My son David wanted an Electric Guitar Cake modeled after the style used by Darrell Abbott, better known as “Dimebag Darrell” of Pantera, an 80’s-90’s heavy metal rock band. He chose a yellow citrus cake, which I preferred because it’s not only delicious, but also firm and easy to carve. I used two 9x13s to … Read more
To make this Hannah Montana Guitar cake I used a six egg Victoria sponge mix. Then a I copied a picture of the guitar shape on to cardboard and then cut out the body of the guitar and then the arm. Stuck them together with butter cream. Then completely covered the cake with butter cream … Read more
I wanted to make a Guitar Birthday Cake for my friend’s birthday. I have never made a cake before. I decided to start with two large rectangular cakes. I tried to color the cake, the green came out the best. I free hand cut the shape of a guitar. Then I frosted it with sweet … Read more
I baked three separate 13X9″ cakes so I would have plenty to work with for this Electric Guitar and Flames Cake. I leveled the first cake with a wire leveler to make it flat. I cut the first cake in the shape of an electric guitar on the cake board (I drew it on paper … Read more
I made this Homemade Rock Star Guitar Birthday Cake for my neighbor girl who was celebrating her 11th Birthday with a party themed ROCK STAR! The cake was something very new to me, and making this cake was a process of a lot of trial and error. Shaping the Rock Star Guitar Birthday Cake proved … Read more
I made this Guitar Hero Cake for my nephew’s 9th birthday. He is a Guitar Hero FREAK! It is a sheet cake cut into the guitar shape with a light coating of butter cream and then covered with fondant. He loved it!
I got the idea for this guitar cake after my son asked for a cake that looked like a “real” guitar. After looking for cake pans, I decided to look “real”, I must try to sculpt the cake myself. I made 2 rectangle sheet cakes and cut the base of the guitar out of one … Read more
This is an Electric Guitar Cake make to look like a friend’s electric guitar. He plays a 24 fret (those lines on the guitar) so I wanted to make it close to actual size, it wound up being 4ft long! I had to make it in 3 pieces to fit in the fridge and then … Read more
To decorate the guitar cake, make the pickups and whammy bar and bridge. Shape the body. Make proportional to the neck. Use complementary colors to line the case.
I used a Wilton guitar pan and followed the instructions for mixing amounts of frosting, coloring and Wilton tips to use etc. Mixing all the frosting took more time than I anticipated. The strings were the most difficult. May have been easier if icing was cold (and I was not rushing to finish). The cake … Read more
I had to use four batches of frosting, coloring them with food coloring. For the shiny parts of the guitar I used foil and pressed it into the frosting. This was a big hit seeing as it was the first time for me making guitar cakes. All the guitar playing teenagers that came to my … Read more
I made this music birthday cake for my cousin’s 12th birthday. He plays the piano, fiddle and guitar. This is a white cake with white buttercream icing. I used pictures of his instruments to get an idea of how to make them. I then used a toothpick to trace around them onto the iced cake. … Read more