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
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
I made this Darth Vader cake for my son’s 4th birthday. He is a huge Star Wars fan. I searched the web for a picture of Darth Vader that I blew up to the size I wanted and then printed it out. I then used it as an outline for the cake. I wanted the … Read more
Thank goodness I found this site! I followed many of the other Homemade R2D2 Birthday Cakes and really took their suggestions seriously. My awesome boyfriend cut the dowel for me and created the base for the cake. Then, I baked all the cakes the night before and assembled them all the morning of the party. … Read more
For my son’s 5th birthday, he wanted a Star Wars themed party. After a little web searching I found several ideas for his cake. Together we decided on R2D2 birthday cake. Here’s how I did it. I used 2 store bought cake mixes (reducing the oil to 1 tablespoonful to make a firmer textured cake, … Read more
I made this cake for a friend whose son was having a Star Wars birthday party. She just said “a cool R2D2 cake.” I immediately got on this website and started searching through cakes for ideas. This is the best site! I started with 2 8” round cakes for his body. I stacked them with … Read more
It was for his fourth birthday party and he loves Star Wars and Yoda is his favorite character so how could I not make a star wars cake for him instead of paying the high price at the cake shop. I attempted my first cake and it was a blast!
Once you have the basic design for the Star Wars birthday cakes, the detail will add depth. I chose to use fondant on the outside because it gave the cake a realistic, smooth finish; opposed to using butter cream (If you decide to go with butter cream or a whipped topping, be sure to use … Read more
My son wanted a Star Wars Lego party and I wanted the perfect Lego Star Wars Cake to go along with it. I didn’t care for any of the Lego cakes that I was finding on the internet. When I created his invitation, we changed the Star Wars to Bryce Wars and the idea came … Read more
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
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
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