Awesome Pokemon Cakes {That You Can Actually Make!}

Planning a Pokemon birthday party? These Pokemon cakes are fun (and pretty easy) that anyone - yes you! - can actually make them.

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I'm not a baker nor do I pretend to be one, but I do love making homemade birthday cakes for my boys.

And I promise...it's not that hard to make a really cool Pokemon birthday cake for your kids!

Seriously, if you can bake a cake (it doesn't even have to be from scratch), use a knife, and are capable of slapping some colorful icing on said cake, then you can handle making any of these easy Pokemon cakes.

You don't need to use fondant for these cakes either (that crap is nasty anyway!). Just give me good ol' buttercream icing any day. Mmmmm!

Ready to impress your kid with an epic Pokemon birthday cake for their next birthday? I've got you covered!

5 Fun Pokemon Birthday Cakes for a Kid's Pokemon Birthday Party

1. Pokeball Cake (skill level: easy)

If you have round cake pans and can manage to follow a recipe for making a cake, then you can easily whip up a Pokeball cake. This tutorial can even be simplified. Simply skip the fancy piping technique and use a knife to spread the red and white icing onto the cake. You'll probably still need to use a piping/icing bag to add the black stripe though.

2. Togepi Pokemon Cake (skill level: easy)

This cake is made from one round cake pan and uses just a little bit of cutting. Super easy with a great step-by-step tutorial.

3. Easy Pikachu Cake (skill level: easy)

If you're not too familiar with Pokemon, I bet you still at least recognize and know who Pikachu is.  This Pikachu cake was the first Pokemon cake I ever made for my kids and it was super easy. All you need is two round cakes to get you started. Cut one, but not the other, and piece it together.

4. Leafeon Pokemon Cake (skill level: medium)

It doesn't have to be a Leafeon cake. You can follow this tutorial to make any of the Eevee evolutions into a fun birthday cake. All you need is a rectangle cake, a good inspiration image, and semi-decent knife skills. You'll love the awesome tip in this tutorial about how to make a cutting template!

5. Rayquaza Pokemon Cake (skill level: hard, but not as difficult as it looks)

I used two round cakes to make this masterpiece, but you could easily just bake a rectangle cake and cut out the shape. I just really wanted a snake-like look to the finished cake. While this Pokemon cake was definitely one of the harder birthday cakes that I've made over the years, it really wasn't as hard as it may appear at first glance. But if I can make it, so can you!

Other Resources You'll Love for a Pokemon Birthday Party!

How to Make a Pokeball Pinata

DIY Pokeballs Party Favors

Free Printable Pokeballs Coloring Sheet

Rayquaza Birthday Cake

Thinking of making a Pokemon birthday cake for one of your kids? This Rayquaza Pokemon cake tutorial is super easy. Find out how to make a Rayquaza birthday cake below.

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I'm going to go out on a limb and say that this Rayquaza birthday cake was one of the hardest cakes I have made over the years. I could say some of my first few cakes were hard, but that's simply because I didn't really have any experience making complex cakes yet.

Oh wait...maybe J's 5th birthday cake where it had an actual number 5 embedded in the middle of each slice of cake was one of the most difficult. But that one was easy to decorate at least...

Annnnnyway, my oldest had his heart set on a Rayquaza cake for his 9th birthday and I was determined to make it happen.

And happen it did.

I mean look at this BEAST.

This cake may not look super pretty up close, but whatever, I love how it turned out. And so did J. He absolutely loved it!

What You'll Need to Make this Rayquaza Pokemon Cake

When my son J requested a Rayquaza cake for his 9th birthday, I wasn't entirely sure how I was going to make it a reality. I figured that I could start with a snake shape and then hope for the best. So that's what I did. Here's what you'll need to make this Pokemon birthday cake:

• Cake mix or your favorite homemade cake recipe (go with whatever is easiest!)
• Two 9 inch round cake pans
• Icing or your favorite homemade icing recipe
• Piping bag
• Icing spatula or butter knife
• Food coloring: green and yellow
• Red decorating icing tube
• Black decorating icing tube
• Knife to cut the cake
• Parchment paper
• Toothpick
• A round cookie cutter, bowl, or cup that has a small diameter than the 9 inch cake pan

Bake the cake as the recipe calls for. You will need to make two 9-inch round cakes. Let cool completely before assembling the cake.

