Coolest DIY Birthday Cakes

Coolest Graduation Book Cake

I made this Graduation Book Cake for a friend. Three 1/4 sheet filled cakes. The top was trimmed to be smaller. I used fondant to cover all three, stacked and decorated. Very pleased with it. Not bad for a first shot!

Coolest Harry Potter Book Cake

This Harry Potter Book Cake is a 100% edible fondant book cake. The book cover I used a painted technique to get the aged look.

Coolest New Moon (Twilight Saga) Birthday Cake

Homemade New Moon (Twilight Saga) Birthday Cake

I made this New Moon (Twilight Saga) Birthday Cake for Anna, daughter of by BFF Carolyn. She and her friends were going to watch New Moon following her birthday party. I smooth iced a half sheet cake. In a 1/4 jelly roll pan I baked a very thin cake. Once baked, I cut in half … Read more

Coolest Harry Potter Birthday Cake Design

I made this Homemade Harry Potter Birthday Cake Design for my wife’s birthday. She is a big fan of the books and movie. I started by making Devil food cake, she loves chocolate in the shape of a book. Tried something new. Made Cannoli filing, and butter-cream to cover cake before I put on Fondant … Read more

Cool Homemade Monster Book Of Monsters Birthday Cake

My husband and I made this Monster Book Of Monsters Birthday Cake for our 1 and 2 year old son’s birthday. They love Harry Potter. We got the idea while watching our nightly dose of Harry before bed time. The cake is half devils food and half yellow cake with chocolate cream and fresh strawberries … Read more

Coolest Homemade Harry Potter Cake

This Harry Potter Cake was for a young lady, Jordan’s birthday. I simply used two 9×13 cake pans. After layers the two cakes, I cut off about three inches off the length of the cake. I iced the sides which were the “pages” with white icing and used a fork to strike the lines for … Read more

Coolest Twilight Cake

I made this Twilight cake for a 9 year old girl in my son’s class. She wanted something “Twilight” so I decided to go with the book cover. I didn’t really want to do the cake entirely black because black icing stains everyone’s mouth so I just did a thin crumb layer of black (starting … Read more

Cool Homemade Harry Potter Monster Book Cake

My friend’s son wanted a cake and he is a fan of the Monster book. So I thought I would go for it. I haven’t done anything like it before. I have two girls. This Homemade Harry Potter Monster Book Cake has three layers of chocolate sponge with Nutella filling and then more chocolate as … Read more

Coolest Monster Book of Monsters Cake from Harry Potter

Homemade Monster Book of Monsters Cake from Harry Potter

For my daughter’s 8th birthday she wanted to do a theme centered around Hogwart’s Witchcraft and Wizardry complete with “Mom” being Professor McGonagall. After deciding to turn our dining room into the Great Hall I wanted to end her day with a really unique cake and so I decided to make Monster Book of Monsters … Read more

Coolest Diary of a Wimpy Kid Book Cake

This Diary of a Wimpy Kid book cake was for my nephew’s 11th birthday. I asked him what kind of cake he wanted and he said something to do with Diary of a Wimpy Kid. Not knowing much about the book except that my son had it, I thought a cake replica of the book … Read more

Coolest Monster Book of Monsters Birthday Cake

I made this Monster Book of Monsters Birthday Cake for our son’s birthday. The eyes, gums and lettering on top were made from chocolate (CK Sculpting Candy Kote). It comes in a small tube, so it’s easy to control. I have a small disk mold I used for the eyes. I put down the black … Read more

Coolest Harry Potter Monster Book Cake

This Homemade Harry Potter Monster Book Cake has 2 layers of chocolate cake with buttercream frosting and hazelnut mousse filling. I carved the book shape after filling the cake and covered it with buttercream. Later, I covered the cake with ivory fondant. I painted the sides of book with edible antique gold paint in vanilla. … Read more