I found this cake pan at an auction that was circa 1976. It had a Superman and Batman plastic face and logo. My 5-year-old loves Superman, so we tried him first. I just used plain old Betty Crocker cake mix and homemade icing. Sometimes I hate for anyone to eat my cakes because so much … Read more
I made this Superman cake for my husband’s best friend’s 30th birthday. The bottom is two 8-inch layers of black forest cake (chocolate cake with cherries and whipped cream as the filling) and the “Earth” is chocolate cake baked in the Wilton sports ball pan. Several days in advance I made Superman using the royal … Read more
For my sons 5th birthday, I wanted an action figures cake but couldn’t find one in which I could make without ‘drawing’ my attempt at a hero on top. His cake ended up being the hit of the party! For the cake we used 3 different sizes of round cake pans and stacked them. I … Read more
I made this Superman Cake for my son’s 4th birthday party, which was a super hero theme. I used two cake mixes, one vanilla and one chocolate. For the head, I used one round cake pan. The torso was a loaf pan, the arms and legs were mini loaf pans, and the hands and feet … Read more
My grandson Parker wanted a Superman party last year. I started this Superman Birthday Cake with a 16 inch round cake pan for the bottom cake. A 12 inch was used for the middle layer. I used one half of the Wilton soccer ball cake pan for the top layer. Using butter cream icing I … Read more
My wife is a huge Superman fan, so I wanted to make her a Homemade Superman Cake Rainbow Style! I made 7 x 7″ cakes in the rainbow colors and assembled them using butter cream. Then covered this with blue icing and the Superman logo I had made. I also added a couple of Superman … Read more
This Superman cake was a welcome home cake for a soldier returning home from Iraq. I had seen a cake with a city drawn on the side and thought it would be cool to give it a comic book look with the use of color flow. This cake is 100% edible but color flow does … Read more
I made this Superman Birthday Cake from scratch. I made a 9 inch and 12 in round pound cake. For the pound cake i used 2 1/3 c. flour, 1 1/2c butter, 1/2 tsp. salt, 2 1/2c. sugar, 7 eggs, 1 tsp. vanilla, 1 tsp. grated lemon zest. Bake at 350 for 50-55 min. After … Read more
I got my idea for this Superman cake from this wonderful website. It was my “test cake” that I’m pretty proud of. I used a 9×9 round pan and carved out the emblem. Mr.(Duncan) Hines and I go way back and I used the French Vanilla box cake. I made my own buttercream frosting. I … Read more
This Superman cake was done for my nieces fifth birthday (she loves Superman!). I used a Wilton shaped pan and Wilton Superman food coloring set. I used this same pan for my son’s birthday a couple of years ago and I had a really hard time with the indentations that form the features the center … Read more
I used a 13x19x3″ sheet cake pan I used three cake mixes for that size pan and letting it bake at 340 degrees for one hour and 25 minutes. I decorated it as you can see with colored buttercream frosting. I also added some decorative primary colored candy stars and Superman emblems to add interest. … Read more
I used the Wilton Superman pan and followed the directions that come with it exactly. I purchased pre-made white buttercream icing and black icing in a tube that tips will attach to since black is so hard to tint correctly without giving it a bad taste. I hand tinted the blue, red, yellow and skin … Read more