I had a picture of the Twilight Birthday Cake from the movie to look at and try to copy. I baked two 10 in. rounds, two 8 in. rouds and two 6 in. rounds. I frosted and stacked the cakes as you would a wedding cake. Wooden dowels in the 10 and 8 in. cakes. … Read more
I made this Wizard of OZ Birthday Cake for a friend of a friend’s niece. She was turning 5 and wanted a Wizard of Oz cake. My husband baked 2 9in round white cakes, leveled them, and stacked them. I frosted the cake and then covered it with white fondant. I made the yellow brick … Read more
My daughter, Brianna, loves the Wizard of Oz. Ive baked cakes before but not for something as important as her birthday party. The cake was a store bought cake mix. The icing is also right off the shelf with green food coloring and covered the whole cake. I than added the yellow brick road by … 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
I hosted my son’s 9th Birthday with a full blown Harry Potter party complete with Quidditch Match and Great Hall Dining room. Desert was this Harry Potter Snitch Cake. The base is chocolate cake I baked in a Bundt cake pan. The ball was made from a ball cake pan from Wilton – that was … 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 Car Cake about five years ago for a Harry Potter movie marathon party with some of my friends. I also recreated the cake for a friend’s birthday a few months later and it was a lot easier the second time around. I used the Wilton car cake pan. Then, I … Read more
For this 3D R2D2 Birthday Cake Design, you will need: 6 in round pan, 9×9 pan, buttercream icing, fondant icing and a frosting tip. I made a 6 in. round cake and a 9×9 cake. For his head, I cut the 6 in. round in half. The body is the 9×9 pan, slightly trimmed on … Read more
My 9 year old son wanted a cake of Commander Fox from the Star Wars Clone Wars movie. I have been making cakes for my children for 10+ years but this cake was the most difficult for me. Probably because I didn’t have templates for cutting out all the pieces. Fortunately, my husband helped me … Read more
I made this Darth Vader Birthday Cake for my husband’s friend from work. This was my first time ever using fondant. I started by making 2- 6″ cake circles, a square cake, and a cake made from a Pyrex bowl. I stacked the 2 6″ circles and round bowl cake. Then I crumb coated the … Read more
My boys are Star Wars crazy! This Death Star cake was white cake on the bottom and chocolate cake on the top. The top I baked in a Pyrex bowl and the bottom in a regular 9″ pan. The frosting is a butter cream frosting with all colors blended together to make the gray. I … Read more
This R2D2 from Star Wars Cake was for my son’s 6th birthday. He’s a huge Stars Wars fan and I found many inspiring cakes from this section here at Coolest Cakes! I made this cake using a round metal bowl for his head and three layer cakes for the body. My bowl was only about … Read more