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!
The first thing with this cake for me was that the helmet took the helmet shape, not just like it was the front of a cap. So I just did a 2 pieces (like in the movie) with the face being one, and the helmet the other one. Then I let the helmet dry for … Read more
For my nephew’s seventh birthday both cakes were done using the image transfer method. I just printed out a picture of Darth Vader that I liked online and used clear piping gel to outline the image on wax paper and transfer it onto the cake, then filled in the image. I was happy with how … Read more
This Darth Vadar Birthday Cake was for a little boy that loves Star Wars! So my husband and I cut the fondant out in the shape of the helmet, and also layered some for 3D effect. We used pearl dust to fill in the eyes and the front of the helmet. It turned out awesome, … 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.
This Darth Vader cake was made free hand. This is a microwave chocolate cake using a 9×13 pan. The frosting is a chocolate and black cream cheese frosting. I used plastic spoons for the eyes. I used marbles for the mouth and covered with tin foil.
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