Take a look at these cool homemade R2-D2 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!
Make 2 sponge cakes (26x23cm) and freeze them overnight to make cutting easier when making this R2-D2 birthday cake. Remove from freezer and cut while frozen, on morning of party. Cut legs and body extension out of one cake. Place on foiled tray and add rolling iceing (blue and white needed). Make red and silver colours … Read more
We wanted to make an R2-D2 cake, but we didn’t want it to be huge, but it still had to look good. So we used two 9×13 pans, and one round Cake pan. The center portion of the cake is a 9×13 pan, the legs are made from cutting out of the second 9×13 pan, … Read more
This R2D2 Star Wars Cake was never ever meant to be this large. It ended up being large enough to feed over 500 guests with 12 thick layers high. The cake layers were made in advance and individually frozen 2 days in advance. I had 3 different types of cake: Chocolate mud, white chocolate mud … Read more
Every year I let me kids choose the kind of birthday cake they want and I set out to make one from scratch. My son wanted an R2D2 cake for his 5th birthday so I looked online for some inspiration. I couldn’t find any flat cakes I liked, so decided to make my first three … Read more
I made this for the 30th birthday party of three boys who never grew up and they all absolutely loved it! I baked five sponge cakes in Victoria Sandwich tins and stacked them up with lemon butter icing and lemon curd in between. Then I baked another sponge cake in a pudding basin for the … Read more
After baking the Star Wars cakes, stack the 6″ round cakes – use dowel rods and a cardboard halfway up. Add the head. Cut out the arms from the 1/4 sheet cake and attach. Smooth the icing to prepare for the design. I airbrushed the design, which I think it gives it a more realistic … Read more
My nephew was having a Jedi training party for his 5th birthday. My sister-in-law requested whatever cake I thought I could do to match the theme. After looking on this site, I was sure that I could do the R2D2 3-D cake. I used half a Wilton ball pan for top and then four 6-inch … Read more
This R2D2 from Star Wars Cake was for my son’s 6th birthday. He’s a huge Stars Wars fan and I found many inspiring cakes from this section here at Coolest Cakes! I made this cake using a round metal bowl for his head and three layer cakes for the body. My bowl was only about … Read more
I made this Homemade R2D2 Birthday Cake for my son’s 6th birthday. I made four 6in cakes (2 yellow and 2 chocolate) for the body. The head was made from one half of Wilton’s ball pan. All supported with a wooden stick. Iced all with buttercream. The arms I made with rice cereal treats, covered … Read more
I made this R2D2 Birthday Cake for my boyfriend’s 23th birthday. The cake is vanilla cake with caramel filling cream and caramel frosting with sugar fondant. I baked 3 cakes with a radius of 18 cm for it’s body, then I cut those in half. It’s legs are also made of cake. Instead of making … Read more
My R2D2 cake was inspired by my son Jonathans fascination of the Star Wars movies. For his ninth birthday we were going to have a Star War themed birthday party for him. It was my job to come up with an original Star Wars cake. As I was thinking of something easy to do my … Read more
I made this R2D2 cake for the son of one of my husband’s colleagues. He asked for a Starwars cake, and was over the moon when he received it. He thought he was going to receive a flat cake with a picture on it! Tip for cake makers – I used rice crispy cakes for … Read more