Grown Up Star Wars Cake for a Self-Confessed Geek

Grown Up Star Wars Cake for a Self-Confessed Geek

This Star Wars cake was relatively simple to create. The brief was to give a ‘geeky surprise’ to an adult Star Wars fan. The cake itself is a simple vanilla sponge with vanilla butter cream.  There are two layers, each layer made up from a three egg mix. The covering is fondant. I used soft silver pearls … Read more

Coolest R2D2 Birthday Cake

Coolest R2D2 Birthday Cake

I had to create a R2D2 cake for my son’s 5th birthday party. He was celebrating with his best friend Brady. They were moving soon and he was also a true Star Wars fan. It was going to be a special goodbye for these two friends from birth. My son Kelton truly thinks I could … Read more

Unbelievable Fondant-Free R2D2 Cake

Unbelievable Fondant-Free R2D2 Cake

I made this R2D2 cake for my husband who is a big R2 fan.  I haven’t made a 3D cake before so it was always going to be a challenge!  Also, my husband doesn’t like fondant icing so I had the pleasure of having to use butter cream icing to decorate it. It took two days to … Read more

Cool R2-D2 Birthday Cake

Cool R2-D2 Birthday Cake

Make 2 sponge cakes (26x23cm) and freeze them overnight to make cutting easier when making this R2-D2 birthday cake. Remove from freezer and cut while frozen, on morning of party. Cut legs and body extension out of one cake. Place on foiled tray and add rolling iceing (blue and white needed). Make red and silver colours … Read more

Coolest Homemade Star Wars Cake for my Husband’s 40th Birthday

homemade star wars cake

Everyone at the party loved my homemade Star Wars Cake and were amazed that the millennium falcon was an edible chocolate mold. It was a big hit, and hubby was very happy! I made a 3 layer German chocolate cake with coconut pecan icing to look like Chewbacca fur. Made Chewbacca sash out of chocolate … Read more

Coolest Yoda Birthday Cake

Yoda Cake

I made this Yoda birthday cake for my sister’s 36th birthday, as she is a real Star Wars fan. I made Yoda out of a bear cake pan and cut the ears off ( not totally, just the upper parts of the ears). I colored fondant with food color to cover the cake and form … Read more

Coolest Ahsoka Tano Birthday Cake

Homemade Ahsoka Tano Birthday Cake

My daughter wanted a Starwars themed birthday party. I just started taking a cake decorating class at Michael’s, so I decided to do an Ahsoka Tano Birthday Cake! I couldn’t find an image (cake topper) so I used piping gel and a coloring book page to make my own transfer and filled it in. She … Read more

Coolest Star Wars Yoda Cake

Homemade Star Wars Yoda Cake

For my son’s 9th birthday we decided to go with a Clone Wars theme. We made a Captain Rex Mask cake but in case we needed more cake and people didn’t want chocolate we made a Star Wars Yoda Cake too. I used 1 8″ round to make the head and 1 to carve the … Read more

Coolest Yoda’s Face Cake

Homemade Yoda's Face Cake

When my son was turning 7, he informed me that he would be having a Yoda cake for his birthday. So I found a picture of him in one of his books and used it as a guide. First, I took two 8-inch round pans and traced them on paper. I left one as a … Read more

Coolest Star Wars Death Star Cake

Homemade Star Wars Death Star Cake

I made this Star Wars Death Star Cake for my stepson’s 7th birthday. He is big into Star Wars, so I decided to try to make a Death Star cake and then a flat cake that would look like some kind of slime land or forest. I think it turned out pretty good and the … Read more

Coolest Star Wars Clone Wars Anakin’s Starfighter Cake

Homemade Star Wars Clone Wars Anakin's Starfighter Cake

This Star Wars Clone Wars Anakin’s Starfighter Cake I made for a friend’s son. I baked a one-sheet rectangular cake and cut it into the shapes for the ship, in 2 layers. Added a layer of homemade buttercream frosting for the crumb coat. Then proceeded to meticulously layout the grey fondant (I mixed black and … Read more

Coolest Darth Vadar Birthday Cake

Homemade Darth Vadar Birthday Cake

This Darth Vadar Birthday Cake was for a little boy that loves Star Wars! So my husband and I cut the fondant out in the shape of the helmet, and also layered some for 3D effect. We used pearl dust to fill in the eyes and the front of the helmet. It turned out awesome, … Read more