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!
I decided to make an R2D2 cake for my son’s 5th birthday. He wanted a Lego star wars theme and I felt like it was the “friendliest” and most unique character to make a cake out of. After seeing cake pans going for a minimum of $35 on eBay, I decided to shape my own … Read more
This R2D2 cake is made of 4 9″ round cakes and for the top I baked the cake in a large Pyrex bowl. Since I knew that the cake wouldn’t hold itself, I formed the bottom part of the cake with a piece of cardboard. I cut a circle out of cardboard and used it … 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
I made this R2D2 Birthday Cake for my 3 year old’s birthday. He loves Star Wars, and wanted an R2D2 cake. We weren’t going to be feeding a lot of people so I decided to make the body and legs out of Styrofoam and wrap it in fondant. The head is double chocolate marble cake, … 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.
I donated my time and this R2D2 Cake Design to our local cubscouts Pinewood derby event as a “silent auction” item. R2D2 took 3 days to make. He is also 8 inches wide (including the legs, which are made out of fondant and rice crispy treats) and his body is 3 6 inch vanilla cake … Read more
I have not worked with frosting much so I knew that would be challenge. I was trying to come up with ways to “cheat” to avoid issues with my lack of experience. As I came up with a few ideas I decided to decorate with candy instead of frosting. This R2D2 Birthday Cake was a … Read more
My husband loves Star Wars and what a better way to celebrate than with an R2D2 Birthday Cake. The cake is chocolate and was baked in a 12×18 square pan. The arms are made out of rice krispies. Using the sketches that I made as a guideline, I cut the cake away and formed the … Read more
My son wanted a Star Wars party for his 5th birthday, and was requesting that I make an R2D2 cake. I Googled “R2D2 cake”, and the search led me to this site. With some great examples of previous cakes made, I was able to put my son’s cake together. There’s only so much “originality” I … Read more
I made three batches of buttercream icing and used every drop (this I also did beforehand so I could spend one night assembling). I used a Pyrex bowl for the top of the cake, since I dont own a pan like that. It worked great. To smooth the white icing on R2’s body I just … Read more
