Take a look at these cool homemade Rocket cakes shared with us by cake decorators from around the world. Along with the birthday cakes here, you’ll also find loads DIY birthday cake-making ideas and how-to tips to inspire your next birthday cake project. Enjoy!
I love making unique cakes. This rocket cake was such fun to make and my son loved it! It is a Wonder Mold cake with sugar cones around and on top. Buzz is an action figure he had and is housed in a plastic drink cup that one side was cut out of. I iced … Read more
My son was obsessed with all things space. Rockets, planets, moons….space aliens. When his birthday rolled around I knew just what to create… a rocket cake. It couldn’t be just any rocket cake. It had to be amazing! He has seen so many cute kid’s cakes and had developed a bit of an attitude about … Read more
This little guy was having his 3rd birthday party at Mid-Air Adventures where kids could go flying through the air on ziplines and ropes. His fascination with flying extends beyond the outer rim, so his mom asked for a rocket ship cake. The cake base is covered with butter cream and then fondant, which I … Read more
I made this rocket cake for my friend’s 5 year old genius boy who became one of the top 10 in a Lego competition. He made a rocket there. So his mom wanted a rocket cake for him. I made an Orange Chiffon cake and covered it with white chocolate butter cream frosting. I used … Read more
For my twin boy’s 6th birthday, they wanted a space theme, so I decided on a rocket cake. We had a big crowd coming, so I knew we could do something large and impressive. The cake requires a little bit of carpentry to get started. The cake is elevated on an 8-inch wood circle from … Read more
I used an Oval Cake Pan For the bottom part of the Little Einsteins Rocket cake. Used a round for the top part of Rocket used four cup cakes for the thrusters on the back and iced them together. Used a sucker for the round thingy at the top. Was going to use crackers for … Read more
I took a lot of the great ideas of a Little Einsteins Rocket Ship Cake from this website and combined them together. I used a sheet cake pan for the cake base (2 boxed cake mixes). I used an oval Pyrex dish for the base of the rocket ship (1 boxed cake mix). I used … Read more
My son wanted a Little Einstein theme for his 2nd birthday so I thought it would be cute to make a Little Einstein Rocket cake. Rocket’s “body” was made in three sections. The bottom section (gray part) of the cake is made with Styrofoam then covered with marshmallow fondant. I would have used cake but … Read more
I made this Rocket Ship Cake for my son’s 5th birthday. I made the cake from a mix, and used two loaf pans to get the right size. I based my cake of many pictures I found, but I simplified, as I like to keep things very clean. The cake is covered with a layer … Read more
My soon to be three year old son wanted a Buzz Lightyear birthday party. I found all of the decorations and invitations, but alas not a bakery who could make unique cakes for a Buzz Lightyear theme party. I did find a local bakery that had a few Buzz picks and toys with some cute … Read more
My son is really into The Little Einsteins, so for his birthday my wife decided to have that as the theme. She bought all the party favors then looked for a cake pan. Well, she didn’t find one. So I studied the picture of Rocket and came up with an idea. We had two oval … Read more
I took two oval shaped pans, one larger than the other, made a Madeira cake (or pound cake). As soon as they were out of the oven I wrapped them in foil and cooled them, then placed them in the freezer overnight. I had pre-bought: 1kg of red regal icing (I’ve tried to make red … Read more