Take a look at these cool homemade Pinata 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!
This was my husband’s first solo foray into birthday cake making for our kids – now he shows EVERYONE a photo. He started by making a white chocolate shell (melting choc and swirling around the inside of a greased pudding tin and freezing – 3 layers on top of each other). This would serve as … Read more
For my granddaughter’s 11th birthday…this candy filled Pinata cake is 4 round layers, colored in a variety of rainbow colors in a swirl pattern. A combination of several ideas found on the inter webs. I prepared a chocolate “bridge” with melted white chocolate, prepared several days in advance and frozen. I used a plastic oblong bin about … Read more
This Piñata Smash cake was an awesome cake and so much fun for my twins to smash it to find the goodies inside. I made a round mud cake and topped it with chocolate ganache. I put smarties on top of the ganache so the other lollies wouldn’t stick. Mixed lollies were then put on top. This was … Read more
I made this Pinata Birthday Cake for a friend’s birthday. I baked 1 boxed cake mix in a 12 x 18 inch pan. I drew what I wanted the shape of the cake to look like on paper. I split the pinata shape into pieces (2 legs, body, head, ear) and arranged them so that … Read more
Inspiration for this Pinata Smash Cake came in the form of my small energetic daughter Amy, who was about to turn 5. She wanted a “smash cake”, which she described as being similar to a pinata. As we were having a pinata for her party as well, I thought I’d have a go at this … Read more
This Breakable Pinata Cake is a variation of a pinata cake. I used chocolate melts and melted them in the microwave. I lightly sprayed a bowl with non-stick spray and then put the melted chocolate in. I used a rubber spatula to carefully cover the bottom and sides of the bowl. I then put it … Read more