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
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
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
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.
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
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
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
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
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
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
Thank goodness I found this site! I followed many of the other Homemade R2D2 Birthday Cakes and really took their suggestions seriously. My awesome boyfriend cut the dowel for me and created the base for the cake. Then, I baked all the cakes the night before and assembled them all the morning of the party. … Read more
For my son’s 5th birthday, he wanted a Star Wars themed party. After a little web searching I found several ideas for his cake. Together we decided on R2D2 birthday cake. Here’s how I did it. I used 2 store bought cake mixes (reducing the oil to 1 tablespoonful to make a firmer textured cake, … Read more