Take a look at these cool homemade Piano 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 cut a 9×12 cake into the shape of a grand piano. I cut pieces to put around the edge to make it look as if it had depth. I cut a piece of poster board for the top and sprayed painted it black. I used small round glass candle holders for legs and iced … Read more
This piano cake is one of the easiest cakes I have ever made. I make cakes for music recitals that my daughters attend. Nothing better than a giant keyboard! All I did was make 3 slab cakes and lay them in a row. Ice the entire thing white. Nothing better than giant Kit Kat’s for black … Read more
I made this cake for my friend’s 40th birthday! My friends grandest wish is to someday own his own grand piano, unfortunately the best I could do was make one (on a much smaller scale). This was my friends first real birthday party since he was a kid and I wanted to make it super special. … Read more
This electronic musician cake was made for my friend’s husband. He makes beats on his computer using a keyboard and this program. She was originally going to go to Publix to have the edible image placed on a sheet cake and then make a pair of head phones her self after I taught her how to do it. … Read more
A friend of mine played keyboards in a local band. When he was turning 50, I was asked to make a keyboard cake for him. I had only ever worked with fondant a few times, on a very small scale. I don’t know why I thought I could make a full size keyboard cake and cover it … Read more
This was a Piano Birthday Cake I made for my older brother’s 18 birthday because he likes to play piano. The cake itself was just a vanilla sponge baked in a round cake tin. It rose in a dome shape so I cut the top off to get a flat surface, this also left the … Read more
The idea came about when my friend asked me to do a Grand Piano with a Beyonce look-alike for her husband’s surprise 50th B’day party. I love challenges and so I had to find a way to make the Grand Piano stand up on a cake with the figurine on top to make it look … Read more
I made this Upright Piano Birthday Cake Design for a colleague at work who plays the piano so I tried to make it as much like her piano as I could. The cake itself was a plain buttermilk sponge (a Nigella recipie from Domestic Goddess) that I made in an oblong tray bake tin. I … Read more
This piano cake was made by me for a friend of my daughter in elementary school. This girl ended up getting a masters in piano. One of my favorites! Very easy…used the 1/2 sheet pan. Iced the cake white. Using a ruler, I divided it evenly for white piano keys. Then used the ruler again … Read more
My grandson plays piano and asked me for a piano cake. I baked 2 9X13 cakes. Filled with strawberry buttercream. Attached the cake to the cake board with buttercream, then froze the cake before carving it. Drew a piano template in wax paper and shaped it with the scissors then attached it to the cake … Read more
All this piano cake takes to make is a double layer 8″ cake. I cut out the piano shape just by looking, then covering cake shape with thicker rolled fondant so I could shape it more if needed. The keys are made up of thinly rolled fondant then where each key looks “divided” just take … Read more
