Looking for a birthday cake to impress? Look no further!
These cakes are all contest winners and include all shapes, sizes and genres. What you will see are not your ordinary birthday cakes. Be sure to pause and savor these details. You too can learn how to make these incredibly cool sugar constructions.
You will find a wine bottle nestled in a box, a life-sized guitar, and a stained glass lamp. Keep looking and you can read how to make R2D2 pushing a baby stroller. Scroll down and chance upon an amazing replica of the Titanic. If you’re a Harry Potter fan, be sure to check out his owl Hedwig, Hagrid’s hut and the Monster Book of Monsters. Whichever image catches your eye, your mind will not believe that you are actually looking at a birthday cake!
We are in awe of what our contest winners came up with when submitting a birthday cake. Let us know what inspires you and share your creation with us here!
I made this fun dalmatian fire truck cake for a friend’s little boy’s birthday party. I truly put a lot of heart into making this cake, as the boy’s father had passed away not even a year earlier. This was his first birthday without his dad, and I wanted to create something that would make him … Read more
My soon-to-be 4-year old asked for a “Candy Cake” for his birthday. Sounded easy enough. After all, last year, he had a steaming volcano cake with home made palm trees and dry ice. “This year I’m getting off easy,” I thought to myself. Until Yesterday. Yesterday, he decided he wanted an Angry Birds cake. Well…that … Read more
Dinner and Movie was done as an overnight project. My niece was turning 13 and she said her theme was Dinner and a Movie. Her dad had scheduled the party for the Saturday after her birthday, but she said it was her day and wanted it on that Friday. Well that meant that I had … Read more
Whenever I get to make a cake for someone, I go through the process of a lot of thinking before deciding what the final product should look like. This time it was different. I was making a cake for my dear own husband. First of all, I am not a professional baker, but we can … Read more
I was called to do this cake for a very special 11 year old boy. He loved Star Wars, Harry Potter, the Hobbit and much more. This wasn’t just any party though, it was his farewell party. He had end stage brain cancer and he had a huge party to celebrate his life. It was … Read more
My son was turning 21 last month and I had always made him a birthday cake when he was young. I hadn’t made him one for a few years (except a suitcase cake when he turned 18 as a joke, because I always joked with him that he had to leave home when he turned … Read more
I made this stitched skin and eyeball Halloween cake for my son’s 11th birthday party. He was born in October and he loves all things Halloween. I had never used fondant before so I was a little nervous, but it turned out as I had envisioned it and he LOVED IT! Eyeball Halloween Cake Instructions For … Read more
For over 3 years now, I’ve been a volunteer baker with a wonderful National Charity called Cake4kids, which bakes birthday cakes for Foster Children; most of whom have never had a birthday cake. Every September, our chapter holds a cake competition fund raiser for about 300 cake tasters with local judges; including a Pastry Chef … Read more
I made this anti gravity cake for my son-in-law who loves Stowford Cider. It was for his 40th birthday and I wanted something with a WOW factor. Designing the Barrel Cake The cake was made from a 6 layer checkered cake using a Zenker 24cm set of 3 checkered cake tins (which I bought for … Read more
I was asked by a friend to make her daughter a baby shower cake, but there was a twist. It was a Star Wars themed baby shower! What!?! I was totally clueless on what to make. I have to be honest, she came up with the idea for this R2D2 baby shower cake. It was … Read more
As a self-taught “cake artist” that is still learning, I always try new techniques when I bake for my family members. Any flops are forgiven so I am able to relax and enjoy the creative process. My brother Scott’s wife Ashlee loves all things antique. She has a lovely sense of style and a beautifully … Read more
I wanted to make a birthday cake that didn’t look like a cake, and since we all love to paint, I thought of making it look like paint. The paint roller is just a jelly roll filled with cherry pie filling. I stuck a real paint roller handle into it! The icing is store-bought green … Read more