Are you a plan-ahead person, or a last-minute person? If you're making a camping birthday cake, you can go either way. There are camping themed cakes that you can make ahead of time, and there are birthday cakes you can make while camping. Either way, these cakes take little time to prepare. The only cost involved is the ingredients, and you can let the kids help decorate them. Does this Spark an idea?
Pineapple Upside-Down Cake
A pineapple upside-down cake isn't a traditional birthday cake, but it can be made while camping. Place a pineapple ring in the bottom of a cleaned-out tuna fish can, and pour 1 cup cake batter on top of the pineapple ring. Wrap the can in tin foil and place it in the fire. Check the cake after 15 minutes and then every 5 minutes until it is done. Make one for each person.
Cabin Cake
Bake a cake in a 9 by 13 inch pan. After the cake is baked and completely cooled, cut the cake in half and stack the two halves on top of each other. Cover the entire cake in brown frosting, and use black and white frosting to add details, making it look like a cabin.
Skillet Cake
Prepare a cake mix as directed on the box. Pour the cake batter into a deep 10-inch skillet. Cover the skillet with a metal lid or flat cover, and place the entire skillet into the base of a low fire. Check the cake after about 20 minutes and every 5 minutes, until you can stick a knife in the center, and it comes out clean. Flip the skillet upside down to let the cake fall out onto a cooling tray. Decorate the cake after it cools completely.
Sheet Cake
Bake a traditional sheet cake, and create a camping scene in frosting. Draw a tent on the cake. Use marshmallows to create clouds. Use small pretzel sticks to create the fire. Use green food coloring to color shredded coconut, and use it as grass.
Mountain Cake
Bake a cake in an oven-safe batter bowl for approximately 55 to 60 minutes. Let it cool completely. Decorate the cake to look like a mountain. It can be a grassy mountain with chocolate rocks and green coconut grass patches, or it can be a snow-covered mountain with white frosting and marshmallow creme.
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