Every year I let me kids choose the kind of birthday cake they want and I set out to make one from scratch. My son wanted an R2D2 cake for his 5th birthday so I looked online for some inspiration. I couldn’t find any flat cakes I liked, so decided to make my first three … Read more
I made this for the 30th birthday party of three boys who never grew up and they all absolutely loved it! I baked five sponge cakes in Victoria Sandwich tins and stacked them up with lemon butter icing and lemon curd in between. Then I baked another sponge cake in a pudding basin for the … Read more
You will need approx 1kg of sugar paste to cover Yoda and make his ears (add a couple of tea spoons of gum tragacanth to the sugar paste that make up his ears— this will help harden the icing so they hold their shape). You will need to make the ears a day or so … Read more
I made one 12-inch round cake (and a bunch of regular and mini-sized cupcakes, in case I needed them for scraps to build out the shape, but I didn’t need them). I cut out the printed picture of the mask to use as a stencil, placed it on top of the 12-inch cake round, and … Read more
For this Darth Maul And Yoda Star Wars Cookie Cake I used a 16″ round double layer chocolate chip cookie cake. I used a 16″ pizza pan and spread out homemade cookie dough (you can use store bought). Make 2 for double layer. The first layer is decorated with white buttercream icing, put in fridge … Read more
Who doesn’t love Star Wars? Adults and kids alike! As was the case with my son who wanted such a theme for his 6th Birthday. I did my own twist blending “new” star wars with old. I used a quarter sheet cake and a dome cake pan to make this cake. I used a star … Read more
My kids wanted a combined Star Wars birthday this year. After much deliberation I decided on this Stars Wars birthday cake which pleased them both. I used chocolate frosting mixed with black food coloring for the actual cake. The stars were made with fondant dusted with Wilton silver pearl dust. I wrote the birthday message … Read more
I did this Chewbacca Birthday Cake for a friend of mine and was supposed to be Chewbacca although it ended up being a mixed up breed between Wookie, gorilla and the Yeti. At least it was yummy! And also a little bit scary! Process: I used an oval and a rectangular baking pan to do … Read more
My son loves Star Wars and when he asked for a homemade Star Wars death star cake for his 9th birthday I nearly fell over!! I baked 2 cakes using a soccer ball cake tin, then trimmed and used Betty Crocker ready made choc icing in the centre. Then covered in plastic icing and decorated. … Read more
Sadly, I did not get a picture of the Darth Maul Cake Design before transporting it so this picture is of it after it was dropped but it still came together fairly nicely. When I opened it up the kids all knew it was Darth Maul and my son loved it! Every year I make … Read more
I made this Yoda Birthday Cake for my friend’s son 8th birthday, he is a massive star wars fan. Before starting a cake I always look around on similar websites for ideas of where to start – so here is my cake. It is an 8 inch Victoria sponge with raspberry jam and buttercream. I … Read more
The Star Wars Death Star Cake was for my husband’s 36th birthday. I never bake him a cake but I asked my daughter what type of cake we should bake daddy for his birthday. She said a Death Star Cake. Having just made a cake a couple weeks ago for a friend’s gathering I had … Read more