Batman. The Dark Knight. The Caped Crusader. Everyone loves Batman. I’ve yet to meet a boy between the ages of 3-10 that didn’t go through a “Batman Phase”, so if you do have a son in that age range (or soon-to-be in that age range) you can expect at some point to be hosting a Batman Birthday Party.
Batman’s gone through many transformations in his illustrious crime fighting career, and that variety is well represented in the 7 Batman birthday cakes presented below. We’ve found a great group of birthday cakes, but just so it’s clear, we’re not ranking these in any particular order. Make sure you check them all out and find the Batman cake that’s right for you!
And don’t forget to visit our Ultimate Guide to a Great Batman Birthday Party.
For those of you that want to bake a quick Batman birthday cake and decorate it with some cool Batman stuff, check out this Batman Cake Topper
– which includes a Batman figurine and four cars.
Just click the image to the right, which shows you an example of a Batman birthday cake using the Batman Cake Topper. And don’t forget this ultra-cool
“Batman 19″” Pull String Pinata”.
1. Batman Utility Belt Cake
This is a great Batman birthday cake because it takes one of the superhero’s classic items – his utility belt- and puts it front and center in this delicious-looking cake. Most Batman cakes feature the Caped Crusader himself, but in this case we get a very specialized treat.
The cake is beautifully made, and looks perfect for an older child. From the pictures uploaded by mandaloo it actually looks like the cake was made for an adult!
You could easily simplify this type of cake as well, as long as you can pull off the great utility belt icing on the top. Even if the rest of the cake was covered in simple white icing, the utility belt would stand out and make this Batman birthday cake special.
2. Batman Bust Birthday Cake
We love the look of this cake. Clearly it was made by a professional and if you click the image or here you’ll see that it’s actually a wedding cake! People do love Batman … so why not show that love during your wedding, right?
But it would be perfect for a Superhero Birthday Party too.
Personally, this is my favorite style for Batman – blue cowl, gray costume – and a lot of younger kids enjoy this Batman as well, because he’s less dark and scary.
The blue-gray Batman doesn’t have to be cheesy; he can still be a tough vigilante, but without all the heavy dark gear. This cake just looks incredible – I’d love to know what it tastes like!
3. Another Batman Bust Cake
We have a hard time believing this is actually a cake! It almost looks like its made out of plastic or clay, but in fact, this is a Batman birthday cake.
It’s really hard to say anything about this cake except, “WOW”. It looks quite big, and I’m sure it took a very, very long time to make.
Plus you have to love the scarf around Batman’s neck. It adds a little touch of fun and humor to the entire birthday cake.
Myles is one lucky guy — he must have enjoyed this cake immensely.
4. Cool Batman Birthday Cake
This cake absolutely blows me away!
Heather McKillip made this birthday cake for her daughter, and she includes instructions on her blog.
The texture of the cake is absolutely fantastic – very unique and very fun looking!
This cake reminds us — you can do it! And don’t forget: girls love Batman too! So for all you moms and dads out there looking for inspiration for your daughter’s birthday, here it is.
5. Batman & Robin Birthday Cake
This cake is just insanely cool! I’m not certain, but I believe the picture of Batman and Robin running is on a piece of paper, it looks too perfect to be icing or a cake decoration. But even still that’s a great way to add real character to a birthday cake. And it’s fairly easy to find a picture online that you can print and place on a birthday cake.
This cake is one of the most fun we’ve seen, and the figurines and Batmobile add a liveliness to it that’s a ton of fun.
6. Batman and Joker Birthday Cake
We really love this cake. For starters the design is very cool, and we love that Joker has such a dominant presence. This is a newer version of Batman from the recent Batman Beyond television show, and it’s rare to find a cake with this style of Batman.
We found this cake on one of the coolest Batman sites around: Bat-Blog.
The icing here is fantastic – but also something you can do!
It’s certainly not easy, but with a bit of creativity and fun you can pull off a fantastic Batman birthday cake like this one.
7. Batman Sitting Birthday Cake
This is one of the stranger Batman cakes we’ve ever seen! Apparently in Brazil it’s a tradition to make birthday cakes with figures sitting on them. Truth be told, I haven’t verified that anywhere, but that’s what it says on the blog post where we found this cake.
We have no clue how the Batman figure was made, but it looks edible, so there’s a chance there’s cake there, or it’s all in something like marzipan. Regardless, that figure is quite sophisticated, it had to be hard to make!
We love the shape of this cake – it’s unique and fun.
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