Take a look at these cool homemade Zombies 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 made a zombie eating brains cake for a Mom that needed a 17th birthday cake for her daughter. She wanted gore, and brains, and then at the last minute she asked for me to add zombies. I didn’t know where to begin. I had never made a fondant person before, let alone a “zombie”. … Read more
My friends grandson asked if he could have a zombie cake for his 9th birthday so she asked me to make it for him. I was over the moon about it I’d never made a zombie cake before and couldn’t wait to get started. I had to make the grave stone and cut in the … Read more
One of my good friends asked me to make a zombie birthday cake for her son’s birthday, my thought was how on earth would I do that! This is what I came up with! I used the largest sheet cake pan Wilton sells and a soccer ball cake to form the cake, carving the head … Read more
This zombie cake is for a fan of the Walking Dead! The zombie came to life when the blood colored butter cream was added. He is made from chocolate sponge and vanilla butter cream. First I molded the the cake to the shape I wanted and then covered with flesh colored royal icing. I kept adding brown and pink food coloring to the royal icing to get … Read more
My son was very specific about the concept for his Regular Show Zombie birthday cake this year. The best way to achieve the look of the cake was to apply two specific techniques for decorating. The two tiered chocolate cake (Ina Garten’s amazing chocolate cake recipe) came out perfectly shaped and was delicious. The two … Read more
My son’s birthday is on the 28th and he always has a Halloween themed party. I Googled Halloween cakes and found a Zombie Cake and came up with my own rendition. There is a PVC frame holding the arms up (covered in rice krispie treats and fondant)and down the center of the chest (all cake). … Read more
For friends who have unusual taste I created Martin the Zombie complete with a background of gravestones with their family names on it! It was completely edible apart from one internal support. All paint effects are done with edible paste colours. To create this I first tacked two cake boards together so that Martin would … Read more
I modeled the Zombie Cake for my friend Nic (his birthday) with gum paste. Cake is dark chocolate, filled with raspberries and chocolate mousse, iced with chocolate butter cream and marshmallow fondant. Brains and blood made from smushed raspberries.
I made this Zombie Cake for my borther-in law’s 31st birthday. He wanted a zombie cake, so I gave him a decapatated zombie head cake. The head was made using a ball cake pan and covered in fondant. The features on the head were all painted on. The body was made by stacking 2 9×9 … Read more
I made this Zombie birthday cake for my son’s friend’s birthday. For the head, I baked 6 8-in round cakes, all chocolate. After doming and stacking them, I froze them overnight to make sculpting a little easier. I rounded the top and cut out spots for the eyes and mouth. I then tinted some homemade … Read more
We were asked to create a Zombie Cake for a friend’s sons birthday. We cooked 3 x 8” round orange flavoured Madeira cakes. We stacked the cakes on top of each other layering them with lemon flavour butter cream. We then carved the cakes into a head shape and gouged out the eyes and the … Read more
This Zombie Cake is my fiance’s favorite cake I have done. It was for his 21st birthday two years ago. It was also one of the most difficult cakes, because I carved the entire head out of sheet cakes. The base is a small sheet cake, chocolate with Bavarian cream filling. I iced it in … Read more