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    100+ Birthday Cake Ideas

    January 11, 2023 By Melissa Diamond 1 Comment

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    Today we are sharing our favorite birthday cake ideas!

    If you are trying to decide on a birthday cake, you have come to the right place. We are featuring over 100 of the most popular birthday cake recipe ideas as well as fun birthday cake designs!

    There's nothing like a cake to make a birthday party even better! Whether you are looking for a delicious cake recipe or a new cake design idea, you are sure to find something on this list!

    Cake Designs

    You will find elegant cake designs, sweet kids birthday cakes, fairytale themes, animal themes, and everything in between.

    All of these birthday cakes can be found on our site, and all of the cake decorating tutorials are free to view! We hope that will click over and check out your favorites.

    Enjoy the Cakes!

    Thanks so much for stopping by today. If you give any of these birthday cake ideas a try, we would love for you to leave a comment and photo below.

    Remember that you can find a full collection of all of our hundreds of cake recipes and free cake decorating tutorials in our Recipes and Tutorials Section!

    You may also enjoy our collection of Favorite Scratch Cake Recipes, and Favorite Bundt Cakes!

    Birthday Cake Ideas

    We hope that you enjoy this list of our favorite birthday cake ideas! Whether you are searching for a fabulous recipe or fun birthday cake design tutorial, you are sure to find something in this roundup of favorites!

    1

    How to Make a Loopy Bow!- A Cake Decorating Video Tutorial

    Every cake is better with a giant loopy bow! Learn my favorite, easy way to create them from gum paste in our free video tutorial!

    2

    Whipping Cream Pound Cake

    This easy Whipping Cream Pound Cake is amazingly moist, soft, and decadent! Enjoy it on it's own or with berries and cream!

    3

    Sweet Balloons Cake

    This sweet chocolate balloons cake is so much fun to make! We created the colorful balloons with melted candy coating. It's the perfect birthday (or celebration) cake for any age! Hop over for our free video tutorial!

    4

    Peanut Butter Chocolate Marble Cake with Peanut Butter Whipped Cream Frosting (Doctored Cake Mix)

    Everybody loves peanut butter and chocolate cake! This marble cake has a delicious peanut butter whipped cream frosting! (Cake Mix Recipe)

    5

    Painted Buttercream and Chocolate Spheres- Cake Tutorial

    This cake combines two of our favorite things-- colorful textured buttercream and shperes of chocolate! This fun cake design would make the perfect birthday cake! Find out how to make it in our free tutorial!

    6

    Neapolitan Cake

    Why choose between chocolate, strawberry, and vanilla when you can have all three? You will love this fun, flavorful ice cream-inspired layer cake!

    7

    Farm Birthday Cake- Free Cake Video Tutorial

    8

    Teddy Bear Gift Cake- Free Cake Tutorial

    This sweet teddy bears cake is SO cute for young birthdays, for teddy bear lovers, or for baby showers! You could even change up the cake design to feature another type of animal peeking out. Find out how to make it in our free cake video tutorial!

    9

    Vanilla Velvet Cake

    This ultra moist vanilla cake is named for its velvety soft texture! It is always a favorite and tastes great with so many fillings and frostings!

    10

    Fluffy Puppy Cake Tutorial

    This fluffy puppy cake is one of our favorite birthday cakes for dog lovers big and small! It is not a difficult cake to create-- our puppy is frosted in buttercream. Hop over for a free tutorial!

    11

    Mermaid Splash Cake- Video Tutorial

    Splash! This mermaid themed cake is so much fun to make! We'll show you how to create a mermaid tail from gum paste (or fondant with tylose powder)-- no mold required! We'll also show you an easy method for a chocolate "splash" as well as how to create the beach design around the sides of the cake. Don't miss this fun, free tutorial!

    12

    Meringue Roses Cake- Video Tutorial

    Learn to make this beautiful, unique birthday cake decorated with rose meringues in our free cake decorating video tutorial! This is one of my all-time favorites!

