Whether you’re a home baker, mom or fully-fledged designer looking for princess cake ideas, we’ve got all the best ideas on this huge list. From intricate fondant tiaras to dazzling frosting ruffle skirts, there’s no shortage of inspiration to bring your fairy tale vision to life. We’ve gathered all the best princess cake ideas on this huge list, ensuring you’ll find the perfect fit for any occasion—whether it’s a simple celebration or an extravagant event fit for royalty!
The Best Princess Cake Ideas
Each cake photo on this list has a caption with a link to the cake’s creator. Some of them are tutorials or links to articles with advice on how to make the cake yourself, and others will take you to the cake artist’s website or Instagram page, where you can follow them for more inspiration!
1) Princess Drip Cake With Frosting Dresses
What do you love most about this cake? The super clean finish and perfect white drips? The custom castle with the birthday girl’s name? Or how about the frosting that turns into princess dresses!? This cake is such a cute idea for a little girl who loves all the princess, why pick just one? I also think it’s a helpful idea to use a row of icing at the bottom of this cake to keep the castle and name in place.
2) Princess and Castle Cake
Do you love the look of a cake with texture? Leaving some spatula marks on the buttercream gives this princess cake a totally different vibe. If you have a Cricut machine you can print off your own princesses, castle and name details for a cake like this. Add a few buttercream embellishments like flowers and swirls for the perfect look.
3) Rose Pink Castle Cake
The experts at Zoey’s Bakehouse put together this incredible tiered castle cake with creeping rose details. From the handcrafted shingles on the turrets to the pattern on the front door to make it look wooden, this is a masterpiece of a cake.
4. Homemade Princess Doll Cake
If you’re looking for a princess cake to attempt at home with limited personal experience, you’ve got to check out this tutorial from The Keele Deal. Grab your daughter’s favorite princess doll and follow their directions to make your own super adorable and simple princess doll cake!
5. Barbie Doll Cake
If you have a bit more advanced piping skills or want to learn how to pipe a rosette, try this tutorial from Family Spice and make your own Barbie doll cake at home! If you replace the cute little flower on top of the Barbie’s head with a crown, this would be a stunning cake for your little girl.
6. Crown and Flowers Princess Cake
Use pre-made cake toppers, order some custom edible images, or make your own Cricut princesses to stick to the side of a simple white cake for this stunning princess cake design. Once you’ve got your princesses in place, it’s time to add a matching princess dress made of frosting! A flat tip, or petal tip for your piping bag should give you a similar frosting design.
7. Princess Party Cake
This photo is a great example of how your dessert table decor can come together to make your party even more spectacular. The gold details and pink, tiered dessert trays add so much to the theme. I love how there are two different types of frosting princess dresses created here on the same cake. The top of the cake features large rosettes with an open star piping tip and the side of the cake likely uses the same open star tips to create ruffled dresses for the remaining 4 princesses!
8. Princess Rosette Cake
This purple rosette cake is so pretty and simple! Cover a two or three-layered round cake with frosting and add large sprinkles to the bottom as an accent. If you’re comfortable working with fondant, you can make a fondant crown for the top of your cake and even add some tiny fondant heart cut-outs to the bottom edge for extra details.
9) Princess Portrait Cake With Crown
I love this classic pink Brenda’s Cake Shop used on this stunning princess cake. Using a cake comb will give you this kind of ribbed effect on your buttercream frosting, then you can add large gold sprinkles and gold-flake for details. If you’re skilled enough to make an edible bow and crown as part of your cake design, that’s a great option. Alternatively, if you purchase a bow and crown as part of your non-edible cake decor, your little princess will be able to keep them after the party as a reminder of her beautiful cake!
10. Rapunzel Princess Cake
You can follow this tutorial from Lisa over at Fun Money Mom to learn how to make your own Rapunzel Cake at home! She has some super epic tips you can follow to make your own princess cake with a massive tower that’s sturdy enough to stay upright.
11) Floral Heart Princess Cake
If you check out this article from Rose Bakes, you can see the flower punch and leaf cutter she used to create some of the flowers on this adorable princess cake. The flowers look like the little embroidered ones you’d find on your favorite dress growing up.
12. Lavender and Green Princess Cake
Sparkles, ruffles and a gold crown make this cake so memorable for a little girl’s princess party. If you want to follow in Rose’s footsteps, you can check out her article to learn more about making this cake. You might even want to try her recipe for homemade marshmallow fondant to really sweeten the deal!
13. Two-Tiered Princess Cake
Shontel from MooCakes used real dried preserved flowers as part of her princess cake decor. It adds such a sophisticated and special touch to an already stunning cake. Can you believe this cake is also vegan? *Magical* AND dietary-friendly. What could be better?
14) Princess Castle Cake
Turrets made of ice cream cones look too good to eat on this princess castle cake! I love the addition of flags using toothpicks and fondant to the top of each point!
