My son is a big Harry Potter fan and really wanted a cake with a hippogriff! Having no clue how to draw a hippogriff I went in search on the web for Harry Potter characters. I found a few but none really fit the bill. So I sketched my, own using a few others as … Read more
My nephew was having a Jedi training party for his 5th birthday. My sister-in-law requested whatever cake I thought I could do to match the theme. After looking on this site, I was sure that I could do the R2D2 3-D cake. I used half a Wilton ball pan for top and then four 6-inch … Read more
I was asked to make a Star Wars cake for a friends daughters birthday. I got my inspiration from the other cakes on this site – thank you. I made 2 oblong sponge cakes using the fabulous Lakeland multicake tin. I lay these in a line and trimmed to make the ‘sabre’ shape. I sliced … Read more
My son is a huge Star Wars fan and so am I. I wanted to make a Storm Trooper Cake for his 5th birthday but after looking at his Star Wars Annuals, I decided that the Clone Trooper looked easier. This website was a massive inspiration and the tips from other cake makers were a … Read more
I have not worked with frosting much so I knew that would be challenge. I was trying to come up with ways to “cheat” to avoid issues with my lack of experience. As I came up with a few ideas I decided to decorate with candy instead of frosting. This R2D2 Birthday Cake was a … Read more
My son chose a R2D2 Cake Design for his 4th birthday cake (he and daddy watch Star Wars, including the newer cartoon versions, often). I baked various round and square cakes and basically cut the shapes I wanted for the body and “arms” of R2D2. I used a Pyrex bowl for the head. Of course … Read more
I started this Master Yoda Birthday Cake by getting my large rectangle tin and making a paper cut out exactly the same size. Then drew my image of Master Yoda’s face in an oval shape, then drew my ears using the remaining space around the oval from the representation of the cake tin. Using my … Read more
For my son’s twelfth birthday I decided to attempt a Homemade Darth Vader Birthday Cake. I got some tips off the internet and started. I decided to make it in two halves (top and bottom). For the first half I used heavy duty solder wire and made a 3D frame that would serve as the … Read more
My husband loves Star Wars and what a better way to celebrate than with an R2D2 Birthday Cake. The cake is chocolate and was baked in a 12×18 square pan. The arms are made out of rice krispies. Using the sketches that I made as a guideline, I cut the cake away and formed the … Read more
My son wanted a Star Wars party for his 5th birthday, and was requesting that I make an R2D2 cake. I Googled “R2D2 cake”, and the search led me to this site. With some great examples of previous cakes made, I was able to put my son’s cake together. There’s only so much “originality” I … Read more
I made this Yoda grooms cake a little while ago, and it was made with nine layers of chocolate cake, 6 nine inch rounds for the body and 3 six inch rounds for the head. I carved it using just a kitchen knife frosted it in butter cream and then covered it in fondant. It … Read more
We have a cotton candy machine I used for his little tufts of white hair, but the grease from the frosting made it melt a bit. I would recommend either using a little cotton, or patting down the area with cornstarch before applying cotton candy to reduce the moistness of the area.