Take a look at these cool homemade Wizard of Oz 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!
My daughter’s birthday party was all about following the yellow brick road, so I designed and created this Yellow Brick Road Cake myself. I found the emerald city light up on eBay for the topper. Used white cake with rainbow confetti, and lemon filling. Green buttercream frosting, and used fondant for the yellow brick road. … Read more
I made this Elphaba from Wicked Cake for my daughter’s fifth birthday. I used a sheet cake, placed a wicked printout directly on the cake, poked small holes in the outline with a toothpick to create the shape. Very simple. My biggest challenge was coming up with black frosting as the stores had already closed … Read more
My great-niece, Avery Isabella, was having her first birthday and the theme was a Wizard of Oz Party. There was a yellow brick road for all guests to walk down when they came to the party so the cake theme was a Wizard of Oz Cake Design made of fondant and dusted with gold dust. … Read more
I made 2 9×13 cakes and used green dyed buttercream icing. The yellow brick road is yellow fondant that I scored like bricks and let it dry the day before. Next time, I would make it longer. The pond is blue icing gel. The grass is coconut dyed green using a Ziploc bag to shake … Read more
Our daughter wanted a “Wizard of Oz” party for her 4th birthday. Dorothy is one of my all time favorite characters, so I was happy to oblige! Creating this Homemade Wizard of Oz/Yellow Brick Road Cake was a lot of fun. I was inspired by several others on this site, and combined my favorite features … Read more
For this scarecrow cake, I took two 8″ round cake pans, white cake mix and vanilla icing. Then I rolled out white fondant and hand cut the pieces of the scarecrow with an exacto knife and cookie cut the leaves. Fondant rolled into an oblong ball made the pumpkins which are held on by tooth … Read more
My daughter became an instant fan of The Wizard of Oz after watching the movie for the first time. So for her 5th birthday she wanted a Wizard of Oz Cake Design. I decided to create Dorothy and her friends walking along the Yellow Brick Road on their way to the Emerald City. I began … Read more
I made this Wizard of Oz All Character Cake for my daughter’s 4th birthday party. She became obsessed with the Wizard of Oz shortly after her 3rd birthday party and so we decided early on that that would be theme for her party. The cake was two flavors, chocolate and vanilla-fun fetti cake (mixes!). First … Read more
To ice the face, we tinted white icing with just a touch of brown icing concentrate (available at craft stores). For the hair, we tinted white frosting with a little yellow icing concentrate and then piped it through a tip especially designed for hair and grass likeness. The eyes and cheeks are Nekko wafers. For … Read more
I made this Wizard of OZ Birthday Cake for a friend of a friend’s niece. She was turning 5 and wanted a Wizard of Oz cake. My husband baked 2 9in round white cakes, leveled them, and stacked them. I frosted the cake and then covered it with white fondant. I made the yellow brick … Read more
My daughter, Brianna, loves the Wizard of Oz. Ive baked cakes before but not for something as important as her birthday party. The cake was a store bought cake mix. The icing is also right off the shelf with green food coloring and covered the whole cake. I than added the yellow brick road by … Read more
My aunt loves The Wizard of Oz so for her 50th birthday I decided make her a Ruby Slipper Cake. I used box cake mixes, marshmallow fondant and buttercream icing. The base for the slippers was a half sheet pan. I found a “brick wall” for a doll house at hobby lobby and I used … Read more