A cartoon character cake is a bento cake with a favourite character drawn in cream or printed in edible ink, plus a name and a greeting beside it. At Vanilla Cake in Baku we have already made Peppa Pig, Winnie-the-Pooh, SpongeBob, Hello Kitty, Spider-Man, Baby Yoda, Cinnamoroll, Kuromi and a number of anime characters — and we can recreate any other character from a picture you send. The price depends only on the size: 25, 35 or 60 ₼, however much detail the drawing has. Below: which characters are already in our catalogue, how they get onto the cake, what to choose for a child, a teenager or an adult, and how to design your own in the cake builder.
Cartoon characters that have already appeared on our cakes
Our catalogue has characters for the very youngest as well as ones adults recognise at a glance. Most of them are in our kids’ bento cakes section, but many of these designs are ordered for grown-up birthdays too. Here is who has already been on our cakes:
| Character | The design | Who it suits |
|---|---|---|
| Peppa Pig | A blue background, a sun and “Happy Birthday” | Little ones aged two to five |
| Winnie-the-Pooh | A yellow cake with a name; a white one with a honey pot or red hearts | Baby’s monthly milestones and up to age three |
| SpongeBob | A blue cake with “Happy Birthday” above | Five-year-olds and twenty-five-year-olds alike |
| Hello Kitty | A pink cake with a red bow and a piped border | Children’s birthdays — one of our most frequent orders |
| Spider-Man | A web across the whole top, outlines in black | Young superhero fans |
| Cinnamoroll, Kuromi and My Melody | A blue cake with the Sanrio characters among white flowers | Sanrio fans — we can arrange the characters in any combination |
| Labubu | Labubu in a pink outfit with tiny hearts | Older children and teens |
| Baby Yoda | Mint cream with “Happy Birthday” and a name | Star Wars fans of any age |
| Totoro | A lilac cake with a speech bubble in Japanese | Anyone who grew up on Studio Ghibli films |
| An anime character | A white cake with a named greeting curving above | Any character, from One Piece to Naruto |
| The baby mammoth | “The only one in the world” and a name | Adults — a nostalgic design |
| Scrooge McDuck | Money, dollar signs and “happy birthday, big boss” | A boss or business partner |
Can’t see your character? Send a picture on WhatsApp and we will recreate it on the cake. And in any catalogue design we can keep the background and styling and swap the character for whoever the birthday person loves.
Drawn in cream or printed: how the character gets onto the cake
We put a character on the cake in one of two ways, and the choice does not change the price.
Drawn in cream
We draw the character by hand straight onto the cream, working from the picture you send. That is how SpongeBob on the blue cake, Hello Kitty with her red bow, Peppa Pig and Spider-Man in a web across the whole top were made. The result looks like an illustration: clean outlines and bright colours. The character can be drawn large — like Winnie-the-Pooh taking up half the cake — or small, like Baby Yoda peeking over the “Happy Birthday” lettering.
Printed in edible ink
The second way is to print the picture in edible ink directly onto the cream. In the catalogue, that is how the anime character on a white cake, Lightning McQueen from Cars, Simba the lion cub in a crown and Scrooge McDuck were made. Printing reproduces the picture as it is — handy when the character has to look exactly as it does on screen. The print is food-safe and does not change the taste, the colours do not bleed, and before printing we show you on WhatsApp how the picture will sit on the cake. Which images print well is covered in detail in our guide to the photo cake.
Cartoon cakes for kids: from Peppa to Spider-Man
For a child the character is the whole point, so start by asking who they want to see on the cake. Children of two to five love familiar characters and bright colours: Peppa Pig, Winnie-the-Pooh, the Paw Patrol pup, the blue tractor. Older children go for Spider-Man, Harry Potter with his owl, broom and glasses, or Hello Kitty, and teens ask for Labubu too. The Sanrio characters — Cinnamoroll, Kuromi and My Melody — we can arrange in whatever combination your child loves.
The name and age are free, and on baby cakes we change the month: Winnie-the-Pooh with the honey pot was made for a seven-month-old, but we will write your baby’s month instead of “7 months”. If your child prefers cars or teddies to characters, have a look at our car cakes and teddy bear cakes; for choosing the size and design for a children’s party, see our guide to the kids’ birthday cake.
Characters for teens and adults: anime, Ghibli and nostalgia
Cartoons are not just for children. SpongeBob delights a five-year-old and a twenty-five-year-old just the same, Baby Yoda is ordered for Star Wars fans of every age, and the lilac Totoro cake goes to people who grew up on Studio Ghibli. An anime character — anyone from One Piece to Naruto — is printed on white cream, with a named greeting curving above.
For adults, a character is often a way to make a joke or bring back childhood:
- Nostalgia. The baby mammoth from the Soviet cartoon with “The only one in the world” and a name — this one is usually ordered by adults.
- Humour. Scrooge McDuck with his money and “happy birthday, big boss” — a joking gift for the boss; more ideas with a laugh are in our guide to funny cakes.
- For two. The fox and the rabbit from Zootopia with red hearts and a joking line with one word crossed out — a cake with a knowing wink.
- As a set. A set of four mini bentos with Tom and Jerry characters: each cake has its own scene from the cartoon and its own lettering. A set of four is 100 ₼.
Ready-made pictures in the cake builder: Bobo, the Little Mole and the blue tractor
You can also put a character cake together yourself in the online cake builder. It has three ready-made pictures, all of them cartoon characters: Bobo the bunny in a green cap and glasses, the Little Mole and the blue tractor. Need someone else? Tap “Your image” and upload a picture in JPG, PNG or WebP.
- Choose how many people the cake is for and the cream colour — there are 19, from white and sky blue to chocolate and black.
- Tap a picture and it appears on the cake. Drag the character where you want it; to resize or delete it, tap it on the cake. One cake holds up to three pictures — Bobo and the Little Mole side by side, for instance.
- Add up to three lines of lettering, up to 40 characters each, in one of 12 colours — gold and silver among them.
- Pick the border — “No border”, “Pearls” or “Shells” — check the cake in 3D, choose the sponge and filling and send the order: a link to your design is added to the WhatsApp message.
Choosing the size and ordering
A bento’s price depends only on its size: a detailed character costs the same as plain lettering. Choose by the number of guests:
| Weight | Serves | Price | When to choose it |
|---|---|---|---|
| 300–350 g | 1–2 | 25 ₼ | A gift handed to the birthday person, or a cake for photos |
| 750–800 g | 3–4 | 35 ₼ | A family celebration at home |
| 1200–1500 g | 7–8 | 60 ₼ | A birthday party with guests |
A small cake has less room for a drawing, so one character and a short phrase look best on it. If there will be several characters — like Cinnamoroll, Kuromi and My Melody on one cake — a larger size gives them more space. We write the lettering in English, Russian or Azerbaijani; for greeting ideas, see our list of cake lettering ideas.
We work by pre-order only. The order form offers dates from two days ahead. On Saturdays we hand over and deliver cakes from 11:00 to 14:00, Sunday is our day off, and on Mondays cakes are ready from 17:00. A courier can deliver the cake in Baku, or you can book a Bolt Delivery courier to collect it or pick it up yourself.