Here's what we're going to make:

How to Make a Rayquaza Birthday Cake

1. After the two cakes have cooled, transfer to a cutting board or somewhere to cut the cake. Do not place the cakes on the tray you'll be serving it on yet. We need to do some major cutting first!

2. Using a round object smaller than the cake pan, cut out the centers of both cakes. These inside pieces will become the hands, arms, ears, and chin whisker thingies. Set the inside pieces aside.

3. Cut the outside circular pieces into smaller pieces and start assembling a snake shape on a serving tray lined with parchment paper (we need to line it as some of the details will be iced on the parchment to give some dimension and depth to the cake). The cut pieces don't need to fit together perfectly. That's what icing is for, right? *wink wink*

4. Cut a mouth at one end of your snake shape.

5. Once you have your basic snake shape assembled, start cutting and hacking away on those inside pieces you set aside in step 2. Use a google image of Rayquaza to help you figure out the basic shapes you need. It's basically two slender triangles for his ears and two more smaller ones for his chin whiskers. His arms are a small curvy bit and you'll need two three pronged blobs for his hands. Assemble these pieces to the cake on the serving tray. <-- Good descriptions or what, right? I mean, I'm not striving for perfection here. Just a cool looking cake.

6. Make your icing (skip if using store bought). Split into three portions (one portion should be about 90%, one 8%, and one 2%).

7. Add a copious amount of drops of green food coloring to the largest portion of icing and mix until the color is evenly distributed. Repeat for the yellow using the medium portion. Leave the remaining small portion white.
8. Add a generous layer of green icing to the entire shape of the cake and along all edges. I'm serious...be generous, especially if your cake has some gaps here and there like mine did.

9. Chill the cake in the fridge for about 20 minutes.

10. Add an additional layer of green icing if needed. Otherwise, run a butter knife or cake knife over the entire cake to smooth the icing as best as you can. Be sure to save some green icing for other details.

11. Use the leftover green icing from step 10 to draw some of Rayquaza's fins onto the parchment paper.

12. Use the red icing tube to draw lips and outline the green fins you made in step 11.

13. Use the black icing tube to draw an eye and some body sections. Use your inspiration image as a guide or my photos here. Note: I did a terrible job of counting the number of sections for his body, but did anyone notice? Nope!

14. Use a piping bag filled with yellow icing to draw some of the details along Rayquaza's back and body. Again, use your inspiration image or the photos here as a guide. Be sure to put a yellow dot inside his eye too!

15. Use a piping bag filled with the white icing to draw claws onto Rayquaza's hands.

16. Chill until serving time.

Here are some closer up shots of some of his details. You'll notice I did put a bit of pink inside Rayquaza's mouth. That's because I was also working on this Patrick birthday cake at the same time and had some leftover pink icing.

Other Pokemon Birthday Cake Ideas You'll Love

Togepi Birthday Cake

Pikachu Birthday Cake

Leafeon Birthday Cake

Togepi Pokemon Birthday Cake

Thinking of making a Pokemon birthday cake for one of your kids? This Togepi Pokemon cake tutorial is super easy. Find out how to make a Pokemon birthday cake below.

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Since my oldest was a baby, I vowed to make my kids' birthday cakes every year. Not something plain or boring. I wanted it to be something cool and dare I say, epic?

I am not a professional cake maker as you can tell, but my skills have certainly improved over the years. I do have a lot of fun making these homemade birthday cakes for my boys and they love seeing their favorite things come to life in cake form.

For my youngest's 6th birthday, he wanted a Togepi Pokemon birthday cake. I knew this would be one of the easiest cakes I have made yet because it all started with a simple round cake. So I'm pretty sure I made this cake in record time.

Ready to find out how to make this Pokemon birthday cake? Let's dig into that tutorial then!

What You'll Need to Make this Togepi Pokemon Cake

This is probably one of the easiest birthday cakes I have made over the years. And it's certainly easier to make than the other Pokemon birthday cakes that I have made.

Here's what you'll need to make this Pokemon birthday cake:

• Cake mix or your favorite homemade cake recipe (go with whatever is easiest!)
• 9 inch round cake pan
• Icing or your favorite homemade icing recipe
• Piping bag
• Icing spatula or butter knife
• Food coloring: yellow and blue
• Red decorating icing tube
• Black decorating icing tube
• Knife to cut the cake
• Toothpick

Bake the cake as the recipe calls for. You will only need to make one 9-inch round cake. Let cool completely before assembling the cake.

Here's what we're going to make!

