Our R2D2 Birthday Cake Design isn’t particularly unique, but it turned out well and I have some tips to pass on that were not shared for the R2D2 cakes already shown. We used four 9 in round layers plus a 9 inch dome top and a Styrofoam base. Rice Krispy treats worked well for the … Read more
My eldest son desperately wanted a Star Wars birthday party with a Darth Vader cake for his 6th birthday. So I scoured the web and in particular this website, and decided to make a Homemade Darth Vader Birthday Cake myself. The inside was made from one-and-a-half times normal cake mixture, that is, 300gr butter, 300gr … Read more
This Homemade Millennium Falcon Birthday Cake was time consuming but really pretty easy! Bake a 10 in round and a 12 in square cake using 2-boxed mixes per cake. Let cakes completely cool before you start carving (I have even had good experiences freezing before carving). Leaving the dome on the cake add desired cake … Read more
After browsing this website for R2D2 cake ideas, I came up with this one. I used three from scratch, plain pound cake recipes to make five 9 inch round layers and a dome pan to make the “head”. The bottom round 6 inch layer, arms/legs, and the light on the dome were made from three … Read more
Watcha need: 2 cans of frosting (white) blue, red and green food coloring blue, green, red sugar 4 Twinkies 2 skewers 2 ice cream cones black sprinkles I made this homemade Clone Wars Lightsabers cake for my nephews 8th birthday and he loved it!!! I made a 13×9 sheet cake, then colored white frosting from … Read more
My son wanted a Lukey Skywalker cake for his birthday! I found a picture on the internet and drew it on using the gel method (piping gel traced over the picture onto wax paper and then turn it over on the cake and outline with buttercream icing.) I also drew light sabers using a large … 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
I made two tiers for this Star Wars Birthday Cake. I covered each tier with buttercream and trimmed it with buttercream. In order to create the fondant men I bought store bought fondant because it molds easier for me than my homemade recipe. I also used cookie markers for the details. I started with the … Read more
I used the Wilton Stand up Cuddly Bear pan. I frosted as shown. You’ll need one regular cake mix & one pound cake mix (makes firmer). I used Banana & since the pound wasn’t banana I added a 1/4 of a fresh banana. For the ears of the Yoda cake, I used the extra cupcakes. … Read more
My son wanted to have a Star Wars party and couldn’t decide on a cake. I remembered that I owned one of the ice cream cake pan sets that allowed you to bake a cake and leave a space inside for filling. One of the pans made a perfect half circle (any perfectly rounded bowl … Read more
This was my homemade R2D2 Birthday cake. It was made in 4″ x 8″ round pans, except for the dome head which was baked in a stainless steel mixing bowl. The legs were made of rice krispie treats and the whole thing was covered in fondant. It stood about 17″ tall and was simply awesome!
