29 of The Most Amazing Mario Cakes for Any Occasion

Here are 29 amazing Mario cakes for all Super Mario Bros fans. We have everything from an elaborate Mario Kart cake to a simple Mario hat cake!

A Few Words About Mario Cake

Do you know a Super Mario Bros fan, or are you a fan yourself who wants to make your own Mario Cake?

Then look no further because our list has some of the most amazing ideas to inspire you to get creative and create your own Super Mario cake! We have multi-tiered cakes and three-dimensional cakes for those who want a challenge. For those of you who are beginner bakers, we also save some simple recipes that you can easily follow.

So, whatever your baking skill is, join us and find the best Mario Cake recipe that you can make for any occasion you’re celebrating!

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Super Mario Bros Castle Cake

We’re starting the list with a very impressive cake made by Tan Dulce. The Super Mario cake features a Castle as a backdrop, so be ready to be challenged, as you’ll need extra care and patience to make this cake.

The castle is made by stacking several sponge sheet cakes into several separate structures. Then it is covered in several layers of fondant. The first base layer is a simple black one, but you’ll have to cut out some rectangle-shaped red fondant to form the bricklayer outside!

It’s a very laborious process, but once you’re done, you and your family will definitely be impressed with yourselves!

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Princess Peach Doll Cake

Here’s another challenging cake for all you Super Mario fans out there. In particular, this Mario cake can be suitable for celebrating girls’ birthdays.

One of the most impressive Super Mario cakes for birthdays out there, this entire cake is made to look exactly like Princess Peach, so it’s fair to say that it’s a princess doll cake. The process is pretty elaborate.

You’ll need to free the cake several times to ensure it’s taking shape before slapping another layer of fondant on top. The resulting cake is a beautiful princess Peach-shaped cake that’s entirely edible. A very cool Mario Themed Cake indeed!

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Mario Hat Cake

Here’s another cool idea for those who want to serve some impressive desserts during your game night or just want to make a cool Mario birthday cake.

This Mario theme cake features the very iconic Mario hat, and it’s made entirely edible using fondant and sheet cake. The process itself is pretty simple. You’ll only need to shape the cake into a hat form. The tutorial will show you exactly how to form the structure.

The next process of covering it in fondant might need a little more finesse because the final look will be super clean and smooth. Ensure you’re patient and follow the tutorial to recreate this iconic cake.

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Mario Kart House Cake

This cake is another impressive Super Mario Bros cake. One of the most elaborate Mario Kart cake ideas, this cake features a landscape inspired by the Sky Garden course in the Mario Kart 8 Deluxe game.

You need to have patience in making this cake, as it has several different layers and shapes to emulate the design of the sloping course. At some point, you’ll need to cut almost 50% of the cake off the incline.

It’s a very fun cake to make, and at the end, you can even try out the cake with toy cars! Follow along with the tutorial and invite all your friends and family to try out the course.

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Super Mario Cake Tutorial

Here’s a two-tier Mario Bros birthday cake that’s impressive looking and easier to make compared to previous ones mentioned on the list. The cake is plainly made out of two different tiers of multiple-layered chocolate cake.

But you can definitely customize the cake and choose your own favorite flavors. It is then covered in chocolate fondant and decorated with detailed carvings of Mario’s face and other characters.

The challenge is for you to try and carve as neatly as possible, but this process can also be assisted by printing out the pictures shown in the tutorial.

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Princess Peach Cake

If you’re looking for girly Super Mario cake ideas, this cute Princess Peach cake is the perfect choice for you. This cake is a cake that Princess Peach makes when you unlock a certain part of the game.

The cake is creatively flavored with peach flavorings and peach fruits, so you’ll be going with the Mario theme here. It is covered entirely out of fondant to emulate the smooth texture of the cake in the game, making it very authentic and fun looking.

You can customize by choosing your sponge cake flavors and decorating the cake with your color scheme.

