Take a look at these cool homemade Harry 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 son wanted a Harry Potter Literary Theme for his 7th birthday this year. I have always enjoyed making his cakes for his parties. We decided to make the cake look like one of the HP books. I used a Wilton book pan and a 9X14 pan. This is essentially two cakes, one topping the … Read more
My kids know that when it’s their birthday, they can chose whichever cake their heart desires and I will stay up all night making it for them. I try to plan in advance, but inspiration tends to hit at the last minute. So, when my 9 year old requested a Quidditch cake for her Harry … Read more
My sons opted to have a joint birthday celebration with a Harry Potter Theme. They are huuuuuge Harry Potter fans, and have forced me to be a fan too! I created this cake after searching the internet for inspiration. It is a two layered round cake, with chocolate and yellow cake layers. It is covered … Read more
I made this sorting hat for my son’s 13th birthday. It took two days to make. The bottom part is made of 7 vanilla cake layers with alternate yellow and red frosting layers. That was the least fun part because it was repetitive and took forever. The decorations were a blast! The top of the … Read more
After visiting the Wizarding World of Harry Potter last summer, my son insisted on a Harry Potter cake. He is always very…too…involved. He checks over ideas, debates colors with me, comes in and tells me when something doesn’t look right, but loves the end result each and every time. I make ONE cake a … Read more
I used basic Yellow cake mix for this Harry Potter character cake. I prepared my own icing (recipe below). I searched the Internet for a picture of the Hogwarts Crest. I then used the picture to draw a pattern to cut the cake and for the details on the cake. I colored the icing and … Read more
My son is a big Harry Potter fan and really wanted a cake with a hippogriff! Having no clue how to draw a hippogriff I went in search on the web for Harry Potter characters. I found a few but none really fit the bill. So I sketched my, own using a few others as … Read more
The ideas for this Harry Potter cake I adapted from a birthday cake book. Just quickly colored the ready made icing and chopped up a ready made cake. Quick idea for most busy mums. The kids loved it even if it isn’t perfect! More Harry Potter Cakes Cake by Lisa Y., Reisterstown, MD For my … Read more
I made this Harry Potter cake for my son’s 9th birthday. The way I made it was I made a few cakes different sizes and stacked them with icing as my glue. I had to place a dowel down the middle to support it. I then carved the odd shape with a knife. This tends … Read more
For my sons sixth birthday cake he asked for a Harry Potter Cake. I simply made a sheet cake which I covered with white icing. Found a coloring page picture of Harry Potter for a guide and hand piped on icing in the shape of his face. For a little dimension I used plastic Harry … Read more
There is a Harry Potter movie and book coming out this month so my son wanted a marble cake with a Harry Potter character and decorations. After taking the Wiltons Cake decorating course last winter I thought I could handle it. First I found a cake online that my son liked at. My son wanted … Read more