I decided to make an R2D2 cake for my son’s 5th birthday. He wanted a Lego star wars theme and I felt like it was the “friendliest” and most unique character to make a cake out of. After seeing cake pans going for a minimum of $35 on eBay, I decided to shape my own R2D2 using a 9×13, one round, and one 9″ square.
The head is half of the round, the body is most of a 9×13 (I cut off part of the bottom in a rounded shape to get better proportions) and the arms and feet are made out pieces from the square cake and leftovers from the round.
The frosting was butter cream. I did a crumb coat and then another coat of white. I tinted some of the other frosting using Wilton gel coloring. I used black to make gray, royal blue, and then used a premade Wilton black icing for outlines because I didn’t want to mess with trying to get a true black color. I also mixed up a small amount of red for one of the buttons. I used a small writing tip (3 or 5) for the outlines, a large round tip (8 or 10) for the circles, and tip 47 for some of the wider features. I used a few other cake examples I found online for ideas on how to decorate it.
My son loved it and I really like the way it turned out!
I am making this cake today. This is the best one I’ve seen. Thanks for the pic showing the cakes prior to frosting so it’s easier to figure out where the pieces go. Great job! Hope I can pull it off as nicely!