    13

    Marble Pound Cake

    This Marble Pound Cake is a favorite at our house! It is amazingly moist, rich, and delicious!

    14

    Carousel Horse Cake Topper- A Cake Video Tutorial

    This sweet birthday cake design features a custom made carousel cake topper! We'll show you how to create this beautiful cake design in our free cake decorating video tutorial.

    15

    How to Make Rice Paper Sails- A Cake Video Tutorial

    Learn how to create this fun buttercream cake design with combed, layered buttercream, sprinkles, and rice paper sails! We will show you how to create it all in this free cake video tutorial. This would make such a beautiful, unique birthday cake!

    16

    Cars and Trucks! A Cake Tutorial

    17

    Three Layer Pound Cake

    This three layer pound cake is not only rich and delicious, but its also beautiful when sliced!

    18

    Monster Meringues Cake- A Free Cake Decorating Tutorial

    This funny monster cake design always brings smiles! Learn how to make easy "monster meringues" in this free cake tutorial!

    19

    Red Velvet Pound Cake

    20

    Dino is ready to Party!- Pull-Apart Cupcake Tutorial

    This sweet dinosaur cupcake cake is an old favorite from our blog tutorial section! We have seen this design created many times over the years for young dinosaur lovers ;0)

    21

    Semi-Naked Red Velvet Cake- Video Tutorial

    This elegant semi-naked red velvet cake with berries, flowers, and a chocolate sail would make the perfect birthday cake! Use these techniques on any cake flavor for a beautiful presentation!

    22

    Vanilla Buttermilk Cake Recipe

    This Vanilla Buttermilk Layer Cake is so moist and flavorful!

    23

    Elephant with a Cupcake!~ A Blog Tutorial

    This cute little carved elephant sheet cake design is another favorite from our blog tutorial section- so cute for young birthdays, and simple to make too!

    24

    Semi-Dressed Elegance~ A twist on the Naked Cake~ Video Tutorial

    This elegant "semi-dressed" cake features buttercream scrollwork over a naked cake design. We'll show you how to create buttercream scrollwork as well as how to seal your "naked" cakes so that they will stay moist!

    25

    Camping Cake- Video Tutorial

    For the campers in your life! This sweet camping-themed birthday cake is always a favorite! Learn how to make this cute campfire & tent scene for your cakes in our free tutorial.

    26

    Red Velvet Cheesecake Cake

    In this decadent dessert, a decadent layer of cheesecake is sandwiched between two moist homemade red velvet cake layers! This is such a beautiful, flavorful dessert!

    27

    Elegant White Buttercream Flowers- A Cake Video Tutorial

    This simple, elegant buttercream cake design is a favorite for birthdays or any special occasion that calls for something beautiful!

    28

    White Velvet Cake

    29

    Looped Ribbons of Buttercream with Hydrangea- Video!

    This cake features a couple of my favorite buttercream piping techniques! The design is surprisingly easy to create if you enjoy decorating with buttercream!

    30

    Butterscotch Cake {Cake Mix Recipe}

    31

    Buttercream Floral Wreath- A Cake Decorating Video

    This buttercream floral wreath cake is simple and elegant, and we will also show you how to create a beautiful piped design around the sides!

    32

    Hummingbird Cake {A Cake Mix Recipe}

    If you love classic hummingbird cake, you are going to love this cake mix version too! Bananas, pecans, cinnamon and crushed pineapple make the perfect combination in this flavorful cake!

    33

    Painted Fondant Daisy Cake- Free Video Tutorial

    This cute and fun tiered cake design with painted fondant daisies is so pretty, unique, and easy to make! Free tutorial!

    34

    Buttercream Hydrangeas- A Cake Video Tutorial

    Top your birthday cakes with big, puffy buttercream hydrangeas! Hydrangeas are the easiest flower to create in buttercream. Perfect for any skill level of cake decorating! We hope that you enjoy this simple, fun technique!

