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A Few Words About Book Cakes
A book cake is definitely a head-turner at any event, be it an anniversary, birthday, christening, or graduation. Cake decorating has always been considered an art form, and making book cakes allows the maker to explore their reading fantasies while enjoying desserts. Book cakes also pose as a blank canvas for a wide range of flavors because apart from being aesthetically pleasing for viewing, there are so many delicious recipes to try out. Most of these recipes are beginner-friendly for people who are not professionals in baking. You can also use this as an opportunity to bond with family. So what are you waiting for? Run to the store, grab all you need to recreate your favorite book, and get to work.
Index of Book Cake
See the best selection of Book Cakes
Book cakes are definitely an eye-turner for avid book readers and educationalists. With this careful selection of recipes, one of them is bound to be a show-stopper for your next event.
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Musical book cake
Looking for a beginner-friendly recipe to follow for your book cake? This recipe is sure to be a hit. This chocolate cake is designed to look like your favorite book, with a fondant cover and buttercream musical notes. It’s a perfect birthday party cake and tastes great, too! First, you must bake your cake and stack it to the desired height. Using desired book design, cut and shape the cake to your liking. You next need to cover up your cake with white fondant and smooth it out for a clean finish. Make musical notations and flower designs on the cake to finish up the decorations, and your book cake is made.
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Fairytale book cake
This book cake is the perfect combination of vanilla and fun! It’s simple to make, and you can decorate it however you like. Cut out and color the leaves and flowers for the decorations. Create a wood grain with modeling tools on white fondant. Dust the fondant with brown and blue colors to bring out the grain pattern. Screw in the wood block for the base of the cake. Layer your soft vanilla sponge cake and light buttercream. Carve out the cake from the center and cover it with a white chocolate ganache. Smooth and covered with white fondant. Mark lines on the cake from the spine of the book cake. Assemble pages, flowers, and trees; this cake will make your party a happy ending!
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Textbook Cake
This book cake will surely leave a smile on any science enthusiast’s face. This cake is perfect for any school or home event! We’ve got a quick, easy recipe that anyone can make, and it’s beautiful and delicious. This cake is an eight-inch carrot cake with a light buttercream frosting. Cover the cake with white fondant and smooth out the cake for a clean finish. Make a marble design with fondant to create the base of the cake and place your cake on it. Use fondant to make textbook spines for the cake, and color and label book covers to your desire. Using modeling tools, create the glasses to top the cake and put the cake together. Voila! Your book cake is ready to fly.
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Fantasy book cake
This red velvet book cake recipe is a go-to for impressing your friends and family with a delicious cake that will taste just as good as it looks. And this fondant and buttercream icing recipe is great for filling in the gaps between layers of red velvet cake or if you want to make your filling to put on top of the cake. After baking your cake, cut it to the desired size, stack the cakes and cover it with buttercream icing. Place the cake in the fridge and leave it to chill. Cover the cake with modeling chocolate and smooth it for a cleaner finish. Use a sharp pointed tool to make the book pages and paint on the final touches to the book cake.
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Grimm forest book cake
Eating this book cake is a great way to celebrate with your children and family. The buttercream icing is extremely sweet, and the fondant icing is so lovely. This cake can be decorated as you wish! One open book, two closed book cakes, and a sweet miniature cottage that represents the story make this dessert unique. Vanilla cake with strawberry buttercream frosting makes up this dessert. This cake is made by stacking a cake with buttercream icing and fondant. Then, on the open book, add the finer details after placing the bookmark in the center. Use fondant to create additional details to finish the cake’s top portion. Your book cake is made!
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Magic themed book cake
The ideal way to honor your fellow Potterheads is with this Harry Potter book cake. This recipe is simple, but it requires some advance preparation. Using fondant, buttercream frosting, and fondant, this book cake is a delicious way to celebrate your favorite book. Cut your cakes into the correct sizes first, then stack them with buttercream in between. Buttercream should be used to ice the cake. Create a cake board out of fondant, and then use your tool to make a pattern of stones. Create the book covers and stacks of books with fondant in your preferred colors. Add final touches like wands to the cake and wingardium leviosa. Your cake is ready to levitate.
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Chocolate notebook cake
Do you like chocolate? You can satisfy your chocolate cravings by making this simple chocolate book cake. It’s a simple yet elegant design celebrates the pleasures of reading, writing, and being creative. This recipe features a soft chocolate cake and Nutella ganache cream frosting. To make this recipe, layer your chocolate cake with Nutella frosting. Smooth out the buttercream with a palette knife to create a smooth surface for the fondant. Make the book’s spiral binder, finer details, and the book’s exterior out of brown fondant. Cut out the book flap and shape it with a cookie cutter to look like threading. Finish by assembling the book.
