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 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
I made this cake for a friend whose son was having a Star Wars birthday party. She just said “a cool R2D2 cake.” I immediately got on this website and started searching through cakes for ideas. This is the best site! I started with 2 8” round cakes for his body. I stacked them with … Read more
My friend wanted an R2D2 birthday cake for her nephew so I did some research and found nothing I liked. This cake was made by using a 3 inch R2D2 figurine as my model. He measures approximately 16 inches high. It was tough to figure out how to get him tilted so he looked authentic. … Read more
Our R2D2 Birthday Cake Design isn’t particularly unique, but it turned out well and I have some tips to pass on that were not shared for the R2D2 cakes already shown. We used four 9 in round layers plus a 9 inch dome top and a Styrofoam base. Rice Krispy treats worked well for the … Read more
For this R2D2 Birthday Cake I sculpted the legs from rice cereal, iced them and covered them with fondant. The body is made from six 2” high 10” round cakes that I stacked and sculpted. The cake sits on a 9” diameter platform that is bolted to the bottom board through a 4” diameter PVC … Read more