Coolest Wizard Of Oz Cake

Homemade Wizard Of Oz Cake

For my niece’s 4th birthday she wanted a Wizard of Oz cake. I just made a Spiderman cake for her brother so I thought I’d give this one a shot. I used the marshmallow fondant and made the tornado and witches hat with it as well. This picture actually isn’t the finished product, I added … Read more

Coolest Emerald City Wizard of Oz Cake

Wizard of Oz Cake

I threw a Wizard of Oz birthday for my little girl’s first birthday. I knew I wanted the cake to be the Emerald City and after searching relentlessly for different ideas, I came up with the idea of pulled sugar. I read up on how to do this and bought a 25 lb. bag of … Read more

Coolest Monster Book Cake

Monster Book Cake

My son wanted a Harry Potter cake for his birthday, So I decided that the monster book of monsters would be fairly easy. It was, I just made a sheet cake, then I cut it in half and stacked it to make a double layer cake. First I did a buttercream/crumb coat. The frosting was … Read more

Coolest Harry Potter Golden Snitch Cake

Homemade Harry Potter Golden Snitch Cake

I made this Harry Potter Golden Snitch Cake cake for my daughter’s sixth birthday. We are all crazy about Harry Potter at our house and it seemed like a fun cake to try. I made the cake circular by baking the top and bottom half in a Pyrex bowl. I used the Hershey’s Special Dark … Read more

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The ideas for this Harry Potter cake I adapted from a birthday cake book. Just quickly colored the ready made icing and chopped up a ready made cake. Quick idea for most busy mums. The kids loved it even if it isn’t perfect! More Harry Potter Cakes Cake by Lisa Y., Reisterstown, MD For my … Read more

Cool Number 5 Darth Vader Cake

Darth Vader Cake

This was a Darth Vader cake I made for a 5 year old’s birthday. The customer wanted a cake in the shape of a 5 with a picture of Darth Vader on it. The colors are specific to what the customer wanted.

Coolest R2 D2 Cake

Homemade R2 D2 Cake

I came to this website looking for ideas for an R2 D2 cake. I combined a few ideas and came up with my cake. I baked 3 11x 18 sheet cakes (each with 3 boxes of cake mix). When I baked the last layer, I also used enough cake batter to bake a few cupcakes … Read more

Coolest AT-AT Star Wars Cake

Homemade AT-AT Star Wars Cake

I searched all over the internet for a cool Star wars cake to make, and either they fed too many, or were way too complicated! My son was set on having an AT-AT Star Wars cake, and I didn’t want to do a flat one, or have figures on a cake. I have done cakes … Read more

Coolest Darth Maul Birthday Cake

Homemade Darth Maul Birthday Cake

First I’d like to say thanks to all the people who gave their ideas on this site. I made this homemade Darth Maul birthday cake after looking at your lovely cakes for my son Luke on his 4th birthday. I used 3 round fruit cakes stacked on top of one another and slightly stepped (this … Read more

Easy Homemade Darth Vader Birthday Cake

Homemade Darth Vader Birthday Cake

My stepson has gone crazy for Star Wars this year and wanted a Darth Vader themed seventh birthday party. I looked through tons of cake ideas online and could not find a design that I wanted to work with. I have had terrible experience with black icing, not in the decoration but in what color … Read more

Coolest Darth Vader Mask Cake

Homemade Darth Vader Mask Cake

This was for my son’s fifth birthday. A huge Star Wars fan, he asked for a Darth Vader Mask Cake… and I took the challenge. I needed a basic plastic Darth Vader mask (sold in every toy shop). The cake itself is basic sponge cake, divided into three layers, and filled with frozen berries and … Read more

Simple Black Darth Vader Cake

Homemade Darth Vader Cake

I made this Darth Vader cake for my son’s 4th birthday. He is a huge Star Wars fan. I searched the web for a picture of Darth Vader that I blew up to the size I wanted and then printed it out. I then used it as an outline for the cake. I wanted the … Read more