Take a look at these cool homemade Hogwarts Castle 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 Hogwarts Ice Cream cone cake was made for my twins’ 9th birthday. I was inspired by cakes on this site, but once I got going, it became an original creation. This Hogwarts cake required very little skill, just props and an internet connection. As you can see, much of the cake it not cake … Read more
My 9 year old wanted a Harry Potter party, and my husband suggested Hogwarts for the cake. After initially scoffing, saying “impossible”, I looked to this site for inspiration, and decided to do it! The castle is made of two 9×13 cakes, cut in half and stacked up (I used 3 layers, but could use … Read more
My stepson wanted this Harry Potter cake for his 11th birthday. I made 2 round cake pans and a mixing bowl to make the 3 layers. I then iced it with Vanilla icing and colored with the blue gray color. I used poster board towers and put them inside the cupcakes and sugar cones on … Read more
I made this Harry Potter cake for my nieces 6th birthday, she is a major fan of the Harry Potter . I made a three-tiered cake and used paper towel and toilet paper rolls for the towers. I used gray butter cream and sprinkled it with white cake glitter. The cake was a hit, although … Read more
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My son was a huge Harry Potter fan about 2 years ago and wanted a Harry Potter cake. I decided to try my hand at a “Castle”. The columns are paper towel/toilet paper holders and the “points” are ice cream cones. Everything else is “cake”! It is a 3-tiered cake and I purchased Harry Potter … Read more
Made with the Wilton castle pan but decorated in the colors to resemble Hogwarts Castle. The sides were iced smooth in white and then the castle outline was done with a #3 round tip. The castle was then filled in with a #16 star tip and #2 & 5 round tips. The roof was made … Read more
My son decided that for his 10th birthday, he was too big for a theme until I suggested Harry Potter, since he’s been reading the series. We used lots of descriptions from the books, with black, gold, and red (Gryffindor colors) for decorations, goblets, candles, “every flavor Jelly Beans” and gold galleons! There was even … Read more
This Hogwarts Castle Birthday Cake is a fruit cake covered with chocolate Ganache. The fruit cake is one of my mom’s recipes. What gives this cake a really nice taste and aroma are the canary/cake seeds. The chocolate Ganache was made with equal proportions of chocolate and cream. I made the castle roof with ice … Read more
This Hogwarts Birthday Cake was made for my boyfriend’s 21st birthday. He made a joke saying I should make a Harry Potter cake and I took him seriously and came up with this. This Hogwarts cake has a grand hall and some towers, a courtyard (cardboard not cake), an owlery with owls, Hagrids hut, a … Read more
I made this Hogwarts Cake Design for my twin nephews 7th birthday. Hogwarts in all its glory atop a rocky ridge with Harry, Ron & Hermione walking up the dirt path leading to the school. The 1st cake layer is sculpted and frosted with the grass tip. The 2nd cake layer is frosted with gray … Read more
My sons have their birthdays in the same month and we all share a love for Harry Potter, so we decided to have a joint birthday party with a Harry Potter theme. I asked my oldest what he wanted the cake to be, and when he told me Hogwart’s Castle I didn’t know if I … Read more