Star Wars Birthday Cake
Easy Star Wars cake recipe and tutorial (Death Star cake)- Homemade with simple ingredients. It’s a chocolate cake with vanilla buttercream and decorated in marshmallow fondant.
Servings: 12 Slices
Calories: 158kcal
Ingredients
- 1 batch Chocolate cake
- 2 cups American buttercream frosting
- Black fondant
- Gray fondant
Instructions
- Bake chocolate cake in a 9 inch dome pan and let it cool completely.
- While it's cooling, make frosting.
- Once the cake has fully cooled down, slice it in half.
- Fill it will frosting.
- Then, ice the entire cake as smoothly as possible.
- Roll out black fondant and spread it over the cake. Cut off excess along the sides with a knife or pizza cutter.
- Roll out gray fondant and cut out a circle piece (about 3 inches) and add details to it with knife and some small circles and square pieces. Keep aside.
- Use the back of a spoon or your fingers to gently dig into the top side of the cake and make an indentation.
- Stick the circle piece here with some water.
- Roll out gray fondant again but this time, cut out rectangle pieces.
- Add details with a sharp knife and various sizes of circle decorating tips to create indentations.
- Use a paintbrush and some water to stick them on the cake.
- Steam the cake (with a steam iron) from a 1 foot distance and let it dry for about 10 minutes.
- Use silver edible spray to create a metallic finish.
- Roll out tiny balls of red and white fondant and randomly stick them on the cake for lights. Enjoy!
Notes
- Read all my tips above.
- Leftovers can be stored in a sealed container in the fridge for up to 3 days. Please note that the fondant may become slightly soft and sticky during this time, as it deteriorates in the fridge.
Nutrition
Calories: 158kcal | Carbohydrates: 26g | Protein: 1g | Fat: 6g | Saturated Fat: 1g | Sodium: 70mg | Potassium: 13mg | Fiber: 1g | Sugar: 24g | Vitamin A: 1IU | Calcium: 1mg | Iron: 1mg