The big boy recently turned 6. It’s tradition in our house to start planning the birthday cake a good six weeks before the event and this year as he wanted a Star Wars Lego party the theme of the cake was of course Star Wars!
Now, I looked on Pinterest and Google images to find the perfect cake and whilst I saw lots of cool things it wasn’t until I stumbled on an image of a Lego Millenium Falcon cake that I got excited. The problem though was the lack of a ‘how to’ guide. Being a tad foolish I didn’t let this deter me and I determined to make the cake anyway, making it up as I went along. In case you are also in the possession of a demented Star Wars Lego fan I thought I would share how I did it…
1. The bake: I usually make a butter cake but this year I made a vanilla all-in-one sponge using Delia Smith’s recipe I doubled the recipe and then put all the mix into a lined, shallow oven baking tray (about 30cm by 35cm) as I wanted a large cake that wasn’t too deep.
2. I wanted a large circle, so once baked and cooled I used a dinner plate to cut a circle from the rectangular cake keeping all the off cuts carefully to one side.
3. Next I assembled the cake so I could see if the shape of the bits I had would work…
4. I was quite pleased with the shape, so I moved all the pieces onto the cake board, which I’d covered in black fondant icing, and stuck all the pieces together with wooden skewers.
5. I then iced the cake with buttercream icing while I debated how I was going to manage to get the whole thing decorated and looking good before bedtime!
6. After a tea break I rolled out some ready coloured grey sugar paste icing (M&B) and after several goes I managed to get it wide enough and thin enough to cover the cake.
7. Now to make it look more like a Millenium Falcon and not any Millenium Falcon but a Lego Millenium Falcon. Using a photo I found online and a mould I bought off Ebay I started to make Lego icing pieces and shapes. I then stuck all the pieces onto the cake using an icing sugar paste.
8. More details…
9. To finish off the cake I decorated the board it was on… the board looks a bit patchy here as it was a bit damp where I had polished the icing with a tiny amount of water to melt any bits of icing sugar that had fallen on it.
10. I then added some Lego storm troopers and other figures onto board. For the party itself I thought it would be fun to surround the board in glo-sticks and a number sparkler…
10. Finally, I lit the candles!!
I was really pleased with how it all worked out in the end. I hope this helps if you need to make a similar sort of cake and if you need further information etc please just leave a comment.
Oh, I love it!! My son had a Lego Star Wars Party for his 5th Birthday. I chickened out on the cake though and had a friend make it.
Here’s what we did, if you’re interested. http://legosandbabydolls.blogspot.com/2012/04/ls-lego-star-wars-birthday-party.html
Thanks Rebekah – I love your cake and the whole party looked amazing. I can’t comment on your blog as I don’t have any of the user accounts but wanted to say that it looked fantastic. We had the same plates as you! I always find the best Lego Star Wars stuff is in the States and get a bit jealous… I found a great online invitation template in America too, I paid online and was then able to print over here. Hope you get this comment and I will look into how I can comment on your blog! x
Thank you! I’m attempting an Angry Bird party this year (in a few weeks). I’ll post it to twitter whenever I get around to blogging about it.
Hi ya love this cake hope you don’t mind me giving it a go , could I ask what type of mould u used for the largo bricks ? And where u can buy them thanks x
Hi Kelly – I bought my mould from Ebay: http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/T34-LARGE-5-X10-SHEET-BRICK-LIKE-LEGO-SUGARCRAFT-MOULD-/220787606867?pt=UK_Collectables_Kitchenalia_RL&hash=item3367f78553
It worked pretty well; I made larger bits and then cut to size. If you have any more questions please feel free to ask. Good luck with your cake and please come back and post a pic when you’re done!
Thank you so much
HI, I am so happy to have found your site and this cake. My son chose to make this cake for his art class cake project. Being a 16 yr old boy he tells me this last night and the cake due Monday. HELP! He acts like this is not big deal…for him he says. I wanted to ask you how big your circle was as he thinks my 8 in round pan is large enough but i dont think so. Also, you did not use fondant I think and I was wondering how you made the grey icing. I have so many questions as i run for the kids bus now. Did you use fondant at all?Thank you so much for sharing this work with the world, your cake is beautiful
Thank you – very happy to be able to help… so my dinner plate (which I used to cut the cake circle) is just under 11 inches across so you are probably best off baking cake in large rectangular tray and then cutting the circle from it also using a plate.
I did use fondant (or sugar paste) I used a ready coloured grey one but you can use regular white fondant and then colour yourself.
Good luck to you and your son with it – would love to see a picture when its done!