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Super Mario Odyssey Hat Cake

This is called a Cappy Cake, a Super Mario Odyssey Hat cake. It features the iconic Mario hat but also two eyes at the front of it. The challenge here is when you are shaping and covering the cake with the red fondant that makes up the whole cake.

The eyes of the hat are made out of printout eyes from the internet. Still, you can make this cake more impressive by baking similar-looking cookies or even creating them using fondant so that every piece of the cake will be edible.

It’s simple but still presents an iconic element of the Super Mario Brothers cake.

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Mario Mushroom Cake

Here’s another creative Mario cake idea. This cake is made to look like the cute mushrooms that can make or break Mario during his adventure.

The chosen cake features the red mushroom, but you can customize the cake and change the color of the fondant if you’re more into the green or blue mushrooms from Mario.

It’s a very simple cake. The size is very similar to a burger bun. So if you have several companies for your party, you might want to make several cakes, which is a fun way to experiment with the fondant colors and even the cake flavors!

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Question Block Cake

Here’s an impressive cake made to look like a surprise box from the game, and inside will be the Mario mushroom. Layers upon layers of fun Mario references will please any Super Mario fans.

One of the challenges when you make this Mario Brothers sheet cake is making sure that you will form a perfect box – the sheet cakes are cut into squares and then stacked to create the same height as its width.

So be ready with your rulers to make this cake as accurately as possible! Nevertheless, it’s a fun Super Mario Bros birthday cake that’s quite easy to make.

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Mario Question Block Surprise Cake

Another rendition of the question block cake. The cake is made out of square sheet cake, but if you do not have any square baking dishes, you can definitely opt for regular rectangular-shaped ones but remember to cut them into squares before stacking them to create the box.

What’s special about this cake is it has surprise coins inside them. They’re made out of chocolate coins and put inside the cake by cutting off a smaller square in the middle of the cake. Fill the candy up to the top, then place a sold cake.

Cover the cake with buttercream, then layer it with fondant as the finishing design. Truly a fun Super Mario Bros birthday cake that offers experience as well.

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Number 8 Mario and Luigi Cake

Here’s another Super Mario Kart birthday cake for you superfans out there. The cake is made to look like an 8-course of Mario Kart. Although it looks complicated, making this cake is pretty simple.

Because all you need is to stack several round sheet cakes, create two different round cakes, cut off the edges to make them connect, and create the number 8.

Then all you need to do is cover them and finish them with some black fondant that looks like the track. Add some elements from fondants, such as trees, a bridge, and others, just like the tutorial will show you.

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Super Mario Toad Birthday Cake

A super cute Mario Brothers birthday cake that’s made to look like one of its iconic characters – the toad. The cake is made entirely from chocolate sponge cake, but if that’s not your favorite flavor, you’re welcome to adjust it according to your taste.

It’s baked using a giant cupcake pan, although if you don’t have a giant cupcake baking pan, you can easily use a regular pan and shape the cake by cutting them to make the shape.

It’s not a very big cake, so you should be prepared to make several cakes if you have a big party coming. It’s decorated entirely using buttercream, so it’s perfect for those who want to avoid using too much fondant.

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Super Mario Brothers Birthday Cake

This is an impressive Mario Brothers cake that’s made to look like the daunting gray castle featured in the game. The base cake is made out of delicious Oreo crumb filling and covered in buttercream.

The two-tiered cake is then covered in fondant decoration to create the cartoon effect of the castle. They also have several of the characters that are cut out using fondant. If it seems intimidating, you can always choose a cut-out using paper instead and take out the decorations when cutting the cake.

The brick effect is made simply by carving it out with a knife or a fork and then painted over with black. Easy to do cake, but with great results

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Simple Super Mario Bros Cake

Here are other wonderful Mario Bros cake ideas that are simple and easier to do. The cake features Mario on top of a round cake. The cake also features several characters from the franchise, so everyone can have their favorites.

It’s made out of vanilla sponge cake covered in buttercream and then decorated with bright green fondant to emulate the grass color in Mario Bros.

