My son absolutely loves the Star Wars movies and building with Lego. He is an avid collector of Lego Star Wars sets, so the choice for his 12th birthday cake was obvious, a Hoth Planet cake. This cake was very easy to decorate and with the right mini-figures to place on top, it became a … Read more
I was asked by a friend to make her daughter a baby shower cake, but there was a twist. It was a Star Wars themed baby shower! What!?! I was totally clueless on what to make. I have to be honest, she came up with the idea for this R2D2 baby shower cake. It was … Read more
For his seventh birthday, my son asked for a Star Wars Logo cake. This is what I came up with. It is an 8-in round cake, iced in black butter cream. The storm trooper is made from white fondant, and cut out using the William Sonoma Star Wars Cookie cutter. I then filled in the … Read more
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
For his 7th birthday, my nephew requested that I make a Lego Star Wars cake for his big party with all of his friends. There were two things he wanted most. First, he wanted the Star Wars logo on it and second “lots and lots and lots of Storm Troopers”. I created a cake that is … Read more
My 7 year old son wanted to have a Star Wars birthday cake with both Luke Skywalker and Darth Vader on it….hmmm, what to do? Then I found the Darth and Luke figurines at a local party store and had the thought of making them have a “battle”. Then I thought that putting their “masters” … Read more
I used two vanilla sheets carved and crumb coated then added pieces of cake and glued them on with icing to form the shape of the Millennium Falcon. I used a foam core board cut in the shape of the falcon so it would look like it was flying when put on a cake plate … Read more
My boys love Star Wars. Their birthdays are 1 day apart, and they turned 6 and 9 this year. When they asked for a Yoda birthday cake, I wasn’t sure I could deliver. The Cake: I started with 2 round 8-inch cakes and a square 9-inch cake. The round cakes were stacked for Yoda’s head, … Read more
My good friend from high school wanted to surprise his 4 year old Star War fanatic son with the ULTIMATE cake…..R2D2!! Making this cake was very labor intensive, over 60+ hours to make, start to finish. I first made a template for the legs and cake base. I measured the legs and the diameter for … Read more
I am NOT a baker but, I do enjoy making cakes three times a year for my nephew and two boys. It is my creative outlet – I enjoy the challenge! When my 9 year old nephew told me he wanted a Millennium Falcon cake I have to admit I did NOT think I could … Read more
My niece is very into Star Wars right now. She came to me and asked if I could make her a cake for her 6th birthday. With those big begging eyes looking at me how could I say no. She wanted Lightsabers on it, because that is her favorite part of the movie. Well the … Read more
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