5 Fortnite Cake Ideas and How to Make Them
Fortnite is currently one of the most popular video games. It has captured the attention of gamers and non-gamers alike. The game became so popular in recent months that it spawned a new trend – Fortnite cake for any occasion!
Lots of parents are now ordering Fortnite themed birthday cakes for their kids, but these cakes come with a hefty price tag. Looking to make one yourself instead? I found 5 perfect Fortnite cakes on Instagram, and walk you through how to recreate them yourself below.
This Striped Drip Fortnite Cake
You’ll snipe the hearts of the birthday kid with this awesome Fortnite cake. The colorful stripes and sprinkles set against the black icing make this a super fun and interesting cake to make.
To recreate this cake, I suggest having these items on hand:
- Wilton 6-Inch Cake Pan Set
- Silk Ice Buttercream Mix
- 24 Color Food Coloring Set
- Wilton Deluxe Cake Decorating Kit
- Stainless Steel Cake Scraper Comb
- Cake Craft White Cake Drip
- Galaxy Sprinkles
- Fortnite Cake Topper
Easy Decorating Directions:
- Bake the cake rounds as directed and let them cool completely
- Make your buttercream icing, or use the mix suggested above.
- Separate the buttercream into 3 separate bowls.
- In one bowl, mix in 3 drops of the food coloring named “Black Currant” and mix thoroughly, and put 1/4 of the icing into a piping back with a swirl tip.
- In a 2nd bowl, mix in 3 drops of the food coloring named “Turquoise” and mix thoroughly then put into a piping bag fitted with a round tip.
- In a 3rd bowl, mix in 3 drops of the food coloring named “Grape” and mix thoroughly then put into a piping bag fitted with a round tip.
- Place a cake round on the plate, and spread 1/4 cup of the black icing over the top, place another cake round on top of the icing then cover the top of that one with icing as well. Repeat until your cake is as tall as you need it to be.
- Cover the outside of the cake with black icing and smooth it out. Using the cake scraper comb, remove stripes of the cake icing. Pipe the turquoise and grape colored icings into the divots an remove icing until it is flat and stripes show uniformly.
- Drizzle the Cake Craft white cake drip all over the top, and allow it to drip down over the sides. Apply sprinkles while it is still wet.
- Pipe the swirls of black icing on top of the cake.
- Add the cake topper and more sprinkles, concentrating them around the bottom of the cake.
- Serve this cake with a grin because your cake is going to be the highlight of the party.
Helpful Tip
If the striped icing technique sounds difficult, Sheri Bakes can make it easier for you with this perfect Youtube Tutorial.
This Green Space Fortnite Drip Cake
This fun Fortnite cake features the green spaces found in the game.
I recommend having the following items on hand in order to recreate this cake:
- Wilton 6-Inch Cake Pan Set
- Silk Ice Buttercream Mix
- 24 Color Food Coloring Set
- Wilton Deluxe Cake Decorating Kit
- Blue & Purple Sprinkle Mix
- Fortnite Birthday Cake Topper
Easy Decorating Directions:
- Bake the cake rounds as directed and let them cool completely
- Make your buttercream icing, or use the mix suggested above.
- Separate the buttercream into 3 separate bowls.
- In one bowl, mix 1/3rd of the icing with 1 drop of the food coloring named “Black Currant” and mix thoroughly, then put into a piping bag fitted with a star tip.
- In a 2nd bowl, 2/3rds mix in 3 drops of the food coloring named “Avocado” and mix thoroughly. Put 1/4th of the green icing into a piping bag fitted with a star tip.
- Place a cake round on the plate, and spread 1/4 cup of the green icing over the top, place another cake round on top of the icing then cover the top of that one with icing as well. Repeat until your cake is as tall as you need it to be.
- Cover the outside of the cake with green icing and smooth it out.
- Pipe green icing around the top of the cake.
- Pipe gray icing on top of the green icing.
- Pipe more green icing inside the ring of gray icing.
- Gently press sprinkles into the sides of the cake, and arrange some on top.
- Arrange the Fortnite cake toppers and serve!
A Outdoors FortniteCake
The Llama, treasure boxes, campfires, and health packs are key to this game, and what better way to harness the excitement of Fortnite than to feature all 3 on the same cake???
