Take a look at these cool homemade Whales and Orcas 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 little one wanted a blue whale cake from day one, so I just had to live up to the challenge. I’ve used rice crispy treat to form the body and covered it with marshmallow fondant. I originally did the same with the tail, but it was much too big and heavy after it was … Read more
This Orca Cake is the cake I prepared for my grandson’s 8th Birthday party over this past weekend. I always ask the question, what sort of cake do you want this year… when he responded with “Grammie, did you ever see the movie Free Willie? I want an Orca Cake” I will not lie, scared … Read more
I made this Narwhal Birthday Cake for my girlfriend, as her favorite cake is carrot, and one of her favorite animals is the narwhal. I was inspired by the idea that I could make the horn out of a carrot! This was my first theme cake ever, and although it took me forever to make, … Read more
My son, who is obsessed with animals, requested a homemade narwhal cake for his 13th birthday. I looked up other narwhal cakes online, but some were really bad. I got this idea from another cake on this website, I think it was a killer whale cake. It took me four days to make this cake. … Read more
For my twins second birthday, they were obsessed with whales. So I decided to try my hand at making a shaped cake for the first time and made this pink whale birthday cake. I used store bought cake mix and made a rectangular cake for the “water”. For the body of the whale, I used … Read more
I made this Shamu Whale Cake for my little sister after she went to San Diego and saw the Shamu whale show five times. I used a chocolate cake mix. I used a 13×9 cake pan and cut out the torso and tail separately before I stuck them together. Black food dye was a little … Read more
I made this cake for a friend’s 3 year old daughter’s birthday party. It was a last minute favor and I think the cake turned out well. She wanted a homemade whale cake design because her daughter was having an underwater theme party. I started out by baking two 11 x 15 sheet cakes. I … Read more
I made this cake (with help from my husband, the engineer who thought up HOW I could make a Shamu whale cake) for my daughters 4th birthday. She is OBSESSED with Shamu; wants to be a Shamu trainer and so she wanted a Shamu whale party and cake. This is one of the nice birthday … Read more
My son is really into sharks and whales, so for his 2nd birthday we had an under the water birthday party. His favorite whale is the humpback so we decided to make that for his cake. I cooked three cakes from a cake mix and put each mix in a large loaf pan. I made … Read more