Take a look at these cool homemade R2-D2 cakes shared with us by cake decorators from around the world. Along with the birthday cakes here, you’ll also find loads DIY birthday cake-making ideas and how-to tips to inspire your next birthday cake project. Enjoy!
Thank goodness I found this site! I followed many of the other Homemade R2D2 Birthday Cakes and really took their suggestions seriously. My awesome boyfriend cut the dowel for me and created the base for the cake. Then, I baked all the cakes the night before and assembled them all the morning of the party. … Read more
For my son’s 5th birthday, he wanted a Star Wars themed party. After a little web searching I found several ideas for his cake. Together we decided on R2D2 birthday cake. Here’s how I did it. I used 2 store bought cake mixes (reducing the oil to 1 tablespoonful to make a firmer textured cake, … Read more
We used 9-inch round cake pans, baked 3 cakes, used a large round Pyrex bowl to create 1/2 of the dome and used a smaller metal pan to create the top of dome. We tried layering the Star Wars cakes up to 6 layers, but that collapsed. My solution was to take a large soup … Read more
We wanted to make an R2-D2 cake, but we didn’t want it to be huge, but it still had to look good. So we used two 9×13 pans, and one round Cake pan. The center portion of the cake is a 9×13 pan, the legs are made from cutting out of the second 9×13 pan, … Read more
This R2D2 Star Wars Cake was never ever meant to be this large. It ended up being large enough to feed over 500 guests with 12 thick layers high. The cake layers were made in advance and individually frozen 2 days in advance. I had 3 different types of cake: Chocolate mud, white chocolate mud … Read more
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
After baking the Star Wars cakes, stack the 6″ round cakes – use dowel rods and a cardboard halfway up. Add the head. Cut out the arms from the 1/4 sheet cake and attach. Smooth the icing to prepare for the design. I airbrushed the design, which I think it gives it a more realistic … 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
This R2D2 from Star Wars Cake was for my son’s 6th birthday. He’s a huge Stars Wars fan and I found many inspiring cakes from this section here at Coolest Cakes! I made this cake using a round metal bowl for his head and three layer cakes for the body. My bowl was only about … Read more
I made this Homemade R2D2 Birthday Cake for my son’s 6th birthday. I made four 6in cakes (2 yellow and 2 chocolate) for the body. The head was made from one half of Wilton’s ball pan. All supported with a wooden stick. Iced all with buttercream. The arms I made with rice cereal treats, covered … Read more
I made this R2D2 Birthday Cake for my boyfriend’s 23th birthday. The cake is vanilla cake with caramel filling cream and caramel frosting with sugar fondant. I baked 3 cakes with a radius of 18 cm for it’s body, then I cut those in half. It’s legs are also made of cake. Instead of making … Read more