookies inside peach rings to create floating tubes and set them on the blue frosting.
- Finish decorating with gummy sharks swimming in the ocean.
Notes
Recipe Tips
- Let the cake cool completely before frosting so the icing doesn't melt.
- Crush the cookies finely so they resemble real sand.
- Don't over crowd the cake! Plan it out before you decorate.
- Decorate the cake a few hours before your party so the frosting has time to set.
- Save time and use a store bought cake and decorate yourself.
Nutrition
Calories: 241kcal | Carbohydrates: 53g | Protein: 3g | Fat: 2g | Potassium: 40mg | Fiber: 1g
