Coolest Darth Vader Picture Cakes

Coolest Darth Vader Picture Cake Gallery and How-To Tips

My nephew requested a Star Wars-themed cake for his 8th birthday. I decided to try to do something similar to the fondant-covered Storm Trooper cake but with Darth Vader which I copied from a Darth Vader picture. I layered two 9 X 13 sheet cakes (baked from store-bought mix) with store-bought frosting in between. Using … Read more

Cool Darth Vader Cake

Cool Darth Vader Cake

Two eight inch round chocolate cakes torted with chocolate buttercream covered in midnight blue vanilla buttercream. Red and orange vanilla buttercream ruffle border, white and black fondant Darth Vader mask. To make the mask, find a picture, blow it up on the computer to size you need, print it out, cut out outline for white … Read more

Coolest Darth Vader Helmet Cake

Coolest Darth Vader Helmet Cake

The Darth Vader helmet cake was made from a chocolate cake with peanut butter cream filling and butter cream surrounded, with fondant covering. Started with an 8″ cake on the bottom, 6″ in the middle, and round/ball cake for the top. Crumb coated whole thing then, carved out the general shapes for the face, then … Read more

Coolest Darth Vader Birthday Cake

Coolest Darth Vader Birthday Cake

This  Darth Vader birthday cake is the cake I made for my son Matteo, who is now 12. He ‘s becoming a rebel pre-adolescent. Not a bad one, but he always finds a way of arguing on everything I ask from him. That’s why I’m used to call him Anakin. I thought that a Darth Vader cake would … Read more

Homemade Darth Vader Helmet Cake

Homemade Darth Vader Helmet Cake

This  Darth Vader Helmet cake was made for a birthday man within 3 days of notice! I really had to pull magic out for this one! I stacked about four 9 inch cakes and two 6×2 inch cakes and carved a simple formation of a would be Darth Vader helmet. Flavor was strawberry with strawberry filling, butter cream and covered in black … Read more

Cool Homemade 3D Darth Vader Birthday Cake

Homemade  Darth Vader Birthday Cake

I made this Darth Vader Birthday Cake for my husband’s friend from work. This was my first time ever using fondant. I started by making 2- 6″ cake circles, a square cake, and a cake made from a Pyrex bowl. I stacked the 2 6″ circles and round bowl cake. Then I crumb coated the … Read more

Cool Homemade Darth Vader Birthday Cake

Homemade Darth Vader Birthday Cake

This Darth Vader Birthday Cake was done all by hand and every part of it you can eat! I started with three 2 inch each chocolate fudge cakes, held together with chocolate frosting. On top of these I placed two, two inch cakes, lining the back of the cakes up with each other. I then … Read more

Coolest Darth Vader Picture Cake Gallery 1

I used a 9 inch round cake pan and cut and shaped the head. You cant tell from the picture but I used extra cake to build up the mouth area to give it depth like the real thing. I used Pillsbury cake and Pillsbury frosting tinted black. I didn’t think the Darth Vader head … Read more

Coolest Star Wars Birthday Cake

Homemade Star Wars Birthday Cake

My son is a huge Star Wars fan, but we couldn’t find any store bought ones that were “cool enough” for him. This Star Wars Birthday Cake was my first ever attempt at fondant, and my son loved it. I made marshmallow fondant a couple of days before I needed to use it and tinted … Read more

Coolest Darth Vader Picture Cake Gallery 2

It was covered with butter cream then chocolate fondant dyed black. Chocolate fondant balls were used for the eyes and pieces were cut for the rest of the mask. I painted the silver part with silver luster dust and vanilla extract. I made sure the fondant was shiny with a coat of shortening before delivering … Read more

Easy Homemade Darth Vader Birthday Cake

Homemade Darth Vader Birthday Cake

My stepson has gone crazy for Star Wars this year and wanted a Darth Vader themed seventh birthday party. I looked through tons of cake ideas online and could not find a design that I wanted to work with. I have had terrible experience with black icing, not in the decoration but in what color … Read more