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!
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
My son is really keen on sea life – particularly sharks and he wanted a shark cake for his birthday. I couldnt find one in any of my recipe books so I thought I’d make my own from a shark picture! I made two large rectangular Madeira cakes, sandwiched them together with buttercream and jam … Read more
My son loves sharks, so I browsed the shark cakes on this site and got my inspiration. I also looked at the pirate ship cakes and combined two ideas I liked. The boy on the raft is meant to be my son. My son insisted on seeing all of the shark’s body. I made the … Read more
I was determined to find a way to create the best shark cake ever for my son’s 5th birthday. Since I see this is not something that can be purchased, I plotted and planned, and checked out the cakes on this site to ‘borrow’ ideas. I found a Williams-Sonoma football trophy pan that would create … Read more
At school last year I made a sponge cake and decided to use the recipe to make a cake because I was bored. Sharks and Killer whales are my fave animals so I decided to make a Shark Cake. I looked at some other sharks on this site but didn’t really like any of them, … Read more
I used Stephanie Es shark picture on how to prepare the cake! This is a red velvet cake out of a box. I used a sheet pan and a round pan. I cut the shark shape out of the sheet cake and the fins out of the round pan. I drew the shark design on … Read more
I made this homemade shark birthday cake for my nephew’s 8th birthday! The cake is two 9-inch round cakes. I used Duncan Hines chocolate fudge mix and the frosting is homemade buttercream. The shark is made of marshmallow fondant, this was my first time working with fondant. I’m not sure how well I like using … Read more
This Shark birthday cake was a simple 9×13 cake using a box mix. One can of blue frosting, then piped on homemade cream cheese frosting for the shark. I used mini marshmallows cut diagonally for the teeth and a chocolate chip for the eye. Added some green licorice for seaweed, Swedish fish, gummy turtles, and … Read more
This Homemade Shark Jumping Out of the Water Cake was made with 3 boxes of white cake mix. One box was used for the water (base) in a square cake pan. The other two cake mixes were baked in a large glass measuring/mixing pitcher to make the shark. The pitcher was too large for the … Read more