I love getting mail. Any mail is great but I particularly love bright colored envelopes, pretty cards….or even a DIY postcard piece of cake!
I’m not the most talented or creative person, but after a trip to my local hardware store (and a few false starts), I finished the delicious-looking creation below.
Yes, that is a postcard, not a real piece of cake. Not only will you bring surprise and joy to the lucky recipient of this creation, but to the postal workers who have the pleasure of mailing it out. “You MADE this?” they shall ask in disbelief. The choices are endless too. Chocolate cake. Strawberry cake. Vanilla cake. Just change up the paint color and you’re good to go.
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What You Will Need for DIY Postcard Cake:
- 1 large sponge (Get extras because the first one can be tricky to make)
- Serrated knife
- X-Acto or utility knife
- Spray paint (brown, yellow, pink or white)
- 1 tube acrylic latex caulk (brown, cream or white)
- Spray Adhesive
- Thin cardboard or thick scrapbook paper
Sorry, I don’t have step-by-step photos of my experience. I made them in a fit of excitement and forgot to document it. But here are the steps.
How to Make:
1. Cut your sponge in half diagonally. Look at my final cake photo if that’s confusing. And don’t worry if you mess up! That’s why I told you to buy extra sponges. You can practice your “frosting” on the screw-ups too…
2. Cut a thin groove in the middle where your middle layer of “frosting” will go.
3. Spray paint it! (in a well-ventilated area may I add)
4. Trace the shape of your cake on cardboard on a piece of thick paper. Cut it out. Glue that baby to another side of the cake that you didn’t cut the groove out of.
5. “Pipe” your frosting onto your cake..getting the groove first, and then the side and top. Make sure to get the sides of the cardboard creating a “frame”, but leave the bottom alone!
6. Use a paintbrush to “swirl” your frosting for an even more realistic look. You got it.
7. Allow your cake to dry for 3-5 days on a piece of parchment paper.
8. Write a cheery greeting and mail that sweet piece of cake.
PS: The postal workers will be as excited as you are!
PSS If you think your cake pieces will be a miserable failure or don’t have the time to make them, Etsy sells them for around $15.
But c’ mon, wouldn’t it be much more impressive to make it yourself? After all, it’s a piece of cake.
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What a fun ideas to send in the mail.
I thought this was a real piece of cake! haha! I think this idea is really cute for letting others know you are thinking of them! Thank you for sharing, and you tutorial seems easy to follow!
It looks just as real in person!
Sounds like a very interesting project. I think the photos though are making me hungry. LOL!
I hear ya 😉
Hi Sarah, What an unusual piece of mail! Very clever and creative! Thanks for sharing! Blessings, Janet
I absolutely love this idea. I used to make very card I sent, I still have loads of scrapbooking tools. i will have to give this one a try.
It is my absolute favorite and people go crazy over it!
Oh how fun! It sure looks real. Let’s hope the postal worker isn’t hungry and mistakes it as a real piece of cake. LOL
Oh my, this looks so real and yummy lol!
Oh my, you had me so fooled! Haha! This is brilliant!
Thanks, Mary! I know…it’s crazy how realistic it is.
Wow! It looks like a real piece of cake! How fun!!
First time here visiting posts from Waywow link up. Every time I scrolled past this “cake” I was wondering how it was a postcard. So here I am! It does look incredibly real, and I was dying to have a bite! I’m gonna pin it somewhere!
Please do and I hope you get the chance to make it! Thanks for stopping by.
Thank you and I hope you get the chance to make it!
Wow I really thought this was cake. You are so creative
Fun. At first I thought it was a real piece of cake.
It looks so real I worry someone might eat it! #weekendblogshare
That is seriously impressive and I truly thought it was real – what a great idea! I think I might have to have a go! Thanks for joining the #weekendblogshare
Sarah, this is so cool and so creative. I seriously thought this was a piece of cake, and chocolate icing is my favorite! YUM!
I love that you fooled me, and I’m sure a bunch of others too! This would be a great birthday card front, I would love getting a piece of this in the mail!
Everyone in my family has gotten one for their birthday. They were huge surprises!
That is so creative! I may cry if I got that in the mail and couldn’t eat it!!
Thanks for sharing at #bloggerspotlight!
Haha then you just go out and buy a real cake!
How very clever! Thank you for sharing with us on the Art of Home-Making Mondays at Strangers & Pilgrims on Earth! 🙂
Thanks, Jes! It is one of my favorites.
Omg how cool!! But also now I want chocolate cake!!
I know. It looks TOO realistic!
This looks so real! What a fun and creative idea!! Will have to make this to send to some of my friends!
I pinned this years ago and never ended up making it. Thought it was really cute idea. Will have to get it made this time.
Candy – yes! You’ll think it’s the coolest I promise 🙂
Allow me to join with all the cake loves of the world on praise of this idea! So cool! LOVE IT!
Oh my gosh, I LOVE this. You could use these as invitations to a birthday party! I once mailed a plastic Easter Egg with candy and treats inside. You just have to tape the seem so it doesn’t break open in transit 🙂
I would LOVE to go to that party if I get these as an invite!
Brilliant idea! Would love to send this to someone as their birthday card!
SO creative! I second the comment about sending a cake postcard as a birthday card!
This is crazy — it looks so real. I literally read two or three times to make sure I wasn’t seeing things, lol! That would be fun for the post office, haha.
This looks just like cake! WOW! This is a really cute idea!
It took me awhile to realize that this wasn’t an actual piece of cake! What an adorable idea!
What a fun idea! I do postcrossing. This will be fun to send.
Oh my goodness I seriously thought that was literally a piece of cake, and I was SO confused for a second. You did an amazing job! I LOVE the idea!
Thanks, Becca! Admittedly it did take a few tries but then it is amazing how realistic it looks!
Totally thought it was a real piece of cake. Such a cool idea!
You have GOT to be kidding me!!! This is the most adorable thing I’ve seen! I cannot wait to give this a try — too cute!!
This is such a cute idea! Thanks for sharing!
Ok, this is definitely going to be served as a ‘special dessert’ for my kids on April Fool’s Day! (I’ll have some backup treats to ease the disappointment). Mailing them for birthdays is a fun idea too! Such a cool project!
haha Kate I LOVE that idea! I would love to know how it goes!
Oh my goodness this looks TASTY! Is that weird? haha! I could definitely eat it.
Definitely not weird. It looks delicious!
Yum this look delicious. I love the look of this. xx
Omg I totally thought this was a recipe. haha It looks so real!
WHAT?!? This looks SO real! haha I would probably eat it if i got it haha
I know it’s amazing!!
I was trying to figure out how that wasn’t a real cake, it looks legit!
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