Take a look at these cool homemade Monsters Inc 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!
This Monsters Incorporated cake was homemade for our daughter’s fourth birthday. The cake was covered in marshmallow fondant, as were the figures. Mike’s and Sully’s bodies were made out of cereal treats, then covered in fondant. I ground up coconut in my Vitamix to make Sully’s fur, then colored it with food coloring. I made … Read more
This Monster Inc cake was for a little girl named Sophia who lived two doors down from me. I came up with the idea to have “Mike” sitting on top of a blue “furry” cake that resembled Sullys spotted fur. First I baked a sheet cake. Then I tinted the white buttercream to the turquoise … Read more
I wanted a 3D version of Mike from Monsters Inc. cake. The entire assembly took shape around the tall tier cake stand/cake plate/with 13.5″ column sold by Wilton. We have used this structure for SO many creations it has proved invaluable. The only tricky part is centering each layer and cutting the hole in the … Read more
A friend asked me to do a Monsters Inc Birthday Cake for her son’s second birthday. I had a look around on the net, but wasn’t keen on any that I saw, but saw some lovely ideas for little decorations that I decided to have a go at. As I’m not the best cake baker, … Read more
I made this two tiered Monsters Inc. birthday cake for my sister-in-law’s nephew. He loves Mike from Monsters Inc. I used 3″ deep pans, bottom 10″, top 6″. I layered and filled with Bavarian cream. Mike is made out of two large cupcakes stacked. I froze them and then carved them to the best circle … Read more
I started a tradition in my family to have a homemade birthday cake each year for my children’s birthdays. I love mixing colors and creating works of art on canvas, so I figured I could try my hand at designing cakes. For Kyle’s first birthday I made a Lightening McQueen cake. I loved how it … Read more
For my son’s 2nd birthday, I wanted to create a “monster” cake because he was so into pretending he was a monster. I was having trouble finding a general monster cake and looked at this site and noticed there was a Monsters, Inc. category. My son loved the movie and I thought I could tweak … Read more
My little boy’s dad laboured night after night over this cake…I made madeira sponge cake to size (one round, probably around 10″, two rectangular, ) and his dad decorated it with such painstaking care and attention to detail, even down to ‘fluffing up’ Sully’s fur with a fork. All hand coloured and painted with food … Read more
This Monsters Inc. Cake was made for my son’s 4th birthday. He’s a fan of the movie Monsters Inc. I checked on the internet and found this site for some ideas. I first made a sheet cake, half choc and half vanilla. Then with the Wilton ball pan I made another vanilla cake for Mikes … Read more
This is a homemade 1/2-sheet butter cake, covered in white “chocolate plastic” and decorated with meringue buttercream frosting. The design of Mike and Sully is adapted from the movie DVD cover. I made several practice crayon sketches on paper, then sketched in the basic shapes on the cake using an art paintbrush dipped in tinted … Read more
This Monsters Inc Birthday Cake was a fun cake to make for my monster baby’s 1st birthday. It was all done freehand with a coloring page that I kept next to the cake and used as a guide. I made the background as Boo’s door. I used a Wilton #233 to do Sulley’s fur. I … Read more
I made this Mike From Monsters Inc Cake (and a Sully one) for my Nephew’s birthday. I used the two part ball pan from Wilton with a 6″ round in between. I used fondant for the eye and horns. The arms and legs are green Twizzlers.