I used three Wilton cake molds (a flower-power pan, castle pan and a baby carriage pan) to create a rough curvy landscape for this Shrek cake. In truth you could use any two to three pans as long as they have lots of curves/angles in the borders. I put the flower and baby carriage molds … Read more
My son wanted a Shrek character birthday cake but none of the local bakeries carried any Shrek designs anymore. So I decided I would make a Shrek cake at home. After watching the movie again I decided to try to make Shreks tree stumps house next to a little swamp. I started with a regular … Read more
My two year old is obsessed with everything Shrek. I had been looking at a Shrek cake on this site and wanted to do something different so I chose the ogre triplets from Shrek the Third. My little boy also loves Gingy so we made gingerbread cut-outs together complete with broken legs stitches and the … Read more
I used two boxes of Betty Crocker white cake mix for this Shrek cake. I only ended up using a cake and a half. Everyone commented how delicious and moist this cake was. I have found that it is the best for birthday cakes. The icing was made from 8-10 cups powdered sugar, three fourth … Read more
I made this Shrek character cake for my friend’s daughter for her 3rd birthday. I started with an 11×15 sheet cake frosted with buttercream tinted green and lavender for the border. I built the little “Shrek Shack” out of graham crackers and glued it together with royal icing. The shack dried for a few days … Read more
My son is Shrek obsessed so what could be better than to make him a Shrek cake! I made the castle by making sheet cakes, freezing then carving. The towers are simple round cakes stacked with a dowel to support and the rectangle castle is one and a half 9×13 pans cut in half. Make … Read more
My son really wanted a Shrek character cake for his 3rd birthday; for months thats all he talked about. I ran out of time to purchase an actual Shrek “cake topper” and no bakery was offering Shrek-themed cakes at the time. I went to Toys-R-Us and purchased the last Shrek toy on their shelves. It … Read more
My little boy LOVES Shrek, so for his 2nd Birthday I made this Shrek character cake. The base of the cake is just a regular 9×13-inch cake pan frosted with butter cream frosting and piped with a grass tip. Shreks Garlic carriage is cake baked in a large muffin tin. It is frosted with butter … Read more
