My son asked me for a Shark Birthday Cake Idea so I went to several places and no one did one so I decided to do it myself. This is in 3 pics so I can explain how I did it and believe me it was easier than I thought and the kids at his … Read more

I made this shark cake for my son for his 2nd birthday. He just loved Bruce the Shark. So I made a bar red velvet cake (to make it look like blood when cut. I had a toy Bruce which I placed on the cake then cut around it. I used a butter cream frosting … Read more

My 6yr old son loves sharks. He has a favorite picture and I worked off that as much as I could. The Homemade Shark Cake is 2 10″ buttercakes stacked on top of each other with jam in between then it is carved to shape. I butter creamed the cakes first then covered with the … Read more

I made this Shark Birthday Cake Idea for my son’s 4th birthday. After checking this site for ideas, I decided I liked the cakes with a picture of a shark better than the ones that tried to sculpt a shark out of cake. I drew this shark freehand with a toothpick, looking at a shark … Read more

My soon to be 3 year old son has been obsessed with Orcas for a little over a year now, so we thought what better theme for a birthday party than ” Killer Whales”. I just used two boxes of Betty Crocker Chocolate cake mix for this Killer Whale Birthday Cake Design and made a … Read more

My sister in law wanted me to make my nephew’s birthday cake. I’ve been teaching myself how to make cakes on and off for a few years now so he wanted a shark cake. She found a picture of the shark on line so I star piped him grey. I put him on top of … Read more

This shark cake I made for son’s 7th birthday party.He loves sharks and has read an awful lot about them. The cake has been carved out of two 13×9 rectangular home made chocolate cakes, layered one on top of the other using butter cream icing as glue. I carved the cake using a small kitchen … Read more

My 6 year old loves sharks so I wanted to make him a Shark Birthday Cake Idea for his birthday. I started with a 13×8 inch pan and covered with blue butter cream frosting (I used Wilton butter cream recipe). For the shark I used 2 pound cakes and carved the shark, covered it with … Read more

The Shark on this Shark Birthday Cake is made with rice krispy treats lightly frosted with melted chocolate then covered in gray fondant. The shark fondant is enhanced with edible paint and fondant accents and dusted with shimmer dust. The waves are buttercream lightly airbrushed with light blue.

I did this Shark Cake for a graduation. I used the Wonder Mold cake pan for the sharks head, and a 9″ round cake pan for under the shark. The teeth are mini marshmallows, sharks skin is all a marshmallow fondant. Very sticky, but easy to roll out. It took about 3 1/2 hours to … Read more

I got the idea from other shark cakes on this site. I did this one for my son’s 3rd birthday – as it was an under the sea theme. I figured a shark was easier to make than a whale, dolphin or octopus! Per the recommendations from other people who made similar shark cakes, I … Read more

When I had my son’s 5th birthday I asked him what kind of cake he wanted. He said to me “Mam I want a shark eating a man”. I said to him “but son this kind of cake is to violent for your age”. He said no I want that one. So I made him … Read more