My Large -Faux- Chocolate Cake

Monday, July 7, 2025

My Large -Faux- Chocolate Cake

I wanted to make a large faux chocolate cake and decided to do so using Styrofoam and spackle. Read on to see how you can make one as well:

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I had some sheets of styrofoam that came from a shipping box and used a large plate to trace out a circle.

Using a serrated knife I cut out four of the circles and hot glued them together. Once they were firmly attached I used the knife again to go over the uneven edges, trimming here and there until the cake form was smooth.

A coating of light weight spackle all over the cake gives the look of icing. You can see that a small crack appeared at the center of the cake at the top. If this happens to you, you can try to add a little bit of water to smooth it out or go over it with some more spackle. Since I planned on adding a topping that will cover it up, I didn't attempt to fix it.

Once the spackle had fully cured I painted it with a chocolate looking brown acrylic paint.

Using more spackle, I dolloped a bit on top to look like cream and stuck in some of these faux strawberries. Then with brown puffy paint I drizzled on the chocolate sauce.

And here is how the cake looked once finished. You can tell how big it is by looking at the white cake stand as it's meant to me used with standard sized cakes. The gold plates are actually chargers, so they are much bigger than dinner plates.

And that's how I made my very large faux chocolate cake! I added this piece to my cake and cupcake collection, you can click here to see more.

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I hope you enjoyed this how to post, thanks for stopping by!

-Jennifer

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