80 DIY Unicorn Cake Ideas

If you haven’t been bitten (or attacked) by the Unicorn bug then no doubt you have seen them online.

Unicorns have a lot of charm and it’s nice to see something other than Disney (sorry Walt) for our little girls and boys to be into. Unicorns are non branded generic mythical creatures that can be created in so many different variations.

We asked the readers of an online cake making group to share their Unicorn creations. We had so many wonderful and creative contributions that we had to turn off the submission comments. We narrowed it down to our top 80 designs.

Some of these cakes are made by experts cake makers, mums, dads and just folks who like to give it ago for their child’s Unicorn party. We love all the color variations of these homemade Unicorn cakes. There are so many tutorials online for DIY unicorn cakes and party ideas. It appears the most popular cake design is the sleeping Unicorn cake.

We have listed all the images below along with the name of the creator next to it. These cakes are in no particular order as we love them all.

Vanessa Stojanovic

Vanessa Brett

Tiffany Cook

Tanya Fry – Tantastic Cakes

Tammy Hindmarsh

Sugar Mama Cakes Perth

Sugar Kulture

Sophia Veli

Sky Lynn Manley

Skye Inchley

Skye Baillie

Shannon Whittall

Sarahs Sweet Holly Springs

Rushis Cakes and Sweets

Rosanna Duardo

Rhiannon Lowrey

Ranelyn Osorio

OTT Cakes

Nikki Smith

Nickie Roberts

Natasha Price

Michelle Wright

Michelle McEwan

Melissa Giudes Campbell

Madi Hunter

Kylie Keillor

Kerry McDevitt

Kat Coleman

Julie Tran

Jodi Willis

Joanna McNeill

Jessica Hawkett

Jerusha Curtis

Jaydee Cupitt

Hope Holdsworth

Hannah Cameron

Fernanda Mello

Jennifer Wright

Ella Edmonds

Elizabeth Bonacci

Donna Dubsky-Clarke

Denise Antoinette

Danika Mumosaurus Lemessurier

Connie Macri Fazzolari

Cocobudz

Cherry Wijayaratne

Cake me smile by Natalie.

Chantelle Villeneuve

Brodies Fabulous cakes

Belinda Winnell Richardson2

Belinda Winnell Richardson

Ash Towers

Anora Harris

Amya Malec

Amanda Denton

Alsa Azeem

Alex Halsall

Adrienne Elle Hudson

Looking for cake making supplies? Gold Edible Paint, Gold Confetti.

If you have a little one in your life, Knits for Little Ones by Lotte Rahbek is full of sweet patterns for kids ages 0-2 inspired by nature and the sea.

Rahbek is a designer of Nordic inspired knits and these projects include lots of simple but nice details like stripes, cables, ruffles and eyelets.

There are no knitting instructions in the book and one page that includes descriptions of a few techniques like raglan shaping, picking up stitches and German short rows, so it’s good if you have some knitting knowledge under your belt before you pick up this book. There is a little chart that shows some of the skills required in different projects such as I-cord, picking up stitches or cable and lace patterns.

The skill levels are described as beginner, somewhat experienced and experienced. Of the 22 patterns, 6 are rated for beginners, 7 for somewhat experienced and 9 for experienced knitters. I’m not entirely sure I agree with her ratings, which put anything with cables or lace in the experienced section, including a baby blanket that’s worked flat and mostly garter stitch with easy cabled stripes.

The patterns for beginners include socks worked on double pointed needles, which I wouldn’t consider a beginner skill. Others are a bottom up raglan worked in garter stitch with stripes, a colorblocked raglan worked from the bottom up, a pair of shorts with stripes and a drawstring waistband, top down leggings with an elastic waistband and a little knit collar with a ruffle.

Other projects include that pointed bonnet featured on the cover, a twirly dress, bloomers, a romper, cardigans and a ruffled vest, to name a few.

She leans heavily on ruffles and little cables and embellishments, which feels a little repetitive but does make the collection feel cohesive. I’d have loved to see more colorwork, but that’s clearly not what she was going for.

The photographs of kids of various ages on the beach are darling and will make you wish you had a baby and a beach to re-create some of these scenes.

If you like simple designs with a few fun details and have a kiddo under 2 to knit for, this collection is lovely and will result in pieces you are sure to treasure.

About the book: 176 pages, 22 patterns. Published 2025 by Penguin UK. Suggested retail price $16.99.

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