My four year old daughter wanted an owl cake like her favorite character, the good snow owl, on Legend of the Guardians, mask and all. My twelve year old daughter and I designed and made this cake. This is our first prototype. It is my first attempt at “cake boss” type of cake! We made … Read more

I used two of my glass Pyrex bowls to bake the cake, one small (for the head) one big (for the body). Once they were cooled I cut a small piece of the big one so it could sit on it’s side. I did the same with the small one so I could set it … Read more

A friend asked me to make a cake for his mother’s birthday. He told me she loved owls and had 3 grandchildren. So I started looking for ideas and found this site. I loved the cakes and decided to make a large owl (shown) and 3 little ones (one partially shown). I used the Wilton … Read more

I made this Owl Birthday Cake for my friend on his 24th birthday. This cake took me all day to make but it was sooooo worth it. This cake is made out of 3 homemade marble cakes. For the head I used a bread loaf pan and for the body a round pan. I put … Read more

My son was turning one and he goes crazy for owls. quirky huh. I tend to go over the top for my kids birthdays. But owls aren’t that popular, so we had to make everything from scratch. I made a double recipe chocolate cake. I found two med sized glass bowls in my cupboard. Greased … Read more

Seeing what others here have done inspired this caramel cake for my son’s 8th birthday. You’ll see the similarities, with sliced almond feathers and dried pineapple eyes. The eye centers are licorice ‘bridge mix’ pieces, there are Mike-n-Ike talons hidden at the bottom, and the beak (the brilliant idea of another 8-year-old friend) is an … Read more

I was asked to make an owl for a niece so I set about looking for pictures of owl cakes on the web and found this excellent site that inspired me. I always new I’d use chocolate buttons for the feathers. I started this Chocolate Button Owl Cake by making a round chocolate sponge sandwiched … Read more

My 1 year old is crazy about owls. I found this site (thank goodness!!) and got heaps of great ideas (thanks to those who perfected the owl) I really didn’t have a lot of time… so I followed instructions as directed on the basic owl shape.. I used 4 buttercake packet mixes to create the … Read more

This Owl birthday cake was for my son’s 2nd birthday – he loves owls (not hoot, but real live owls!), so I thought I’d give it a go. This was my first attempt at a 3D cake shape and piping. I used a Dolly Vardon cake tin to bake 3 butter cakes (basic butter cake … Read more

Our one son LOVES Owls! He has a little stuffed snow owl he received as a baby and has slept with it ever since. Personally, I was hoping he would favor his Tigger because if we needed a replacement for “Douglas the Owl” it was sure to be hard. The funny thing is his grandmother … Read more