Take a look at these cool homemade R2-D2 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!
My nephew was having a Jedi training party for his 5th birthday. My sister-in-law requested whatever cake I thought I could do to match the theme. After looking on this site, I was sure that I could do the R2D2 3-D cake. I used half a Wilton ball pan for top and then four 6-inch … Read more
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
I made this Homemade R2D2 Birthday Cake for my son’s 6th birthday. I made four 6in cakes (2 yellow and 2 chocolate) for the body. The head was made from one half of Wilton’s ball pan. All supported with a wooden stick. Iced all with buttercream. The arms I made with rice cereal treats, covered … Read more
I made this R2D2 Birthday Cake for my boyfriend’s 23th birthday. The cake is vanilla cake with caramel filling cream and caramel frosting with sugar fondant. I baked 3 cakes with a radius of 18 cm for it’s body, then I cut those in half. It’s legs are also made of cake. Instead of making … Read more
My R2D2 cake was inspired by my son Jonathans fascination of the Star Wars movies. For his ninth birthday we were going to have a Star War themed birthday party for him. It was my job to come up with an original Star Wars cake. As I was thinking of something easy to do my … Read more
I made this R2D2 cake for the son of one of my husband’s colleagues. He asked for a Starwars cake, and was over the moon when he received it. He thought he was going to receive a flat cake with a picture on it! Tip for cake makers – I used rice crispy cakes for … Read more
I made this 3D R2D2 Birthday Cake for a friend whose son who loves Star Wars. This was my first 3 dimensional cake ever and was quite a challenge. It was also my first time sculpting with marshmallow cereal treats. The legs are made from cereal treats, covered in frosting then covered in fondant. The … Read more
Here is what you need for this R2D2 Cake: 1 9×13 cake homemade, freeze about 45 minutes first 3 cups butter cream frosting M&Ms and Twizzlers for embellishments. R2D2 clipart R2D2 clip-art I got a basic outline of R2D2 off the internet, search for “coloring pages”, or “how to draw R2D2”. Then I blew it … Read more
For my son’s 6th birthday, he wanted a Star Wars theme. So, I decided to make an R2D2 Birthday Cake Design instead of buying a store-bought themed cake. I’m a novice cake-maker and I’m not one to follow elaborate recipes, so I figured I’d make it as creatively and easily as possible. I used 2 … Read more
One of my husband’s colleagues asked me to do a birthday cake for his little boy’s birthday. He said anything to do with Starwars. The most obvious thing was to do a R2D2 cake. The most difficult thing to overcome was how to make him tilt backwards. I make a wedge shape out of Rice … Read more
My son chose a R2D2 Cake Design for his 4th birthday cake (he and daddy watch Star Wars, including the newer cartoon versions, often). I baked various round and square cakes and basically cut the shapes I wanted for the body and “arms” of R2D2. I used a Pyrex bowl for the head. Of course … Read more
This R2D2 Cake was so much fun to make! And surprisingly easy, but definitely time consuming. I used a six inch round cake pan to make R2D2’s body. I stacked 3 six inch cakes with lots of butter cream in between each layer and all over the cakes with 4 dowels inserted through all three … Read more