How to Make a Togepi Pokemon Birthday Cake

1. After the cake has cooled, place it on the tray that you will be serving the cake on.

2. Using an image of Togepi from Google or the photos in this post as a guide, cut the cake into the shape of Togepi's pointy head. That's the only cuts you'll need to make (at least, until serving time!).

3. Make your icing (skip if using store bought). Split into three portions (one portion should be about 55%, one 40%, and one 5%).

4. Add some drops of yellow food coloring to the medium portion of icing and mix until the color is evenly distributed. Repeat with the blue food coloring to the smallest portion of icing. Leave the largest portion white.

5. Add a generous layer of white and yellow icing to the entire shape of the cake and along all edges. Use the photos below or your inspiration image from Google as a guide to know what parts will be white and what will be yellow.

6. Chill the cake in the fridge for about 20 minutes.

7. Add an additional layer of white and yellow icing if needed. Otherwise, run a butter knife or cake knife over the entire cake to smooth the icing as best as you can.

8. Use a toothpick to mark the red and blue details onto the white part of the cake. Then draw eyes and the smile on the yellow part using the toothpick.

9. Add black and red details using the decorating icing tubes. Tip: if you aren't serving this cake immediately, the black and red icing will bleed. You may want to decorate these details closer to serving time. <-- I need to remind myself of this tip every year!!

10. Use a piping bag with the blue icing to decorate the remaining details.

11. Chill until serving time.

Other Pokemon Birthday Cake Ideas & Party Ideas

Leafeon Pokemon Cake Tutorial

Pikachu Cake Tutorial

How to Make a Pokeball Pokemon Pinata

Leafeon Pokemon Birthday Cake

Looking for Pokemon birthday cake ideas? This Leafeon Pokemon cake is easier than you think to make. Let's find out how to make a Pokemon birthday cake with this tutorial.

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Every year I make and design epic birthday cakes for my boys.

Since their birthdays are just five days apart, that means I spend one entire day per year baking, designing, decorating, and consuming too much icing as I make these birthday cakes.

For my oldest's 8th birthday, he requested a Leafeon cake as it was his favorite Pokemon character at the time. In my head, it seemed straightforward to make and design and honestly, it was.

This Pokemon birthday cake is surprisingly simple to make, even if you don't think you are creative. Trust me, YOU can do this and your kid will love it!

What You'll Need to Make This Leafeon Pokemon Birthday Cake

Like all my birthday cake tutorials, I forgot to take step-by-step photos. It's hard enough to bake and decorate two full birthday cakes in one day...There's just no way my brain can remember to take photos along the way too!

Here's what you'll need to make this Pokemon birthday cake:

• Cake mix or your favorite homemade cake recipe (I'm not here to judge which route you go - I've done both types over the years)
• 9 x 13 rectangle pan
• Vanilla and chocolate icing or your favorite homemade icing recipe (homemade is the route I always go!)
• Piping bag
• Icing spatula or butter knife
• Food coloring: yellow and green
• Knife to cut the cake
• Parchment paper and permanent marker (this is to make the cake template)
• Toothpicks

Bake the cake as the recipe calls for. You will need to make one 9 x 13 cake. Let cool completely before assembling the cake.

How to Make a Leafeon Pokemon Birthday Cake

1. After the cake has cooled, place the cake on the tray that you will be serving the cake on.

2. Next, you'll have to design the template for cutting. You'll need a large sheet of parchment paper, a permanent marker, and an image of the design you want to use (I usually pull up an image from google on my iPad). So this step is all about finding the inspiration image! I just went with Leafeon's head, obviously. Keeping it simple, right?

3. Draw the design you want on the parchment paper using the permanent marker. You just need the outline of the entire head, not the details of the eyes and whatnot.

4. Place the finished template on top of the cake and use toothpicks to secure the template to the cake.

5. Use a sharp knife and start cutting the cake, following the parchment paper template.

6. Remove the template and toothpicks.

7. Make your icing (skip if using store bought). Split it into three portions (save 50% or so for the yellow, 35% for the green, and 15% for the chocolate).

8. Add some drops of yellow food coloring to your icing and mix until the color is evenly distributed. Repeat for the green. Add cocoa powder to the vanilla icing to make the chocolate icing, if you are making homemade.

9. Add a generous layer of yellow icing and green icing (following your inspiration image or the cake photos in this post as a guide as to where to put the green and where to put the yellow) to the entire shape of the cake and along all edges. This will become your crumb coat (i.e., hide the cake as best as you can).