15) Silver Tiara Princess Cake
If you need more ideas for your dessert table, you should check out this full article from Rose Bakes. From cookies that look like carriages to cake pops and more, your princess party will be complete with these fun edible treats.
16) Princess and Butterfly Cake
Add some butterflies to your classic pink princess cake for a whimsical touch! This massive two-tier cake provides lots of room for decorating. With a darker pink border around the bottom and pearl-like round sprinkles, this cake is a showstopper.
17. Princess Tiara Cake
The details on the sides of the cake make it look like a royal cushion for the tiara to sit on top of. You just know that the little girl is going to treasure the toy tiara on top for years to come at dress-up time. Adding large edible gold balls as a picture frame around an edible image of your favorite princesses is the perfect look for this cake.
18) Gold Tiara Princess Cake
If you want to learn how to make your own edible gold tiara cake topper, you’ve got to check out this tutorial from Sugar and Sparrow. I’m obsessed with how this cake is styled, with piped details on the top and side of the cake that reach down and flow sort of like princess hair.
19) Ice Princess Cake
Check out Fav Family Recipes for a tutorial on how to make this epic Elsa princess cake. From the snowflake details around the bottom of the dress to the unique frosting design achieved on this cake, it’s a cake it for royalty.
20) Fondant Dress – Doll Cake
Ready for a different take on a princess doll cake? Whether you use a Barbie with a crown or your daughter’s favorite princess doll, you can make a stellar little girl’s cake with fondant that looks like a dress.
21) Huge Princess Castle Cake
If you’re looking for the biggest princess cake you’ve ever seen, I think I’ve found it. Yulia over at Sweet Pixels YEG made this incredible creation featuring a 7-tier cake that is absolutely jaw-dropping.
22) Snowflake Castle Cake
With a castle cake topper and some cute snowflake sprinkles, you can transform a simple cake into a masterpiece. If you can’t find big enough snowflake sprinkles for your cake, you can also try a small silicone candy or chocolate mold and make your own with candy melts.
23. Lambeth Princess Cake
If you’re a fan of this vintage frosting style, it’s called a Lambeth cake! The loops, scrolls, and swags, create an opulent, three-dimensional look. The style originated in the 1930s and 1940s, but it has made a big comeback recently. It definitely takes some skill and practice to get your frosting this chic but the effect is so worth it.
24. Cinderella Princess Cake
You can find this exact Cinderella doll here on Amazon and use it for your own princess doll cake. It’s the perfect height and has a hard plastic bodice, which means it looks cute without frosting on the chest so you can skip some of the finer details when you’re decorating.
25. Princess Cut-Out Cake
Start with a round cake in your favorite shade of princess pink then add your swirls and stars in various shades. Princess-themed cake toppers attached to toothpicks bring the magic to life with this Disney princess cake that little girls are sure to love!
26. Princess Number Cake
Number cakes are all the rage right now! Leaving the cake with a ‘live edge’ like this looks great and I promise it won’t take away from the sweetness of your dessert. Not only is there a layer of frosting between the layers of cake, but the top of the princess cake is covered in edible details your little girl will love. You can even get a faceted heart-shaped chocolate mold to make the hearts you see on this cake that look like little gems.
27. Princess Waffle-Cone Castle Cake
Get ready to add some gold dust to your waffle cones for this incredible princess castle cake! If you want this dreamy look for your own cake, don’t miss out on the small floral details that climb up the front and sides of the turrets on this gorgeous castle.
28. Once Upon a Time Castle Cake
Once upon a time, your little princess had the perfect birthday party! That’s how your own personal fairytale will start with a dessert this creative. There’s an ombre effect for the darker pink color at the base of the first two cake layers that fades into a classic white that gives this cake such a unique look!
29. Belle Cake
If Beauty and the Beast is your favorite movie, you’ll never forget the classic yellow dress Belle wears in the ballroom dance scene. Grab this Belle doll from Amazon that has a hard plastic bodice that you won’t have to worry about getting frosting or fondant on for an easier time decorating.
30. Classic White Princess Cake
You can’t go wrong with a classic white cake with gold and pink details. This cake is the perfect example of how sometimes less is more. It’s a sophisticated and royal looking beauty!
31. Small Princess Cake
You don’t need to go sky high with several tiers to make a princess cake look special. This cake design is the perfect example of how to make the most of a smaller space by using the depth of your cake on top to fit a castle and number in addition to two princesses. The cake artist, Chloe, used multiple different piping tips to give each princess her own unique looking gown made of frosting!
32. Princess Tiara and Veil Cake
Adding a veil to the top of your princess cake is a way to add extra flair without more tricky edible details. The stars on this cake almost look like magic wands for your fairy princess birthday girl!
Which Princess Cakes Do You Love Most?
Whether you’re creating a buttercream cake or using fondant, making a small one layer cake or stacking up multiple tiers for a massive edible castle… I hope you’ve found some inspiration for the princess cake of your dreams on this list. The hardest part is going to be deciding which cake style to make for your little girl’s birthday.
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