Take a look at these cool homemade Darth Vader cakes shared with us by cake decorators from around the world. Along with the birthday cakes here, you’ll also find loads DIY birthday cake-making ideas and how-to tips to inspire your next birthday cake project. Enjoy!
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
This Darth Vader Birthday Cake was done all by hand and every part of it you can eat! I started with three 2 inch each chocolate fudge cakes, held together with chocolate frosting. On top of these I placed two, two inch cakes, lining the back of the cakes up with each other. I then … Read more
I used a 9 inch round cake pan and cut and shaped the head. You cant tell from the picture but I used extra cake to build up the mouth area to give it depth like the real thing. I used Pillsbury cake and Pillsbury frosting tinted black. I didn’t think the Darth Vader head … Read more
My son is a huge Star Wars fan, but we couldn’t find any store bought ones that were “cool enough” for him. This Star Wars Birthday Cake was my first ever attempt at fondant, and my son loved it. I made marshmallow fondant a couple of days before I needed to use it and tinted … Read more
It was covered with butter cream then chocolate fondant dyed black. Chocolate fondant balls were used for the eyes and pieces were cut for the rest of the mask. I painted the silver part with silver luster dust and vanilla extract. I made sure the fondant was shiny with a coat of shortening before delivering … 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
First I’d like to say thanks to all the people who gave their ideas on this site. I made this Darth Vader birthday cake after looking at your lovely cakes for my son Jake on his 6th birthday. I borrowed his Darth Vader helmet and placed 3 layers of tin foil over it to make … Read more
And it would leave plenty of space to write a message. Good luck on your future cakes!
What to bake for a 35 year old? Obviously a Darth Vadar cake! The idea came to me from seeing the cake tin advertised on Firebox.com. My boyfriend loves all things Star Wars and I knew he would appreciate this. I was concerned about how the cake would come out in the mold so didn’t … Read more
This is a Darth Vader cake that I copied from a cake on your website. It was the first time that I ever attempted fondant, so it is not great, but it was fun to make and I am pretty proud of it. I used home made marshmallow fondant which was easy to use, but … Read more
