My 5 year old insisted on a Star Wars Storm trooper cake so I searched the internet and only found two examples that I liked. It looks more difficult to do than it actually was to make. This cake was made with two chocolate cake mixes and a rice krispie treats. I cooked one cake … Read more
I made this R2D2 3D cake for my son’s 7th Birthday. I got the idea from other R2D2 cakes on your web site. I started with store bought cake mixes. I used 4 boxes of cake mix. I made 3 9×13 cakes 2 chocolate and one yellow. I made 2 8inch round cakes yellow. I … 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
I decided for my boy’s 5th birthday party to attempt a homemade cake of his choice, why was I surprised then when he said R2-D2. As I used this site for inspiration I thought it was only fair to share my attempt of my Homemade R2-D2 Birthday Cake. I used four 6 inch cakes tins … Read more
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.
This R2D2 Cake was so much fun to make! And surprisingly easy, but definitely time consuming. I used a six inch round cake pan to make R2D2’s body. I stacked 3 six inch cakes with lots of butter cream in between each layer and all over the cakes with 4 dowels inserted through all three … Read more
My son is right into Star Wars and asked for a General Grievous cake for his birthday. The idea from the cake came from an image I found for a cookie jar. I used this image with a little less detail for the cake. This was definitely a fun and challenging cake to make, and … Read more
This cake was for my nephews Star War’s birthday party. I used two 9X13 cakes (one for the body and one to cut the arms out of). I used a 9 inch cake for the head and just used half of it. I used a cake leveler to make everything the same height. I then … 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 son (and his step-father) are incredible fans of Star Wars the Clone Wars, so for his 3rd birthday I wanted to make a cake according to his likings. I searched on the net to find mostly too complicated cakes or just a picture printed on edible paper. I found one though that was a … Read more
I frosted part of the rectangle cake with chocolate frosting from a can. I used canned white frosting colored with yellow and red gel coloring to make the orange lava. The pieces of “land” are created using broken pieces of Hershey bars. I created the volcano by stacking pieces of cake that I cut with … Read more
I made this R2D2 cake for the son of one of my husband’s colleagues. He asked for a Starwars cake, and was over the moon when he received it. He thought he was going to receive a flat cake with a picture on it! Tip for cake makers – I used rice crispy cakes for … Read more