I made this Darth Vader cake for my son’s 4th birthday. He is a huge Star Wars fan. I searched the web for a picture of Darth Vader that I blew up to the size I wanted and then printed it out. I then used it as an outline for the cake. I wanted the … Read more

To make this Darth Vader Cake I had to purchase a Darth Vader cake tin from the USA. I used a basic sponge cake recipe from a Delia Smith cookbook and added cocoa powder to make it chocolatey. I also made another big slab of chocolate cake to use as a layer underneath the Vader … Read more

I made this Darth Vader Birthday Cake for my son, Brady’s, 7th birthday party. I got the idea and the inspiration from a cake I saw here on coolest birthday cakes from another posting. I made three batches of chocolate cake and used three 9″ pans, a loaf pan and a stainless steel bowl to … Read more

The first thing with this cake for me was that the helmet took the helmet shape, not just like it was the front of a cap. So I just did a 2 pieces (like in the movie) with the face being one, and the helmet the other one. Then I let the helmet dry for … Read more

For my nephew’s seventh birthday both cakes were done using the image transfer method. I just printed out a picture of Darth Vader that I liked online and used clear piping gel to outline the image on wax paper and transfer it onto the cake, then filled in the image. I was happy with how … Read more

This Darth Vadar Birthday Cake was for a little boy that loves Star Wars! So my husband and I cut the fondant out in the shape of the helmet, and also layered some for 3D effect. We used pearl dust to fill in the eyes and the front of the helmet. It turned out awesome, … Read more

This was a Darth Vader cake I made for a 5 year old’s birthday. The customer wanted a cake in the shape of a 5 with a picture of Darth Vader on it. The colors are specific to what the customer wanted.

This Darth Vader cake was made free hand. This is a microwave chocolate cake using a 9×13 pan. The frosting is a chocolate and black cream cheese frosting. I used plastic spoons for the eyes. I used marbles for the mouth and covered with tin foil.

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

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