The challenge would probably be making sure you have the right colored fondant and shaping the characters. But you can make it easier by making the bottom-tier cake only and using toy characters instead.

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King Boo Cake

A very cute Mario Bro birthday cake featuring the scary King Boo – who is the leader of the Boos and ghosts and the main antagonist of Luigi’s Mansion series. In short, he is the mortal enemy and nemesis of Luigi!

The King Boo cake is simple, but the challenge will be when you shape it to look like the round King Boo. Make sure you follow the tutorial closely because once you cut that cake, there’s really no going back!

A cute cake can be made easier if you tackle the shaping part. But make sure you make several cakes for a game night since it’s smaller than the usual cake.

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Super Mario Bros Luigi World Game Theme

Since we’re in the Luigi theme, let’s follow the previous cake with this Mario Bro cake that features both brothers. The cake is another simple one to make, as you only need a basic round cake as its foundation.

You can customize the flavor with your own favorite choices. Then the cake will be covered in buttercream before being decorated with blue fondant.

The challenge in making this cake will be when you make each detail of the cake – the stars, the mushrooms, and Mario and Luigi. But the tutorial will be detailed enough for you to follow.

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3D Super Mario Cake

If we’ve been giving you three-dimensional Mario birthday cake ideas, here’s a simple Mario sheet cake that only features a two-dimensional face. This cake is refreshingly simple, a Mario 2D face cake.

All you need to do is cut out the shape of Mario’s head and also his hat. Cover the entire cake with buttercream before finishing the design with fondant.

This cake needs no fancy tools and can be made by beginner bakers. But the result will be the iconic Mario face with his hat, so it will still satisfy any superfan out there.

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Mario Kart Birthday Cake

Here’s another cool inspiration for your Super Mario Bros cake ideas. It’s a Super Mario Kart birthday cake featuring the course and Mario on Wheels.

This is a simpler Mario Kart course cake since it only uses a round base cake as its course, then decorated with Mario Kart toys all around. Other decorations are made out of colored fondants, such as mushrooms, poison mushrooms, clouds, stars, and road markings.

It’s a pretty simple cake that will make your birthday boy happy, plus they can also play around with the Mario Kart course using the actual toys.

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Cute Miniature Mario Cake

One of the most creative Super Mario birthday cake ideas, this cake by Easy Miniature Cakes is a cute miniature Mario cake. Although the tutorial shows you tiny cooking, you can opt for normal-sized cooking and then cut the cake according to the sizes shown.

A bonus point for that will be making several cakes at once. Since this cake is so small, you’ll need at least a dozen to serve this as dessert at your party.

The cake is super simple, featuring bricks, mushrooms, green bushes, stars, and Mario standing out of a cloud. Very easy to make and will be a nice addition to your party.

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Multi-Tiered Super Mario Cake

This impressive multi-tiered cake Mario Bros features the Piranha Plant right on top of the cake as the showstopper. The tutorial will be very detailed and helpful, showing you how to carefully stack each layer and tier before making the Piranha Plant.

The two bottom tiers are simple round cakes. The lowest tier is made to look like Mario’s surroundings, sky blue, bricks, plants, clouds, stars, and mushrooms.

Then the second tier will feature the green pipe Mario usually comes out of. Then the top layer is the Piranha Plant made out of fondant.

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3-Tiered Super Mario Cake

Another impressive cake made out of three tiers, featuring a smiling Mario on top of the cake.

The cake is merely for show, so they use a dummy as their cake layers, but you can definitely customize this and use different flavored sheet cakes to please your family and friends.

It’s a fairly simple cake made by stacking three different tiers. The bottom of the cake is made to look like Mario Game surrounding, with blue sky and green bushes.

Then the second tier is simply made to look like the green pipe. All decorations are made with colored fondant, and you can print out the decorations to create a guiding base.

