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 son wanted a great white shark cake for his fifth birthday so I found a shark picture and copied it on to a cake. I used a Wilton football mold for the shark cake and a 9 x 13 for the water cake. After I baked the football I put it in the freezer … Read more
My son wanted a Jaws theme party for his 11th birthday. I got the idea for my shark N ocean cake from some on-line pics, then baked two sheet cakes, 1/2 cake mix in a 1 quart bowl and the 1/2 as a dozen cupcakes. I stacked the sheet cakes on top of one another … Read more
My 3 year loves sharks and since I was not able to find a shark cake pan I decided to get creative and make a shark birthday cake of my own. I did find a shark cake that was similar on this site. I did a search online to find a simple shark picture to … Read more
Sharks are big around here, so my son wanted a Jaws cake for his 10th birthday. After some internet searching we decided to use a football cake pan for the shark, set on a 9×13 cake as the ocean. We used 2 cake mixes and baked both according to directions. Then we sliced the bottom … Read more
As you can see I copied this cake from another shark picture on this site. (Thanks Alison T.) The big slab cake on the bottom was a double recipe of my favorite banana cake. The shark piece was a basic butter cake recipe baked in a loaf tin. Once cooked I froze the cake. Then … Read more
My daughter was having a cake walk for the school carnival and wanted a Shamu cake. When I saw the (awesome) Shamu cake on this website I wanted to give it a shot. I followed her wise advice and did tail and fins 3 days early. Shamu’s were rice crispie treats covered in white fondant … Read more
I made this Shark Birthday Cake for my son’s birthday, it is made from 4 Madeira cakes, which I coloured red and sandwiched together using red buttercream. I left the cake in the fridge over night so it was pretty solid ready for carving. I first cut diagonally across half of the top layer of … Read more
Thank you to all the people who submitted cakes to this site. As you can tell, they were a huge inspiration to me for this Man-Eating Shark Cake idea. I used the Wilton Football cake pan for this cake. I made 2 cakes, one for the body/mouth and used about half of the other for … Read more
I used the football pan similar to what the other woman on this site used. I would have been lost without her shark picture. I made two cakes from the football tin and stuck them together. I frosted with tons of frosting (tinted blue) and used paper plates glued together to make the tails and … Read more
I have a 4-year-old who is crazy about sharks, so I had to make him a shark birthday cake this year. I got some inspiration from this site and a few others, as well as looking for a real pic of a Great White through Google Images. It is made with a regular chocolate cake … Read more
My daughter was having a shark themed sixth birthday party at a pool. I stumbled across this website which totally inspired me to make my own homemade shark attack cake. Her favorite was cake #21, so we modeled ours after that one. I got the Wilton football mold, and the day before the party I … Read more
I started by making the Homemade Scary Shark Birthday Cake with a large batch of Rice Kripie treats. I formed it with my hands and carved the head and mouth with a serated bread knife. I made the dorsal and tail fins and attached them with grey tinted frosting and wooden skewers. I frosted the … Read more