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Hocus Pocus themed cake
Welcome to the magical world of chocolate birthday cake! Our Hocus Pocus-themed book cake will delight even the pickiest sweet tooth. This handcrafted treat features rich, velvety chocolate cake layers with a creamy chocolate ganache filling between the cakes. Start by cutting your cakes to desired sizes and stacking them. Next, cover your cake with butter frosting and chill in the fridge. Use a stencil to create a grainy pattern on the book cover and place it on the book. To detail the book’s pages, use cocoa powder to give it a rustic feel. Make other book details, like the fingers, eyes, and snakes, using fondant and place them on the cake. Itchita Kopika Meleka Mystika, your spell book cake is ready.
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Dobby book cake
All Potterheads have one thing in common. It is their love for Dobby. Any Harry Potter fan would be beyond amazed to have this Dobby-themed book cake for their party. Apart from the aesthetic, this cake would win the hearts of your party guests with its delectable taste. This cake is a Victoria sponge cake with a chocolate buttercream filling. Start by shaping the cake to your desired book cake spread frosting. Next, cover the cake with frosting and smooth out the cake for a clean finish. Use a knife to make the pages on the side of the book, and use a chocolate fondant to make the cover and spine of the book. Place the golden snitch and edible stars on the cake for the final touches.
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Harry Potter textbook cake
Have a special birthday coming up? This Harry Potter-themed textbook chocolate cake is the perfect way to make it special. Make your birthday a magical one with this Harry Potter-themed cake. Stack your moist chocolate cakes and put your buttercream in between. Cover your cake with chocolate ganache and smooth it for a perfect rectangle. Roll out white fondant across the cake and use a Dresden tool to score the pages. Use coloring and water on the white fondant to give the pages an aged look. Use fondant to make the book’s eyes, teeth, feet, and other finer details. Assemble the cake and use edible paint to finish the cake.
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School books cake
Kids are always excited to go back to school, and what would be more exciting is this school-themed book cake to mark the milestone of advancing to a new grade. This cake will have your kids talking about it in school all day. It is a chocolate cake with an Italian meringue buttercream frosting. Cut your cake to the desired sizes and cover it with buttercream frosting. Smooth out to try to make a perfect rectangle. Using white fondant or modeling chocolate, cover up three sides of the cake and score to look like pages. Next, cover your cakes with desired fondant colors and label the spines with subject titles. Stack your cakes atop one another, and this book cake is ready.
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Harry Potter themed book cake
Birthdays are definitely days to remember, but with this Harry Potter-themed book cake, this birthday celebration is bound to be unforgettable. From the wand to the golden snitch to the cake’s delicious taste, the celebrant will have a very happy birthday! First, you must bake a rectangular cake to your desired size and cover it with buttercream. Cover the cake with a beige fondant and smooth it out for a clean finish. Next, use brown fondant slightly larger than your cake as the board. Place the cake on the board and use a toothpick to score the pages. Brush brown edible powder to give the pages an aged look, and cover the top of the cake with brown fondant. Cut out the book title and other book details and assemble the cake.
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Romantic book cake
Are you trying to declare love, or are you simply trying to make your loved one feel special? This romantic book cake will keep their heart fluttering and taste buds dancing joyfully. This cake is also beginner-friendly, so you will have no problems creating this masterpiece. Start by carving out your chocolate cake, cover it with chocolate buttercream, and chill for ten minutes. Now, add a second coating of buttercream and spread more precisely for a smoother finish. Cover the cake with white fondant, smooth it out for a clean surface, and score the sides for pages. Using burgundy fondant, make the spine and cover of the book and place them on the cake. Do the piping on the sides of the book, place the sugar print on the book cake, and finally, add the roses.
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Graduation book cake
A graduation is no small affair, and what better way to add to the grand affair than with this graduation-themed book cake? This book cake is a soft red velvet cake with cream cheese buttercream frosting. Start by making a cake sandwich with the red velvet cake and the buttercream frosting. Cover the cake with the frosting and set it in the freezer. Cover the cake with white fondant and smooth it out, so there are no air bubbles, then score the sides for the pages. Place the book’s cover on the cake using light blue fondant and use a ruler to add other details to the book. Make the graduation cap topper using black fondant and place it on the cake.
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Regal book cake
This regal book cake is the perfect dessert for book lovers. This cake combines chocolate cake and chocolate frosting and is easy to make for any occasion! This decadent chocolate cake has a chocolate buttercream frosting and ganache. Spread the chocolate buttercream on the cake and make the shape of the book with the buttercream. Place the cake in the fridge to set. After the cake sets, brush over the cake and place the fondant on the cake and score the sides for pages. Roll out purple fondant for the book cover and place it atop the cake. Use edible paint to write the spine’s title and the book cover design. Add the final touches, and the book cake is ready.
