Take a look at these cool homemade Knitting 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 mother-in-law is an avid knitter so for her birthday my son suggested that I make her a Knitting Birthday Cake. I started with a two layer oval cake. I used the Wilton basket weave design for outside of the cake. I shaped two cupcakes into yarn balls and covered them with strands of colored … Read more
I made this ball of yarn cake for my friend Rochelle’s birthday. She loves knitting, and adored this cake. I used the Wilton ball cake pan, filled and frosted the cake with pink buttercream, and then covered with coral-tinted fondant. I got the fondant recipe off Allrecipes.com, and it was the first time I’d worked … Read more
I was asked to make a knitting cake for a lady who knits – a lot. So I decided to make her a basket of yarn. I stacked 8 inch cake rounds for the basket and carved them into the basket shape. The basket was then covered in marshmallow fondant which I cut into strips … Read more
This yarn cake was so much fun to make! I used 2 – 9 inch rounds and then added 2 of the mini balls that I made from the Wilton mini ball pan. I frosted the mini balls with the same colors that I was going to use for the yarn and then added the … Read more
Two friends in my craft group share a birthday. They are both avid knitters so I thought of these interesting and different design of a knitting basket. I used regular 8” rounds for the basket. The balls of yarn were actually made from a mini-Jack O’ Lantern pan because that’s what I had on hand. … Read more
I had a lady request a cake from me. She wanted a flat half sheet cake with pictures printed of sewing items on it. I had asked her if it was all right if I played with it a bit and see what I could come up with. Well, need less to say she loved … Read more
I was asked by a friend to make a cake as a ball of wool for someone who loves knitting. This is the Ball Of Wool / Knitting Cake I came up with! The cake is a vanilla Madeira sponge done in the Wilton ball tin I have stuck the 2 halves together with butter … Read more
This Yarn and Knitting Needles Cake was for my mom who knits baby photo props for fun and happens to make money doing it! I meant to make it round, but I didn’t have a soccer ball cake pan, so I baked two halves in a round glass Pyrex bowl. That didn’t work out so … Read more
I made this homemade knitting bag cake for my Grandmother’s birthday. She is an avid knitter and when I saw this idea online I knew that it was the perfect cake to make. I started with three 8-inch round cakes; trimming them to an oval shape, layered, iced and covered with ivory fondant. For the … Read more
The basket is cake covered with fondant; weave is done with a texture mat. The rim is twisted ropes of fondant. I started with fondant dyed a pale yellow then used brown gel food color with vodka to paint basket. Yarn balls are oversize red velvet cupcakes wrapped in colored fondant then wound with strands … Read more