Grown Up Star Wars Cake for a Self-Confessed Geek

Grown Up Star Wars Cake for a Self-Confessed Geek

This Star Wars cake was relatively simple to create. The brief was to give a ‘geeky surprise’ to an adult Star Wars fan. The cake itself is a simple vanilla sponge with vanilla butter cream.  There are two layers, each layer made up from a three egg mix. The covering is fondant. I used soft silver pearls … Read more

Coolest R2D2 Birthday Cake

Coolest R2D2 Birthday Cake

I had to create a R2D2 cake for my son’s 5th birthday party. He was celebrating with his best friend Brady. They were moving soon and he was also a true Star Wars fan. It was going to be a special goodbye for these two friends from birth. My son Kelton truly thinks I could … Read more

Unbelievable Fondant-Free R2D2 Cake

Unbelievable Fondant-Free R2D2 Cake

I made this R2D2 cake for my husband who is a big R2 fan.  I haven’t made a 3D cake before so it was always going to be a challenge!  Also, my husband doesn’t like fondant icing so I had the pleasure of having to use butter cream icing to decorate it. It took two days to … Read more

Cool R2-D2 Birthday Cake

Cool R2-D2 Birthday Cake

Make 2 sponge cakes (26x23cm) and freeze them overnight to make cutting easier when making this R2-D2 birthday cake. Remove from freezer and cut while frozen, on morning of party. Cut legs and body extension out of one cake. Place on foiled tray and add rolling iceing (blue and white needed). Make red and silver colours … Read more

Coolest Homemade Star Wars Cake for my Husband’s 40th Birthday

homemade star wars cake

Everyone at the party loved my homemade Star Wars Cake and were amazed that the millennium falcon was an edible chocolate mold. It was a big hit, and hubby was very happy! I made a 3 layer German chocolate cake with coconut pecan icing to look like Chewbacca fur. Made Chewbacca sash out of chocolate … Read more

Coolest 3D R2D2 Birthday Cake Design

Homemade 3D R2D2 Birthday Cake Design

For this 3D R2D2 Birthday Cake Design, you will need: 6 in round pan, 9×9 pan, buttercream icing, fondant icing and a frosting tip. I made a 6 in. round cake and a 9×9 cake. For his head, I cut the 6 in. round in half. The body is the 9×9 pan, slightly trimmed on … Read more

Coolest Star Wars Clone Wars Commander Fox Cake

Homemade Star Wars Clone Wars Commander Fox Cake

My 9 year old son wanted a cake of Commander Fox from the Star Wars Clone Wars movie. I have been making cakes for my children for 10+ years but this cake was the most difficult for me. Probably because I didn’t have templates for cutting out all the pieces. Fortunately, my husband helped me … 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 Death Star Cake

Homemade Death Star Cake 2

My boys are Star Wars crazy! This Death Star cake was white cake on the bottom and chocolate cake on the top. The top I baked in a Pyrex bowl and the bottom in a regular 9″ pan. The frosting is a butter cream frosting with all colors blended together to make the gray. I … Read more

Coolest R2D2 from Star Wars Cake

Homemade  R2D2 from Star Wars Cake

This R2D2 from Star Wars Cake was for my son’s 6th birthday. He’s a huge Stars Wars fan and I found many inspiring cakes from this section here at Coolest Cakes! I made this cake using a round metal bowl for his head and three layer cakes for the body. My bowl was only about … Read more

Coolest Storm Trooper Birthday Cake

Homemade Storm Trooper Birthday Cake

I made this Homemade Storm Trooper Birthday Cake after seeing the fantastic ones on this website. My boyfriend is obsessed with all things Star Wars (he’s 29, haha) and definitely all things Storm Trooper so it was an easy decision! I firstly made one cake in a 9″ round pan, and then another one. I … Read more

Coolest Mace Windu Lightsaber Cake

Homemade Mace Windu Lightsaber Cake

My son is a huge Star Wars fan and has NOW been into the Mace Windu Lightsaber. So he asked me to make him a Lightsaber cake. I made this cake out of rice crispy treats and fondant. The bottom layer was chocolate cake with vanilla frosting with blue dye. I cut a strip of … Read more