A R2-D2 Birthday Cake was what my youngest son wanted for his third birthday. I brought a very simple solution, but it was very joyfully appreciated! I used normal sponge cake, divided in three layers, and cut the necessary droid parts (dome, body, arms) out of this sponge cake. Any favorite filling may be put … Read more
To make this Darth Vader Cake I had to purchase a Darth Vader cake tin from the USA. I used a basic sponge cake recipe from a Delia Smith cookbook and added cocoa powder to make it chocolatey. I also made another big slab of chocolate cake to use as a layer underneath the Vader … Read more
Every year I let me kids choose the kind of birthday cake they want and I set out to make one from scratch. My son wanted an R2D2 cake for his 5th birthday so I looked online for some inspiration. I couldn’t find any flat cakes I liked, so decided to make my first three … Read more
I made this for the 30th birthday party of three boys who never grew up and they all absolutely loved it! I baked five sponge cakes in Victoria Sandwich tins and stacked them up with lemon butter icing and lemon curd in between. Then I baked another sponge cake in a pudding basin for the … Read more
You will need approx 1kg of sugar paste to cover Yoda and make his ears (add a couple of tea spoons of gum tragacanth to the sugar paste that make up his ears— this will help harden the icing so they hold their shape). You will need to make the ears a day or so … Read more
I made one 12-inch round cake (and a bunch of regular and mini-sized cupcakes, in case I needed them for scraps to build out the shape, but I didn’t need them). I cut out the printed picture of the mask to use as a stencil, placed it on top of the 12-inch cake round, and … Read more
For this Darth Maul And Yoda Star Wars Cookie Cake I used a 16″ round double layer chocolate chip cookie cake. I used a 16″ pizza pan and spread out homemade cookie dough (you can use store bought). Make 2 for double layer. The first layer is decorated with white buttercream icing, put in fridge … Read more
Who doesn’t love Star Wars? Adults and kids alike! As was the case with my son who wanted such a theme for his 6th Birthday. I did my own twist blending “new” star wars with old. I used a quarter sheet cake and a dome cake pan to make this cake. I used a star … Read more
This Tinkerbell and Friends Cake Design was for my daughter, Emily’s 6th Birthday. She wanted Tinkerbell, and I saw a cake once that had a waterfall on it. So, I thought, hmmm…I can do that. So started with set of 3 tiers, offset for more “waterfall room” on front, frosted with leaf green frosting. Then … Read more
The Tinkerbell cake was made using a Wilton Barbie cake pan. The Barbie had long flowing hair. Tinkerbell’s hair is piled on top of her head, so the extra hair area was used to make Tinkerbell’s wings. To start, I used a pale blue to frost the edges of the cake as well as the … Read more
Thank you to all the moms who submitted Tinkerbell cakes on this site! I used some of their pictures as inspiration and copied their ideas, especially Tinkerbell Cake 52 (by Sarah H. in New Haven, IN). I made my Tinkerbell Birthday Cake using a boxed white cake mix. It took about 3+ cake mixes for … Read more
This cake was for my friend’s daughter who had her 3rd birthday. It was my second time using fondant. I made a lighter fluffier frosting for the cupcakes and used neon food coloring and little daisy fondant cutouts. For the cake itself I used a basic white cake and buttercream frosting. For the shape of … Read more