Take a look at these cool homemade Mushroom and Toadstool 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!
I used two oven proof serving bowls for this cake and a homemade cake recipe. I cut the bottom one down to make it look like a stem, the only warning I have for this cake is use a sponge, not a moist heavy cake as it will crush the bottom cake being so much … Read more
When my youngest daughter was turning 3, I knew it was my last chance to choose what she had for a birthday cake… and I’ve always wanted to do a Fairy tea party, since seeing something similar on your website. Bel was having a joint party with her best friend, and I agreed to make … Read more
My niece lives in another state and would be visiting shortly after her birthday. She told me she wanted to skip a birthday party with her friends and asked if I’d make her a cake for her birthday and have it with her cousins. I said yes to it, but she had no idea what … Read more
I have very happy memories of my mother making me a toadstool cake for several birthdays when I was a child. So when my daughter Mimi turned one, I thought I’d give it a try myself. With a baby to look after, I knew it would be a struggle to find the time to make … Read more
I made this fairy toadstool house cake for my friend’s 3 year old daughter for her fairy party. It was a hit! I used a basic butter cake recipe with buttercream frosting and it is the equivalent of 3 standard 8-inch cakes. The bottom layer was baked in a 1 liter pudding steamer and the … Read more
I decided to make a mushroom shaped cake for my daughter’s first birthday after searching the internet for inspiration. However, I wanted to make it relatively healthy so I decided on a carrot cake. I made it with half gluten free flour, half regular flour (because I didn’t have enough of the regular flour) and … Read more
I made this Dora Mushroom Cake for my niece. She is a big Dora fan but I wanted to do something different from the usual character cake. The stalk of the toadstool is choc biscuit cake made in pudding bowl and the cap is choc sponge made in large Pyrex bowl. I then covered stalk … Read more
I found the idea for this fairy toadstool cake in a cake book I have. I made two cake mixes in rounded bowls for the top and bottom of the house, one chocolate, one vanilla for variety. I frosted each and let the frosting set, then covered the bottom one (turned upside-down) with white fondant. … Read more
I made this fairy scene cake for my nieces 3rd birthday. It was her request to have a “Tinkerbell Cake”. I looked online and at this site, took the ideas and then went from there. I made the mushrooms with meringue sprinkled with cocoa powder. I made them the day before I made the cake. … Read more
This Homemade Toadstool Birthday Cake is made from 2 cakes, a 9 inch round sandwich, which has been cut around the edges to give the top of the mushroom a curve; and a large tray bake which has 6 small circles cut out of it to make the leg of the mushroom. The cakes remain … Read more
This fairy’s house cake was made for my daughter’s 3rd birthday. She had a fairy and wizards party. The cake is simple but looks amazing when completed. I made two bowl cakes (one is slightly smaller than the other). The cakes are Madeira sponges. I covered a cake board with fondant that I tinted green. … Read more
The idea for this Magic Toadstool Cake came from the Australia Women’s Weekly Birthday Cakes book – my daughter wanted a “fairy cake with me as the fairy” for her third birthday. The top of the toadstool was banana cake, the bottom chocolate cake. I crumb-coated the cake with white chocolate buttercream (so the chocolate … Read more