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!
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 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
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