Plane Cake Decorating Set
Cleared for take-off. This plane cake comes complete with a pilot in the window, decorated wings and a tail that stands up proudly at the back.
The Plane Cake Decorating Set includes a sheet of edible designs (window, pilot and wing decorations) plus a paper cut out tail. Free body and wing templates help you cut the perfect plane shape.
Please note: cake mix and icing are not included.
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- Easy step-by-step guidance Plane Cake instructions with your purchase
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What's in the Plane Cake Decorating Set?
- One sheet of edible paper designs: window, pilot and wing decorations.
- A paper cut out tail.
- Free printable body and wing templates.
- Step-by-step Plane Cake guide.
What do I need to make the Plane Cake?
Shape Tins
- 1 x Rectangle Shape Tin, baked twice: a big cake (975g of batter) and a small cake (325g)
Ingredients
- 2 packets of cake mix (about 24 serves, based on 12 serves per packet mix and how generous your slices are)
- Icing in your plane colour
Plane Cake recipe and guide
Bake your two rectangle cakes, then cut the body from the big one and the wings from the small one using the free templates. Assemble, ice, add the window, pilot and wing designs, and slot in the tail just before the party.
Decorating your Plane Cake
Pick an airline
White with a coloured stripe looks like a passenger jet. Red or yellow looks like a stunt plane.
Sky board
Pale blue icing on the board with marshmallow clouds.
This one's up to you. Colour your buttercream however you like.
Swipe to browse our Colour Mill colours
Want the full step-by-step guide?
Buy this set and unlock the full Plane guide, with every step to bake, build and decorate your cake.
- How to bake
- How to build
- How to decorate
Your unlock code is emailed as soon as you order, and it comes in your delivery too.
An Easy Plane Cake You Can Make at Home
Simple cake shapes, finishing details and a little imagination.
You don't need a plane-shaped tin or hours of sculpting a cake from scratch. Shape Tins uses simple cake shapes that come together to create the Plane Cake, and the Decorating Set adds the details that give it character.
Tins this cake uses
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Cylinder
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Cube
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Dome
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Rectangle (used in this cake)
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Round + Ring
- 1
Bake
Bake your cake in the Rectangle Shape Tin, ready to build your plane.
- 2
Build
Follow the step-by-step guide to bring your cake shapes together.
- 3
Decorate
Add your icing, then bring your plane to life with your Decorating Set.
- 4
Celebrate
Bring out your finished Plane Cake, take plenty of photos and enjoy sharing it at the party.
Why Make Your Plane Cake with Shape Tins?
Plane cakes are all about the shape, which is why we include free cutting templates. The Rectangle tin that makes your plane also makes the Bus, Fire Engine and Butter Squishy cakes, and each new cake after the tins is just a decorating set and ingredients, around $42 to $52.
One Set of Shape Tins. So Many Cakes to Make.
Your Plane Cake might be the first cake you make with Shape Tins, but it doesn't have to be the last!
Instead of buying a different novelty cake tin for every birthday, Shape Tins offers reusable baking shapes you can combine in different ways to create many cake designs. With the Complete Set, you'll have all five Shape Tins to explore everything from 3D animal and character cakes to number cakes and other birthday creations.
Buy the tins once. Keep creating with them again and again.
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Plane Cake FAQs
Do I need to carve the plane freehand?
No. Print the free templates and cut around them.
Is the tail edible?
The tail is paper. The window, pilot and wing designs are edible.
How many does it serve?
About 24 serves from two packet mixes (based on 12 serves per packet mix, depending on how generous your slices are).
Is it aeroplane or airplane?
Both. Same cake.
Is it good for a travel farewell?
Yes, it's a fun bon voyage cake for all ages.


























