I made this R2D2 Birthday Cake for my son Hartley’s 5th birthday. It was the first cake I ever made with fondant and rice crispy. The cake is vanilla cake with butter cream frosting and marshmallow fondant. It took me 9 hours to make. I haven’t stopped making cakes since.
I made this Homemade Darth Vader Birthday Cake for my son’s 5th birthday yesterday. He is a big fan of chocolate cake, and does not like jam at all, so I had promised a chocolate cake with no jam. So, I made a square 25cm rich chocolate cake, about 6cm deep, using a bar of … Read more
For my son’s 8th birthday, he wanted an R2D2 cake (yes, I know he’s supposed to be blue, but bday boy wanted a Red R2D2 Birthday Cake). I baked 3 cakes in 9-inch round pans and froze them. After the cakes were frozen, I simply staked them and frosted them using white buttercream frosting. I … Read more
This is a cake I did for my son’s Star Wars themed 7th birthday party, Just by chance my mom had a Wilton R2D2 cake pan from when my brother was little. I followed the directions I found on the Wilton website and it was a huge hit.
This Death Star Cake was such a great experience. I started with a half ball pan planning to make two to place together. Didn’t put in enough batter so ended up having to make another full cake and cut the needed circle out of it to make it shape more or less correctly. It is … Read more
Coolest Yoda Star Wars Cake Photos and How-To Tips 2
I used a boxed chocolate cake mix and a can of store bought white icing since I knew I would spend a lot of time decorating the cake. I made a 9″ round and an 8″ round from the mix the night before so it would be completely cool before I decorated it the next … Read more
My son wanted a Star Wars Cake for his 4th party. The figures are candy molds. The death star and millenium falcon are rice krispie treats covered in candy melts. The death star beam is reception sticks and I scraped the chocolate off of them. The Darth head in the front is a candle that … Read more
This Star Wars Cake is 8 layers, 2 10″ rounds for the base, 4 6″ rounds for the middle and 2 4″ rounds for the top. These are chocolate and I used white homemade icing from a recipe I found at allrecipes.com for buttercream icing. THE MOST IMPORTANT THING TO REMEMBER WHEN MAKING THIS CAKE … Read more
My nephew was having a Jedi training party for his 5th birthday. My sister-in-law requested whatever cake I thought I could do to match the theme. After looking on this site, I was sure that I could do the R2D2 3-D cake. I used half a Wilton ball pan for top and then four 6-inch … Read more
I was asked to make a Star Wars cake for a friends daughters birthday. I got my inspiration from the other cakes on this site – thank you. I made 2 oblong sponge cakes using the fabulous Lakeland multicake tin. I lay these in a line and trimmed to make the ‘sabre’ shape. I sliced … Read more
My son is a huge Star Wars fan and so am I. I wanted to make a Storm Trooper Cake for his 5th birthday but after looking at his Star Wars Annuals, I decided that the Clone Trooper looked easier. This website was a massive inspiration and the tips from other cake makers were a … Read more