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Mario Bros Cake

Another simple Mario sheet cake with only one tier, so it’s easier to handle for beginner bakers. Similar to the previous cake, the bottom of the cake is made to look like the Mario game world, with a blue sky, Piranha Plant, stars, and coins.

The difference is that this cake will need you to have the Mario characters set, with Mario, Princess Peach, Luigi, Bowser, and Toad. Create a tiny pipe on top using cardboard and fondant where Mario will be placed.

Don’t forget to take out all your toppers before you cut through the cake and serve it, as none of them will be edible.

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Easy 3D Super Mario Bros Theme Idea

Another cool Mario cake that features Mario and his blue surroundings. This cake has two tiers, so it will be harder in terms of difficulty and technicality than the previous one.

The other difference is that Mario is made entirely of fondant, so this will also need extra care and detailing. But you can follow along exactly with how the tutorial shows you how to create Mario and his body, so you have nothing to worry about.

The decorations are made entirely of fondant, so this cake will be easy to cut and serve. Try this one if you have extra time.

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Mario Kart Sheet Cake

Here’s an easy Mario Bros sheet cake, a Mario Kart-themed cake decorated with an airbrush. If you do not have an airbrush, we recommend using a paintbrush and edible paint instead to create the course and the surrounding.

You can also switch to fondant if comfortable enough to shape and cut them. The cake is predominantly decorated with buttercream icing, so you’ll have to ensure that your room temperature is cold enough not to ruin the decoration.

After you finish the cake, place Mario and Luigi on the tracks, and you’ll be ready to present it.

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Super Mario Face Cake

This is another simple Mario face cake that is two-dimensional and easier to make than the other cake on this list, so if you’re a beginner baker, you can opt for this one instead.

The cake is made simply by shaping the base to look like Mario’s face outline, then decorated with different colored fondants. Because it’s a two-dimensional cake, you can print out the guidelines and follow them using fondant and a cutter.

In the end, all you need to do is put everything together and finish with some water to ensure the cake has a smooth surface.

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Luigi of Super Mario Brothers Cake

If we’ve been featuring Mario throughout this list, this interesting cake will feature Luigi instead of the Piranha plant and Toad. This cute cake is another simple one on our list, as it only has a single tier, then is covered in fondant and decorated accordingly.

You can bake your favorite flavored cake inside a round baking pan, then stack them so it has considerable height. What you need is only to carve out fondant to create the decorations.

But the challenge will be when you have to make the three-dimensional Luigi on top. If you’re after something easier, you can also use a Luigi action figure instead of making it from scratch.

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Super Mario Cake with Blue Icing

This cake is made of whipped icing, vanilla cake, and delicious pineapple fillings. But if you’re not into pineapple, you can definitely switch it with something more traditional such as vanilla or chocolate filling.

The main objective here is to copy exactly how the cake looks. This Mario cake is quite different. It is covered with blue icing and then decorated with multi-colored sprinkles.

It also features a chocolate ganache dripping on the sides. Then all you need to do is the pipe on the edges and create the decorations using fondant.

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Mario Themed Cake

Here’s another impressive Mario cake. Although impressive, it only features a single tier, so you won’t have to labor for several hours in your kitchen to make the cake. This might be right for you if you’re after a simpler cake.

The cake is just a simple round vanilla cake, stacked until it reaches a considerable height. It is then decorated with pipes, Piranha plants, and bricks.

What’s special about this cake is that the pipe and plants are semi-three-dimensional, so you can see the curves and the shape. It also has painted shadows, so it has more details.

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Super Mario Pixel Art Cake

Last but certainly not least, this cake is the most beginner-friendly cake we have on this list. It’s a Super Mario Pixel Art cake, so it still has a comical look but requires less technical ability. The cake is made of a round base cake covered in red icing.

Then all you need to do is buy a pack of M&M’s to create the pixelated flower art on top of it. Make sure you get the multi-colored ones because you’ll need red, orange, yellow, green, and brown to complete this.

Follow along with the tutorial on the placement and with around 15 minutes of decorating. Your cake will be ready!

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