    35

    Beautiful Textured Buttercream with Chalkboard Plaque- Video

    Learn to create this simple textured buttercream cake design with a fondant plaque as well as delicate buttercream flowers! So simple and elegant!

    36

    Cherry Chocolate Chip Pound Cake

    Chocolate chips and cherries are the perfect combination in this decadent pound cake! It is so flavorful and looks so pretty when sliced!

    37

    Creating Monograms for Cakes!~ A Video Tutorial

    Monograms are the perfect way to personalize birthday cakes! In this free cake video tutorial, we'll show some of our favorite designs and mediums for creating beautiful monograms!

    38

    Lemon Buttermilk Cake {A Scratch Recipe}

    39

    Elegant Vintage Buttercream Piping- A Cake Video Tutorial

    This beautiful buttercream cake design would be perfect for a birthday cake! It features several simple buttercream techniques that when piped altogether, create a wonderful vintage feel. We hope that you enjoy this free tutorial!

    40

    Lemon Cheesecake Cake

    This Lemon Cheesecake Cake is heavenly! A lemon cheesecake layer is sandwiched between two moist lemon buttermilk cake layers and frosted in lemon cream cheese frosting.

    41

    How to Make an Owl Cake- Free Video-Tutorial

    Who can resist a sweet owl cake! This simple buttercream cake design (with a few chocolate and fondant accents) would make a great birthday cake- you can easily change the winter hat to a birthday hat if you'd like! Click over for this free cake video!

    42

    Homemade Strawberry Cake

    This homemade strawberry cake is incredibly moist, soft, and flavorful! If you love strawberry cakes, you must try this recipe! It is velvety soft and delicious.

    43

    Hummingbird Cake

    With flavors of banana, pineapple, pecans, and cinnamon, this amazing Hummingbird Cake recipe is sure to become an instant favorite!

    44

    Italian Cream Cake (Scratch Recipe)

    Italian Cream Cake is another classic recipe that is a favorite for birthdays and holidays, year-round! You cannot beat the amazing flavor combination of coconut, pecans, and cream cheese frosting in this heavenly layer cake recipe!

    45

    Ruffled Buttercream Cake with Striped Bow-Cake Decorating Video

    There is so much to love about this fun birthday cake, featuring a bow, textured buttercream, and a ruffled buttercream tier! Learn how to make in our free cake video tutorial!

    46

    Berry Chantilly Cake

    This light and delicious Berry Chantilly Cake is heavenly! Moist vanilla cake layers are filled with chantilly cream, strawberries, and blueberries!

    47

    Chocolate Cherry Blossom Cake- A Video Tutorial

    This easy, unique cherry blossom cake design features flowers made with simple candy coating! We'll also show you how to decorate a tier in delicate buttercream ruffles. Free tutorial!

    48

    Carrot Cake-Scratch Recipe!

    I have to include our homemade Carrot Cake in this roundup of favorite birthday cakes! No matter what the occasion, this carrot cake always brings rave reviews!

    49

    Hot Air Balloon Cake Video

    Here's a cute and easy little birthday cake that can be built directly onto a sheet cake board. It is such a fun idea for young birthdays! Hop over for our free tutorial!

    50

    Elegant Textured Buttercream Flowers

    I love this easy textured buttercream technique for creating flowers! This design would make a beautiful birthday cake.

    51

    Knife-Textured Buttercream Technique- Cake Video Tutorial

    Try something new! This knife-textured buttercream design is really fun to create and the options are endless!

    52

    Palette Knife Roses in Buttercream

    This delicate palette knife roses cake design is a favorite for any occasion, from birthdays to showers and more!

    53

    Elegant Piping and Bow- A Cake Video Tutorial

    We love this elegant scrollwork design on our buttercream tiers as well as our gum paste bow! This cake (whether a single tier or double) would make a beautiful birthday cake!

    54

    Sailboat and Teddy Bears Cake

    This sweet teddy bear sailing cake would make an adorable young birthday cake! Learn how to make it in our free tutorial!