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Textbook themed cake
If you’re looking for a textbook-themed cake that is fit for the classroom, look no further. This cake is chock full of chocolate and topped with an Italian meringue frosting that will make your guests so happy. This cake is also beginner friendly, with a tutorial that is easy to follow. First, cut your cakes to desired sizes and ice the cakes with frosting individually. Next, cover three sides of the cakes with white fondant and score the sides with a sharp instrument for the pages. Using different fondant colors, cover the books and smooth them out for a clean surface. Cut out book labels for the spine and book covers. Stack the cakes, and you are done!
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Bible themed birthday cake
Best believe your pastor will catch the Holy Ghost with this cake because the flavors of this bible themed book cake are beyond divine. This cake is the perfect way to celebrate any religious holiday. It features fluffy vanilla cake, buttercream frosting, and jam on a bible-themed base. To make this book cake, stack two rectangular cakes and fill them with buttercream and any jam you choose. Cover your cake with the crumb coating and place it in the fridge to set. Roll out white fondant for your cake board and start decorating the cake. Use edible brown powder to brush the cake board, cover your cake with white fondant, and place it on the cake board. Score three sides of the cake for pages and paint using edible gold paint. Make the book cover and cover the top of the cake using black fondant. Add final details, and you are finished.
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Vanilla book cake filled with peaches
A book cake to celebrate a new life! The vanilla cake is decorated with buttercream frosting and fondant, while the inside is filled with peaches, a rich buttercream, and a book theme. You can also get this cake as an anniversary or retirement cake! Bake three sheet cakes and layer with buttercream and peaches. Score the center of the cake and cover the cake with buttercream. Smooth the surface of the cake, cover it up with fondant and trim off the excess on the edges. Score the sides of the cake with a modeling tool to make the book pages. Using fondant, make the accessories for the cake, like the roses and the baby. Add the finer details to the cake, and the cake is ready.
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Vanilla book cake filled with peaches
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Graduation themed book cake
This cake is a book lover’s dream! It’s the perfect graduation cake for any book-lover who wants to celebrate their love of literature. With this combination of vanilla cake, chocolate cake, buttercream, and chocolate buttercream frosting, your friend or family member will feel like they’re reading a sweet story of love and friendship. Stack two circular cakes and cover them with buttercream, then cover your rectangular cake with buttercream and try to get a perfect rectangle. Stack your chocolate cakes atop one another and cover them with chocolate buttercream. Cover the sides of the vanilla cake using white fondant and trim the excess of the edges. Roll out yellow and red fondant and cover the top of the cakes as the book covers. Place the two cakes on each other and place the graduation cap cake topper, and you’re done.
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Book cake with buttercream frosting
You’re going to love this book cake as much as we do. It’s a vanilla cake with buttercream frosting, all in the shape of your favorite book. The book cake is decorated with an inspiring quote from the book that they love. The quote can be changed if you’d like! To achieve this book cake design, stack two rectangular cakes with the buttercream frosting in between. Score the center of the cake and place the cut part at the edges to give a flying page effect. Apply crumb coat all over the cake and smooth over for a clean surface. Apply more buttercream on one side of the cake to give it a heightened look. Use a toothpick to score the sides of the cake for the pages, and line the bottom with chocolate ganache and chocolate buttercream. Airbrush the cake with yellow and brown colors for an aged look, add final touches, and you’re done.
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Book cake with buttercream frosting
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Vanilla book cake with fondant
Looking for a perfect cake for your favorite schoolteacher? The book cake is decorated with crayons, an apple, and other details from the classroom. It’s a great way to celebrate your love for your teacher! You will love this delicious vanilla cake with a light buttercream frosting and fondant used to make this cake. To make this closed-book cake, stack rectangular cakes and fill them with buttercream. Cover the cake with buttercream and line the bottom of the cake with fondant, then trim off the excess. Line the sides of the cake with white fondant and score the sides with a sharp object for pages. Using colored fondant, make the crayons, apples, and the book cover. Place all the final details on the cake, and your book cake is made.
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Vanilla book cake with fondant
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Holy book cake
Don’t let the Holy book cake fool you—this cake is anything but boring! The open book cake is made with chocolate cake and buttercream. It’s a sweet way to celebrate any book lover’s birthday, whether a little kid or an adult. Bake a rectangular cake and divide it into two equal parts. Stack the two cakes with the buttercream in between, cover your cake with a crumb coat, and place in the fridge to chill. Find the center of the cake and score the center, then carve the two sides of the cake at an angle. Seal and shape the cake using a chocolate ganache and roll out white fondant to cover the cake. Use a fondant tool to make the lines of the pages and print out bible verses on wafer paper. Place the wafer paper on the cake and trim it to size. Add final touches, and the cake is complete.