10. Chill the cake in the fridge for about 20 minutes.

11. Add an additional layer of yellow and green icing if needed to make sure the cake is mostly covered. Otherwise, run a butter knife or cake knife over the entire cake to smooth the icing as best as you can. Tip: wet the knife with a splash of water to help smooth the icing. Be sure to save a teeny tiny amount of green icing to finish off the eyes in step 15.

12. Chill the cake again for another 20 minutes or so.

13. Use a toothpick to lightly draw the eyes, nose, and inside of the ears.

14. Use a piping bag full of chocolate icing to draw the eyes, nose, and inside of the ears using your toothpick marks as a guide.

15. Use a piping bag of green icing to pipe a dot for each eye.

16. Chill until serving time.

Then be sure to celebrate on a job well done. You did it!

Other Pokemon Birthday Cake Ideas & Party Ideas

How to Make a Pikachu Cake

How to Make a Pokeball Pinata

Togepi Pokemon Cake Tutorial

Easy Pikachu Cake Tutorial

Have your kids requested a Pikachu cake for their birthday? Here's how to make a Pikachu cake. I promise it's super easy! 

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I am not much of a birthday person. However, one thing that I will do every year for my kids' birthdays is make them a fancy cake. I may not throw them an incredible party, but I always make them a fun cake at their request. They pick the design and I make it.

I am not a professional baker, at all. It's just something that I choose to do for my kids' birthdays. It's fun and the kids adore the finished results! And I get to eat copious amounts of icing and cake scraps once per year, without feeling guilty.

The cakes that I have made over the years have varied. There's been cats, monkeys, 3D bears, 3D pirate ships, math cakes...so many fun ones! I, however, outdid myself this year because this year I made an epic Pikachu cake.

J requested a Pikachu cake for his seventh birthday, like one does when obsessed with all things Pokemon. And it was one of the easiest cakes that I have made in a long time!

Seriously, it's super easy!

What You'll Need to Make a Pikachu Cake

I know that a Pikachu cake tutorial is a little random for my blog. But, considering I take photos of these cakes every year and share them on my personal Facebook profile, I thought maybe others would be interested in my cake making adventures as well.

Here is what you will need to make this super easy Pikachu cake:

• Cake mix or your favorite homemade cake recipe

• 2 9-inch round cake pans

• Icing or your favorite homemade icing recipe

• Piping bag

• Icing spatula or butter knife

• Yellow food coloring

• Red decorating icing tube

• Black decorating icing tube - I actually used this sparkle gel because that's all I could find locally.

• Knife to cut the cake

Since I have signed myself up to make two fancy birthday cakes in one single night, due to the closeness of the boys' birthdays, I opt to use a cake mix to streamline the cake making process. Some years I make a pound cake if I need to make a 3D shaped cake, but most years, I buy the boxed cake. However, I always, always, ALWAYS make my own buttercream icing because store bought icing is just gross and doesn't compare. It really doesn't.

Having said all that, use what you prefer. 

Bake the cake as the recipe calls for. You will need to make two 9-inch round cakes. Let cool completely before assembling the cake.

How to Make a Pikachu Cake

1. After the cakes have cooled, place one round cake on the tray that you will be serving the cake on.

2. Cut two rabbit-ear shaped pieces from the other round cake. Optional: eat cake scraps.

3. Place the rabbit-ear shaped cake pieces at the top of the round cake to form the basic shape of Pikachu.

4. Make your icing (skip if using store bought). Save a small amount of white icing (roughly one tablespoon or so) in a separate container. You will use this small batch of icing for finishing details.

5. Add some drops of yellow food coloring to your icing and mix until the color is evenly distributed.

6. Add a generous layer of yellow icing to the entire shape of the cake and along all edges.

7. Chill the cake in the fridge for about 20 minutes.

8. Add an additional layer of yellow icing if needed. Otherwise, run a butter knife or cake knife over the entire cake to smooth the icing as best as you can. Optional: lick the icing off the knife to reward yourself for such an amazing job! You deserve it!

9. Add black and red details using the decorating icing tubes.

10. Using a piping bag (or use a small plastic zipper seal bag and snip one corner) to add the white dots to the eyes using the icing you put aside in step four.

11. Chill until serving time.

Other Ideas You'll Love for a Pokemon Birthday Party

Homemade Pokeballs for Party Favors

Free Printable Pokeball Coloring Sheet

Pokeball Pinata Tutorial