Take a look at these cool homemade Darth Vader 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!
This was for my son’s fifth birthday. A huge Star Wars fan, he asked for a Darth Vader Mask Cake… and I took the challenge. I needed a basic plastic Darth Vader mask (sold in every toy shop). The cake itself is basic sponge cake, divided into three layers, and filled with frozen berries and … Read more
The corners of the helmet are made from rolled fondant and placed to look as if they are standing up from the cake, again to add dimension. It took a lot of black food paste to tint the fondant, so have patience! I also made buttercream icing and tinted it black to pipe the accents … Read more
My eldest son desperately wanted a Star Wars birthday party with a Darth Vader cake for his 6th birthday. So I scoured the web and in particular this website, and decided to make a Homemade Darth Vader Birthday Cake myself. The inside was made from one-and-a-half times normal cake mixture, that is, 300gr butter, 300gr … Read more
My son suggested I make the cake part out of red velvet cake so it would look like he was bleeding when we cut it. I used dark chocolate frosting because I couldnt find any black food coloring. I then used foil to make the eyes and nose.t find any black food coloring. I then … Read more
I made this Homemade Darth Vader Birthday Cake for my son’s 5th birthday yesterday. He is a big fan of chocolate cake, and does not like jam at all, so I had promised a chocolate cake with no jam. So, I made a square 25cm rich chocolate cake, about 6cm deep, using a bar of … Read more
For my son’s twelfth birthday I decided to attempt a Homemade Darth Vader Birthday Cake. I got some tips off the internet and started. I decided to make it in two halves (top and bottom). For the first half I used heavy duty solder wire and made a 3D frame that would serve as the … Read more
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
