This Commander Cody Cake is my third fondant cake. I got the idea for this cake from a picture of a helmet my son wanted. I was really nervous carving out the helmet out of cake, so I bought a Styrofoam block at my local crafts store and carved out the helmet, using sand paper … Read more
The icing is buttercream and the blue is fondant I rolled out and cut to the shape I needed. The fondant is adhered to the buttercream with clear vanilla. The silver details are white candy melts “painted” with silver highlighter dust mixed with pure lemon extract. I am happy to help anyone thru one of … Read more
Prepare a couple of sponges (tea cake is best as it is firm) and when cool, cut in to pieces that roughly match the shape of the mask. Line them inside of mask with plastic cling-wrap. Then layer the inside of the mask with the sponge, pushing it down as you go. I added a … Read more
I had this Star Wars Birthday Cake idea when we decided to make a surprise party for my boyfriend and his best friend. Since they’re both best friends since they were 5 years old and they have one day difference, I decided to make a cake for both and they both love Star Wars! I … Read more
I made this Darth Vader Birthday Cake for my son, Brady’s, 7th birthday party. I got the idea and the inspiration from a cake I saw here on coolest birthday cakes from another posting. I made three batches of chocolate cake and used three 9″ pans, a loaf pan and a stainless steel bowl to … Read more
My friend wanted an R2D2 birthday cake for her nephew so I did some research and found nothing I liked. This cake was made by using a 3 inch R2D2 figurine as my model. He measures approximately 16 inches high. It was tough to figure out how to get him tilted so he looked authentic. … Read more
My son loves Star Wars, the Clone Wars, and wanted Captain Rex on his cake. I found a drawing of Captain Rex on the Clone Wars Website. I traced the drawing and then made a pattern out of card stock. I cut the card stock pattern so that I could lay it on the Clone … Read more
My son’s best friend was having a Star Wars party. He requested a blue Lightsaber Birthday Cake. I made a funfetti 1/2 sheet cake, frosted it in a buttercream icing and went to work! First I printed out a reverse picture of the Star Wars logo. I placed it under plastic wrap, traced it with … Read more
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