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Bible book cake
This Bible book cake is the perfect way to celebrate any religious holiday. Not only does it taste amazing, but it also reminds you of the importance of religion and faith in your life. It has fluffy vanilla cake and a soft buttercream frosting, leaving you craving more. Stack three rectangular cakes and fill them with buttercream. Score the center and cut the sides of the cake at an angle. Cover the cake with buttercream and place it in the fridge to set. Using white fondant, cover the cake and smooth it out to remove air bubbles for a clean surface. Use a sharp object to score the sides for pages and brush with edible gold paint for an aged look. Print out the bible verse and desired photo to go on the cake, and you are done.
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Bible book birthday cake
This Bible book birthday cake is the perfect way to celebrate your love of God and your loved ones. The cake is vanilla and buttercream, with Bible verses and beautiful roses. This cake is very easy to make as it is beginner friendly. You will need to bake two rectangular vanilla cakes to achieve this cake. Stack these cakes on top of one another and fill them with buttercream. Score the center of the cake and cut the sides at an angle to look like an open cake. Cover the cake with a generous coating of frosting and pipe floral designs on the cake with buttercream. Make flowers with blue buttercream and place them on the cake. Finish the cake by adding bible verses and finer details.
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Chocolate book cake
Your birthday is almost here, and it’s time to celebrate! We’ve got the perfect cake for your special day. This book-themed birthday cake is a chocolate cake with chocolate buttercream frosting, chocolate ganache, and whipped cream! To make this cake, take a classic chocolate cake, stack it with buttercream, and cover it in chocolate buttercream frosting. Score the center of the cake and carve it into the desired open-book shape. Cover the entire cake with chocolate ganache and start decorating the cake with colored whipped cream. Mae the pages using yellow and orange whipped cream and line the edges with edible pearls. Add final touches, and the cake is finished.
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Vanilla sponge book cake
You can never have too many cakes in your life! This book birthday cake is a celebration of books and love. We’ve used a vanilla sponge cake and buttercream frosting to create a cake that’s just as delicious to look at as it is to eat. And if you’re celebrating an anniversary, this cake will surely be the town’s talk! Stack the first layer of the vanilla sponge cakes with buttercream and praline and the second layer with buttercream and cherries. Score the center of the cake and carve the cake to the desired shape. Cover the cake with buttercream, smooth it over for a clean surface, and score the sides of the cake with a modeling tool for the pages. Using chocolate buttercream, line the sides of the book to make the cover and spine. Add finer details with buttercream, and your cake is ready.
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Retirement book cake
A book-themed retirement cake is one of the most popular cakes you can order. It is a simple yet elegant cake, perfect for the book lover who is celebrating their retirement. The cake is made with vanilla cake and buttercream frosting. The design of this cake will surely make your friend or relative feel like a proud reader, as it has some of their favorite books printed on it. This cake will surely bring a smile when they see it. Stack your cakes, fill them with buttercream, and cover them with whipped cream. Using a modeling tool, score the sides of the cake for the pages. Make the pen topper with fondant and line the bottom of the cake with buttercream. Finish up the cake by adding finer details on the cake.
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Bible book cake with buttercream frosting
The Bible is a book that has been read and re-read by millions of people over the last few millennia. It is a source of inspiration, comfort, and inspiration for many. This bible book cake is a tribute to the Bible and is perfect for any occasion! It is a vanilla cake with a thick buttercream frosting and is beginner friendly. Start by carving the cake to desired book shape, score the center, and cut the sides at an angle. Cover the cake with crumb coating, spread it evenly, and score the sides with a modeling tool. Transfer the birthday note and bible verse on the cake. Finishing the cake, add final touches with black buttercream and other finer details.
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Bible book cake with buttercream frosting
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Fondant book cake
This cake is the perfect way to celebrate your love of reading and everything nerdy. It is a beginner-friendly recipe made from vanilla fruit cake and buttercream frosting, which gives it a nice texture. It can be decorated with any kind of decoration that you like. You can also add extra decorations for your loved one’s special day. It is designed with a bright, fun pink fondant and airy black for contrast. Spread some buttercream on a cake board and place your cake on it. Cover your cake with buttercream and spread evenly using a palette knife. Line three sides of the cake with white fondant and score with a sharp tool. Make the book cover of the cake with pink fondant and lightly brush the black paint on the edges of the cover. Add the final touches, and the cake is ready.
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Book themed birthday cake
Celebrating a birthday with friends and family is one of the best parts. If you’re celebrating your birthday or just want to enjoy a delicious dessert on your special day, this is the cake for you. The lemon cake is layered with chocolate ganache frosting and covered in fondant, and the fondant on top of the cake is decorated with details from your favorite book. It’s absolutely gorgeous—and it tastes amazing! To achieve this beautiful cake, spread the chocolate ganache on the three rectangular cakes individually, then line the sides of the cakes with white fondant and score for the pages. Cut out the books’ labels and cover the cakes’ tops with fondant. Make the cake topper and assemble the cake by stacking the cakes atop one another.
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