A Captain America cake all starts with a good base. It doesn’t matter whether you’re using a boxed cake mix or making it from scratch - you will cover your cake’s base with a Captain America-themed decoration, anyway. You can use various cake toppers, fondant, or simple buttercream icing to make your very own Captain America cake at home. Bake & Assemble! Fondant is a very versatile material for cake decorating. Think of it as the modeling clay in the baking world - you can shape and transform it into almost anything. The best thing about this is, you can buy pre-made fondant or make your marshmallow fondant at home! [ 1 ]

For beginners, you can whip up Captain America’s shield as it only requires two basic shapes – circles and a star. If you’re going to bake a three-tier cake (or two-tier cake) then make sure you use the red and blue color of the Captain America costume wisely. Also, a good idea would be to burst Captain America out of the birthday cake.If you think sprinkles are too messy, you can also use candies like M&M’s or Skittles. It could be quite a huge challenge to find white ones, but they sure are easier to “assemble” (pun intended). 3. Prepare Edible Decors & Print Edible Captain America Pictures This cute little Captain America will surely inspire your kid to follow in his footsteps of Honesty and Justice. The easiest and simplest idea is to bake a Captain America shield cake. It will be tasty and will also take less time.

If you want a clean and cute-looking cake then you can let Captain America sit on the top of the cake. Decorating the cake can also serve as a fun activity you can do with your kids or friends! As Captain America would say, “I can do this all day”! If you’re ga-ga-over Chris Evans (who starred as Captain America in all the Marvel movies), then why not put him all over your cake? Of course, we’re not talking about the actual person. If there are lots of people coming over, creating a massive Captain America cake would be a bit daunting (and buying one is surely expensive). So, getting a small cake accompanied by lots of cupcakes would obviously be the better option in this situation. Go for a Captain America cake figurine as a cake topper. You don’t have to use an edible Captain America cake topper as the figurine could later be used as a toy for the kid.

You can write the name of your kid on the cake. But I think it would be interesting if you write the name on the shield or maybe on Captain America’s costume itself. There are easy-to-follow tutorials online that would help you figure out how to use fondant to create these amazing designs. This can also be a fun activity to do with your family or friends! 5. Add Some Captain America’s Shield-Inspired Cupcakes If you do not want to bake a Captain America figure then you can make the top of the cake in the style of a Captain America shield and can buy a Captain America figurine to use on the cake.