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!
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
Prepare a couple of sponges (tea cake is best as it is firm) and when cool, cut in to pieces that roughly match the shape of the mask. Line them inside of mask with plastic cling-wrap. Then layer the inside of the mask with the sponge, pushing it down as you go. I added a … 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
The corners of the helmet are made from rolled fondant and placed to look as if they are standing up from the cake, again to add dimension. It took a lot of black food paste to tint the fondant, so have patience! I also made buttercream icing and tinted it black to pipe the accents … Read more