    55

    Teddy Bear and Balloon Cake- A Free Cake Decorating Video

    This sweet teddy bear and balloon cake is a favorite for birthdays, Valentine's Day, and anniversaries!

    56

    Lemon Mascarpone Cake

    This Lemon Mascarpone Cake is amazingly moist and decadent with just the right amount of lemon flavor!

    57

    Octopus Birthday Cake

    This cute Octopus Birthday Cake is so much fun, simple,, and perfect for young birthdays!

    58

    Yellow Birthday Cake

    This moist, delicious Yellow Birthday Cake is sure to please a crowd! Nothing says birthday cake like a yellow cake with chocolate frosting! ;0)

    59

    How to Pipe Large Frosting Flowers!~Video Tutorial

    Learn how to make beautiful, fluffy frosting flowers in this free cake decorating video tutorial! Perfect for birthdays!

    60

    Cascading Rosettes of Buttercream- Video Tutorial

    61

    Tiered Sheet Cake- Free Cake Tutorial

    62

    Layered Buttercream Cake- Free Video Tutorial

    63

    Coconut Cream Cake

    64

    Chocolate Cheesecake Cake

    65

    Raunculus Fields Cake- Painting with Buttercream Tutorial

    This beautiful buttercream ranunculus cake is one of our favorites and it is SO easy to make! No special tools are required (other than a piping bag!) ;0) Hope over for our free cake decorating video!

    66

    Lemon Velvet Cake

    Lemon Velvet Cake has become a new favorite of ours! It has a velvety soft and creamy texture thanks to the cream cheese in the cake batter! You will love this recipe for any occasion!

    67

    Baileys Toffee Pecan Cake- a Doctored Mix

    68

    Teddy Bear Airplane Cake

    69

    Buttercream Wave Cake with Chrysanthemums

    70

    Shark Cake Tutorial

    71

    Strawberry Pound Cake

    72

    Jungle Sheet Cake with Zebra Print Inside- A Cake Decorating Video

    73

    Peanut Butter Cake {A Doctored Cake Mix Recipe}

    74

    Strawberry Champagne Cake- A Doctored Cake Mix

    75

    Banana Pudding Cake Recipe

    76

    Sweet Sixteen Cake

    77

    Sweet Giraffe with a Birthday Cake- Free Cake Video

    78

    Buttercream Tulip Cake

    79

    Vanilla Bean Cake Recipe

    80

    Beach Cake Video Tutorial

    Calling all beach lovers! This fun cake is perfect for beach-themed parties- for kids or adults! Whether you use just a few of these techniques or all of them, they are sure to bring your cake to a whole new level! Free Tutorial

    81

    Watermelon Fault Line Cake- Free Cake Decorating Video Tutorial

    82

    Baby and Moon Cake- A Video Tutorial

    83

    Champagne and Strawberries Cake Recipe

    84

    Buttercream Palette Knife Painting- A Cake Decorating Video

    85

    Toy Box Cake Topper- A Cake Decorating Video Tutorial

    86

    Sweet Girl on a Swing Cake- Member Video

    87

    Teddy Bear and Rainbow Baby Shower Cake Tutorial

    This sweet cake is not only great for baby showers, but for young birthdays too! Learn to make the sweet teddy bear and umbrella topper as well as the rainbow decoration and spiral buttercream piping technique in our free cake video tutorial!

    88

    Cat Birthday Cake- Tutorial

    This sweet cake featuring modeled fondant kitties would make the perfect birthday cake for the cat lovers in your life! From our free cake video tutorial!

    89

    Gelatin Balloon Cake- Learn to Make Gelatin Bubbles!

    This gelatin balloons cake is so cheerful! Learn how to make gelatin balloons as well as this fun cake design in our free cake decorating video tutorial!

    90

    Buttercream Cactus and Succulents Cake- Video Tutorial

    91

    Gum Paste Peony- Video Tutorial

    Learn how to make gum paste peonies as well as a beautiful buttercream piping technique in this free cake video tutorial!

