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What to Do With Cake Scraps?

June 24, 2014 by Erin Gardner

Make edible sand from cake | great for summer cakes | DIY Cake Tutorial by Erin Gardner for TheCakeBlog.com

Our contributor, Erin Gardner of Erin Bakes, is back with a new tutorial today!  Join along as she shares a new cake project with a step-by-step tutorial.

DIY Cake Sand | make edible sand from extra cake scraps. Great for beach and pool party cakes! | by Erin Gardner for TheCakeBlog.com

Cake scraps!  Also fondly known as Cake Top.  You know what I’m talking about…. the extra dome of cake that gets cut off during the leveling process.  We all have cake scraps and no one likes to throw them away.  If you don’t immediately give in to the temptation of snacking on your scraps, you can use them to create “sand” or “dirt” for your next cake design.  I love this trick because it saves you time and money.  No more wasted cake and no need to buy extra brown sugar or ground up cookies when creating your beachy cake designs.

DIY Cake Sand | make edible sand from extra cake scraps. Great for beach and pool party cakes! | by Erin Gardner for TheCakeBlog.com

I used my cake sand to transform a mini-bundt cake into a sand castle and to top off a sweet little candy melt sand pail.  Beyond the beach, cake sand can be used to dress up the sides of a simple buttercream frosted cake, or as “dirt” on a garden or construction themed cake.

Let’s learn how go from extra cake scraps to fabulous cake sand!

Make edible sand from cake | great for summer cakes | DIY Cake Tutorial by Erin Gardner for TheCakeBlog.com

View the Step-by-Step Tutorial

EDIBLE CAKE SAND
a tutorial by Erin Gardner

Supplies:

Cake Scraps (aka Cake Top)
Parchment Paper
Baking Sheet

DIY Cake Sand | make edible sand from extra cake scraps. Great for beach and pool party cakes! | by Erin Gardner for TheCakeBlog.com

View the Step-by-Step Tutorial

June 24, 2014 by Erin Gardner

Erin Gardner , CONTRIBUTOR

Erin Gardner is a pastry chef and cake designer. Her main focus is ErinBakes.com where she shares fun and accessible recipes and techniques. Read more about Erin on her bio page.

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Comments

  1. Leah says

    June 24, 2014 at 12:49 pm

    Love. To. Make. Different. Cakes. !!!!!’m

  2. Sandra says

    June 24, 2014 at 8:17 pm

    I will surely try this. Most of the time I save my cake tops to make cake truffles. Waste not want not!!

  3. Sue {munchkin munchies} says

    June 25, 2014 at 12:10 am

    LOVE this idea! The cake is cute too!

  4. Sharon Jackson says

    June 30, 2016 at 8:47 am

    Hi, thats a fantastic idea, what do you use to make it stick to the sides of the cake?
    Thank you

Trackbacks

  1. HOW TO BUILD A CAKE – TwinkleLittleLuna says:
    June 2, 2019 at 3:45 pm

    […] If you don’t immediately give in to the temptation of snacking on the little domed piece of cake you just cut off, you can use it to create “sand” or “dirt” for your next cake design.  Learn how with this step-by-step tutorial! […]

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