Take a look at these cool homemade Solar System 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 son and I looked at lots of pictures online to get ideas for his Space Birthday Cake Design. We got a lot of good ideas from this site! I used gel icing coloring in sky blue and yellow to dye some homemade buttercream icing. I spread the icing with a knife and did not … Read more
You know when your idea is greater than you have energy for? This Planet/Space/Solar System Cake was mine! I started with a double chocolate cake mix. Yes I use cake mix, I don’t consider it cheating when you spend the next 15 hours decorating it. Two 10″ with Buttercream icing in the middle. I also … Read more
My friend mentioned to me that her son was turning 4 soon and that he was really into the planets right now and asked if I could maybe come up with a design for a cake and do it for him. I gave it some thought and did some research on the planets before coming … Read more
My son wanted a solar system cake for his 7th birthday party. He really wanted the main cake to be Earth and the other planets orbiting around it. I am still learning cake decorating tips and thoroughly enjoy making fun cakes for my children’s birthdays but still have lots to learn. Earth is made out … Read more
We made this Homemade Solar System Birthday Cake for our son’s 5th birthday. He knows all about the solar system and informed us of many details that should be included. First of all, he is in love with Pluto and insisted that we include the dwarf planet. Second, Uranus got hit a long time ago … Read more
Mercury, Earth’s Moon, and Pluto are cake-donut holes, dusted in colored powdered sugar. For the bigger planets I bought an expensive soccer ball dome pan at Hobby Lobby, which was a waste of money. I ended up just baking regular size cakes and trimming them into domes. Cupcakes were Earth, Venus, Mars, Uranus, and Neptune, … Read more
I made this cake for my sons 7th birthday. I baked a cake in a 9×13 pan of his favorite recipe. Frosted it with white frosting and then covered the surface with black sugar crystals (which make your mouth and anything it touches black). My son and I made the planets with different colored salt … Read more
This was a challenge, I made the planets from rice krispie treats, colored each in fondant then brushed them so they would shine. I thought someone might be interested, I searched online and could find nothing that helped me with this solar system cake.
I made the solar system for my outer space boys 4th birthday. He didn’t just want Earth, he wanted all the planets, plus the moon and the sun and I had to come up with a few unique birthday cakes. A month ahead of the party I baked all of the cakes in Pyrex bowls … Read more