Coolest Star Wars Cake

Homemade Star Wars Cake

This Star Wars cake was for a friend’s son for his 7th birthday, The Darth Maul mask was made by covering a mask with rolled out red fondant which was left to set for several days. It was then painted using edible paints. R2D2 was made from Victoria sandwich cakes, 10″ for the base, 2 … Read more

Simple Homemade Yoda Cake

Yoda Cake

This is a Yoda cake I was asked to make for a Star Wars themed birthday party. I also made a Darth Vader cake (which was easier as I was able to find a cake pan for him online). For Yoda, I used a Wilton Animal Crackers cake pan (originally shaped like a panda head … Read more

Cool Homemade Star Wars Death Star Cake

Homemade Star Wars Death Star Cake

I made this Star Wars Death Star Cake with the 2 piece ball pans from Wilton that my mom had from when I was a kid. I put them together with icing in the middle. I sat the cake on a regular 9×13 cake that I made to look like space and decorated with Galactic … Read more

Coolest R2D2 Birthday Cake

Homemade  R2D2 Birthday Cake

My son wanted a Star Wars theme for his 5th birthday, so I started looking on the web and this site. The R2D2 Birthday Cake looks difficult, but it was actually one of the easier cakes I’ve made. I used 3 9 inch rounds, and then the top layer is baked in a Pyrex bowl. … Read more

Coolest Fully Edible Commander Cody Cake

Homemade Fully Edible Commander Cody Cake

After seeing several 3D cakes I decided my son needed one for his Star Wars themed birthday party. First, I baked 6 nine-inch rounds and after cooling I compressed each by covering with wax paper and pushing down to make the cake firmer or more dense and to flatten the normal crowning that comes from … Read more

Coolest Yoda Birthday Cake

Homemade Yoda Birthday Cake

We’ve always referred to our son Ken as Yoda so it was only fitting that for his 1st birthday, we had a Yoda Birthday Cake. We tasked my sister with the job of making a cake and we were amazed with the results.

Simple Homemade R2-D2 Birthday Cake

Homemade R2-D2 Birthday Cake

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

Cool Darth Vader Cake Using Darth Vader Cake Pan

Homemade Darth Vader Cake

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

Coolest R2D2 Birthday Cake

Homemade R2D2 Birthday Cake

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

Fun Homemade R2D2 Cake

R2D2 Cake

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

Coolest Yoda Star Wars Cake Photos and How-To Tips 5

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

Coolest Troopers Star Wars Birthday Cakes 3

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