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 husband’s favorite movie is Jaws so I made this shark picture cake for his 39th birthday. The characters and the shark are molded from caramels, six for each character and 40 for the shark. Microwave them for 10-20 seconds to make it warm but not too hot and easy to work with. I worked … Read more
This awesome Hungry Shark birthday cake was for my nephew and my sister has a passion for making the best birthday cakes out of our family. She puts us to shame when it comes to our kids birthday parties. But I believe this one “takes the cake” for the best one ever. Weeks of thinking of … Read more
We made this Sharknado cake for our son’s 11th Birthday. We’re fans of the cheesy sharknado movies, so this was perfect! We made the chainsaw out of rice cereal treats, and lots of fondant. The shark teeth was the hardest! It took several tries sculpting the teeth.
This is my oldest son’s 8th birthday cake. We had a shark themed party. He wanted a 3-D shark cake. I did about four test cakes on this one. I was wanting to make a shark’s head with its mouth open. (I have included a pic of the test cake) I made this same cake … Read more
My little boy is madly in love with sharks and dinosaurs. It came as no surprise when he wanted a shark cake for his birthday. Blue fondant covered the cake and a combination of icing and fondant made the rest. To get the fins and tail to really stick – I cut out cardboard in … Read more
My nephew insisted on a shark cake for his 4th birthday party at school. My biggest concern was shaping the cake and ensuring that it looked like a shark….LOL The shaping did not prove to be a problem, I felt like “cake boss” as I was sculpting which was a lot of fun. I wanted to … Read more
This shark birthday cake was a birthday cake I made for my mother’s 46th birthday. My sister helped me make the cake and she helped with some of the ideas. My mother is a scuba diver and her dream is to one day be able to swim with the sharks, it just so happened that … Read more
My 11 year old grandson wanted to have a pool party for his birthday. Since he is a shark enthusiast, and I a self-taught baker, I offered to make him a shark cake. It seemed appropriate. That was until he let me know that his favorite shark was the Leopard shark. “Oh,” I said, “no … Read more
My 3 year old daughter often pretends she is a shark so a shark cake seemed right for her birthday. And while this is not a very professional looking cake, she was happy with it and so was I. The design is simple. The body is cut diagonally out of a 9″x11″ sheet cake. The … Read more
I made this realistic shark cake for my son’s 4th birthday party. He wanted a realistic shark. He didn’t like any pictures of cakes where the shark “looked like a cartoon”. I baked two 9×13 cakes and layered them. He wanted Funfetti cake with blue Funfetti frosting. Easy enough. The frosting came with fish shaped … Read more
My friend asked me to make a last-minute shark cake for her nine year old son! I did an internet search for shark cakes, found a 3D idea and ran with it! I started out by making a sheet cake for the base to make the shark more stable since the cake had to travel … Read more
This shark cake was a 5th grade graduation cake for a girl who loves sharks. I saw the other shark cakes on this site but chose to make my own design. This is a personal size cake using 2 regular sized cupcakes to shape the shark and a 9 inch round cake for the water. … Read more