I suggest using these items to recreate this cake:
- Wilton 6-Inch Cake Pan Set
- Silk Ice Buttercream Mix
- 24 Color Food Coloring Set
- Wilton Deluxe Cake Decorating Kit
- Fortnite Llama & Health Pack Cake Toppers
Easy Decorating Directions:
- Bake the cake rounds as directed and let them cool completely
- Make your buttercream icing, or use the mix suggested above. Mix in 3 drops of the food coloring named “Avocado”. Place 1/4th of the icing into a piping bag fitted with a grass tip.
- Place a cake round on the plate, and spread 1/4 cup of the green icing over the top, place another cake round on top of the icing then cover the top of that one with icing as well. Repeat until your cake is as tall as you need it to be.
- Cover the outside of the cake with green icing and smooth it out.
- Pipe grass around the bottom edge of the cake, and a few patches on top.
- Arrange the Fortnite cake toppers and serve!
Helpful Tip
Piping grass onto cakes is a good skill to have in your cake decorating arsenal. Watch this tutorial video from Wilton to learn how to do it with ease.
This DJ Marshmallow Cake
I suggest using these items to recreate this cake:
- Wilton 6-Inch Cake Pan Set
- Silk Ice Buttercream Mix
- 24 Color Food Coloring Set
- Wilton Deluxe Cake Decorating Kit
- Wilton Color Swirl Piping Coupler
- Cake Craft White Cake Drip
- Galaxy Sprinkles
Easy Decorating Directions:
- Bake the cake rounds as directed and let them cool completely
- Make your buttercream icing, or use the mix suggested above.
- Separate the buttercream into 3 separate bowls.
- In one bowl, place 3/4 of the icing and set to the side. Separate the rest of the icing evenly between 2 bowls.
- In one bowl, mix the icing with 2 drops of the food coloring named “Black Currant” and mix thoroughly.
- In the other bowl, mix in 2 drops of the food coloring named “Grape.”
- Put the black, purple, and 1/4th of the white icings into separate piping bags. Using the ColorSwirl 3 Color coupler, fit the bags with a star tip.
- Place a cake round on the plate, and spread 1/4 cup of the white icing over the top, place another cake round on top of the icing then cover the top of that one with icing as well. Repeat until your cake is as tall as you need it to be.
- Cover the outside of the cake with white icing and smooth it out.
- Drizzle the Cake Craft white cake drip all over the top, and allow it to drip down over the sides.
- Pipe the multicolored swirls on top of the cake.
- Gently press sprinkles into the sides of the cake, and arrange some on top.
- Arrange the Fortnite cake toppers and serve!
Helpful Tip
If you’re stumped on how to use the Wilton ColorSwirl 3 Color Coupler, here is an excellent tutorial vid from Joann Fabric and Craft Stores showing you how!
A Colorful Fortnite Drip Cake
You’ll glide into 1st place in the heart of the birthday kid with this colorful cake featuring a Fortnite character gliding to safety.
Use these items to make a cake with similar decoration:
- Wilton 6-Inch Cake Pan Set
- Silk Ice Buttercream Mix
- 24 Color Food Coloring Set
- Wilton Deluxe Cake Decorating Kit
- Cake Drip Java Brown Cake Drip
- Blue & Silver Sprinkle Mix
- Fortnite Birthday Cake Topper
Easy Decorating Directions:
- Bake the cake rounds as directed and let them cool completely
- Make your buttercream icing, or use the mix suggested above. Reserve 1/4th of the icing by putting it into a piping bag fitted with a swirl tip, and mix in 3 drops of the food coloring named “Turquoise” in the other 3/4th.
- Place a cake round on the plate, and spread 1/4 cup of the blue icing over the top, smooth, then place another cake round on top of the icing then cover the top of that one with icing as well. Repeat until your cake is as tall as you need it to be.
- Cover the outside of the cake with blue icing and smooth it out.
- Drizzle the Cake Craft cake drip all over the top, and allow it to drip down over the sides.
- Apply sprinkles to the center of the top of the cake while the cake drip is still wet.
- Pipe the swirls of white icing on top of the cake.
- Add the cake topper and more sprinkles, concentrating them around the bottom of the cake.
- This cake will be perfect as the centerpiece of the dessert table!
Helpful Tip
Check out this YouTube Tutorial video from Cake Drip to see how easy it is to make a drip cake!