Take a look at these cool homemade Shark 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 6-year old son had his party at an aquarium this year, so he wanted his cake to have a shark on it. I drew a shark on a piece of wax paper and then traced the outline of the shark picture onto the cake. I then followed the outline and filled in the shark. … Read more
For my son’s 7th birthday, he asked me to make his cake “a guy swimming in the ocean about to be eaten by a shark”. I began by making a 3-layer 8″ chocolate cake. I put a wooden dowel down the center of it to stabilize it and crumb-coated the cake. I had made some … Read more
I made this shark cake for my sons 4th birthday. I read through a lot of the tips on here and came up with a plan based on that. The ocean was a double layer 9 X 13 vanilla scratch cake, tinted blue. Then iced in buttercream, tinted Wilton Teal. I piped on some darker … Read more
My son requested a “shark coming out of the water cake” for his pool party for his 7th birthday. So I looked up real pictures of sharks coming out of the water before attempting this Shark Cake. I baked half of the cake in a small rectangular pan and then baked the other half in … Read more
My son asked me for a Shark Birthday Cake Idea so I went to several places and no one did one so I decided to do it myself. This is in 3 pics so I can explain how I did it and believe me it was easier than I thought and the kids at his … Read more
I made this shark cake for my son for his 2nd birthday. He just loved Bruce the Shark. So I made a bar red velvet cake (to make it look like blood when cut. I had a toy Bruce which I placed on the cake then cut around it. I used a butter cream frosting … Read more
My 6yr old son loves sharks. He has a favorite picture and I worked off that as much as I could. The Homemade Shark Cake is 2 10″ buttercakes stacked on top of each other with jam in between then it is carved to shape. I butter creamed the cakes first then covered with the … Read more
I made this Shark Birthday Cake Idea for my son’s 4th birthday. After checking this site for ideas, I decided I liked the cakes with a picture of a shark better than the ones that tried to sculpt a shark out of cake. I drew this shark freehand with a toothpick, looking at a shark … Read more
My soon to be 3 year old son has been obsessed with Orcas for a little over a year now, so we thought what better theme for a birthday party than ” Killer Whales”. I just used two boxes of Betty Crocker Chocolate cake mix for this Killer Whale Birthday Cake Design and made a … Read more
My sister in law wanted me to make my nephew’s birthday cake. I’ve been teaching myself how to make cakes on and off for a few years now so he wanted a shark cake. She found a picture of the shark on line so I star piped him grey. I put him on top of … Read more
This shark cake I made for son’s 7th birthday party.He loves sharks and has read an awful lot about them. The cake has been carved out of two 13×9 rectangular home made chocolate cakes, layered one on top of the other using butter cream icing as glue. I carved the cake using a small kitchen … Read more
My 6 year old loves sharks so I wanted to make him a Shark Birthday Cake Idea for his birthday. I started with a 13×8 inch pan and covered with blue butter cream frosting (I used Wilton butter cream recipe). For the shark I used 2 pound cakes and carved the shark, covered it with … Read more