My son turned 8 this week and he’s a big fan of the Star Wars universe. Today we had a Star Wars themed birthday party with goodies like: Yoda soda, Vader water, Wookie cookies, Jedi Starfighter pizza, Jedi training school and of course a cake!
I baked a chocolate chip cake and decorated it with blue rolled fondant, Star Wars logo and light sabers.
Happy Caking!
Louise
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Thank you 🙂 So sweet of you.
Hi Louise,
Your site is just beautiful.
The star wars themed cake is great – im sure your 8 years old loved it just as much as my 31 year old husband would :).
hi your really nice werk that is amagec to me i love you and i love your’ iadea
How do you get the logo so perfect? Did you use a cookie cutter or cut by hand with a knife? When I try to cut the fondant with a knife it drags the fondant or the sides are not smooth. Help please.
I made some card board templates to cut after. The fondant will not drag if you let it dry for 10 -15 minutes before you cut it.
HI LOUISE , I LOVE THIS CAKE ! MY SON IS 9 AND ALSO A HUGE STAR WARS FAN ! I WOULD LOVE TO TRY THIS FOR HIM , MY ONLY QUESTION IS HOW DID YOU DO THE LETTERS ? WAS IT FROM CUTTERS OR DID YOU MAKE YOUR OWN STENCILS ? THANKS , MICHELLE
Michelle please find a link in the comments to the special Star Wars font that I used. I printed it out on paper when I had the right font size for the letters (check the cake pan that you will be using) Cut them out and then transfer to more sturdy paper. Remember to let the fondant dry for 10-15 min before you cut them out using a very sharp knife. It is also good to add a little tylo/gumtex powder so that they will hold the shape.
THANK YOU LOUISE . ONLY AFTER YOUR REPLY DID I READ ALL THE OLDER COMMENTS AND REALIZED I WAS ONE OF MANY MANY PPL ASKING THE SAME QUESTION ! THANK YOU FOR YOUR PATIENCE AND YOUR REPLY ! YOU ARE AN INSPIRATION !
You’re welcome Michelle 🙂
yikes , typed my full name in error , pls edit if you can . thanks !
Done 🙂
Great cake. How did you keep the letters from warping? Also, did you use a stencil to create the letters?
Just let the fondant dry for 15 min before cutting with a sharp knife 🙂 I used a special Star Wars font (find link in one of my other comments on this post)
genius! Cake looks clean and amazing. As a starwars fan, I solute you.
Thank you, We are a Star Wars loving family too 🙂
Great cake, I am learning to be cake decorater and Im doing it myself as the baking schools are expensive. Thank you your website is great and helpful to me while i’m learning.
So perfectly done!
Fab cake but why not to be baked in a fan oven?
Pls see my reply for you under the chocolate chip cake recipe thx.
nice… love it.. thanks for sharing and tips..
PS-Amazing sources for font searches you sent too, thanks a lot!
You’re welcome!
Great, thanks again for the cake quantities and details! All the best and see you in your next post 🙂
Dear Louise your cakes are always perfect, the lettering looks fantastic!! Happy birthday to your son!
Thank you, Paola 🙂
Another great cake…lettering tip is great too…thank you for sharing ..
Wonderful! Thanks for the step by step instructions on the lettering. 🙂
You’re welcome! I do hope that it makes sense 🙂
I love it!How did you get your Star Wars font so perfect?
Laura: see one of the other comments about the lettering 🙂 Thx
It’s amazing how well you got the logo, how did you do it? Were you tracing form a real photo? Also, I looked at your Choco Chip Cake recipe which loooks lovely, for this rectangular cake did you use the same quantities in your recipe? Thank’s a lot for sharing!
I downloaded the font from here http://www.dafont.com/search.php?psize=m&q=jedi I then printed it out in the size that I wanted. It is important that the ST + RS is in one piece. The A & W + R is single. Also I do NOT cut out the centers of the A’s and R’s. I then cut out the letters and traced them to cardboard paper. The white fondant was kneaded with some tylo/gum tex and then rolled out on cornstarch dusted surface. I let the white fondant dry for 10-15 mins before I cut out the letters with a sharp knife. Transfer the letters to a tray (dusted).
To get the blue letters a bit smaller I simply just cut the cardboard letters a bit smaller, Just eyeballing it and remember this time to cut out the centers on the A’s and R’s. Let the blue letters dry for 10 mins before gluing them on to the white letters. The the logo dry overnight.
I used 1 + 1/2 quantities for the rectangle cake pan. I can see what size the pan is if you like?
Louise, thank you so much for the details! My rectangular pan is roughly 10 x 13 inches (we go by cms and its 26×35). From your picture, I imagine yours is similar, would you say 1 1/2 times the recipe would do in my pan? Thank again!
My pan is 23x33cm So 1 1/2 recipe would be good. Remember to make a collar as the cake tends to rise.
Happy Birthday to your son! Great cake, lucky boy!!
This is really really great! How do you do the lettering?
See one of the other comments about the lettering
That looks really nice!
Great cake, please could you tell me how you made the Star Wars wording?
See one of the other comments about the lettering.
Amazing!!!
Looks amazing! Your soon is a cool kid 😀 both me & my bf are HUGE starwars fans. Wait till I show him this cake <3
Totally Awesome Louise!!! How did u make the lettering!! This looks fantastic!!!
Please see one of the other comments about the lettering.