    92

    Sweet Teddy Bear Cake- Free Video Tutorial

    Everybody loves a teddy bear themed cake! This sweet teddy bear cake would make an adorable young birthday cake!

    93

    Pineapple Cake Recipe

    This Pineapple Cake Recipe is the best! Moist yellow cake layers with a luscious Pineapple & Cream Filling!

    94

    Buttercream Embroidery Cake-Video Tutorial

    95

    Dump Truck Sheet Cake Tutorial

    This cute and easy dump truck cake is the perfect birthday cake for little ones that love trucks! You can personalize the cartoonish driver to fit the birthday boy or girl!

    96

    Cinderella Carriage Cake- Video Tutorial

    Learn how to make a Cinderella Carriage Cake in this free cake decorating video! This is such a beautiful, impressive birthday cake for fairy tale themes!

    97

    Fairy House Tree Stump Cake Video

    Oh how we love this sweet fairy house tree stump cake! Learn exactly how to make this buttercream cake (with fondant accents) in our free cake decorating video tutorial!

    98

    Orange Dreamsicle Cake- Delicious Homemade Recipe

    This Orange Dreamsicle Cake consists of moist orange cake layers with orange cream filling and orange cream cheese frosting. It tastes just like a dreamsicle!

    99

    Watercolor Buttercream - A Cake Decorating Video

    This beautiful watercolor buttercream cake is simple to make and so impressive! It would make a beautiful cake for all sorts of occasions from birthdays to showers and more!

    100

    Birdhouse Cake- A Cake Decorating Video Tutorial

    This sweet birdhouse cake would make a wonderful birthday cake for the bird lovers in your life! It is a sweet spring or summertime cake for showers as well!

    101

    Cherry Cake {A Scratch Recipe}

    This homemade cherry cake is divine- wonderful cherry flavor!

    102

    Gold Sequin Cake with Wafer Paper Flower- A Video Tutorial

    This gold sequin cake with an oversized wafer paper flower is from a free cake decorating video tutorial! We'll show you a couple of options for creating impressive sequined cakes.

    103

    Jungle Cake! A Cake Decorating Video Tutorial

    Need a cake for a jungle themed birthday party? This is a great one! We'll show you how to create thihs adorable cake, as well as how to. model gum paste jungle animals!

    104

    Sweet Mermaid Cake Topper with Buttercream Waves~ Video

    This sweet cake is perfect for a mermaid party or beach themed party! It is so cute and simple! We'll show you how to create this cute mermaid cake topper as well as how to pipe buttercream waves!

    105

    Hummingbird Topper with Fluffy Frosting Flowers~ Cake Decorating Video

    This beautiful hummingbird and flower cake is perfect for a spring or summertime birthday (or for anyone who loves flowers or hummingbirds!) Learn how to make it in our free cake video tutorial!

    106

    Strawberry Cake {A Scratch Recipe}

    This delicious scratch Strawberry Cake would make a wonderful cake no matter what the season! It has great strawberry flavor and a moist, tender crumb.

    107

    Pink Champagne Cake {Scratch Recipe}

    Champagne cake is perfect for adult birthdays and special occasions!

    108

    Circus Tent Cake~ Video Tutorial

    109

    Dinosaur Birthday Cake~ Video Tutorial

    110

    Castle Cake Video Tutorial

    This beautiful castle cake would make any birthday princess smile! Learn how to make it in our free cake video tutorial! For a more masculine or rustic feel, change the castle colors to grey!

    111

    Converse-Style Baby Shoes- A Video Tutorial

    Baby shoe cake toppers add an instant dose of cuteness to baby shower cakes and young birthday cakes! These baby converse shoes are so easy to make-- we'll show you how in this free cake video tutorial!

    112

    Sweet Turtle Cake Topper- Free Cake Tutorial

    This sweet turtle cake topper is from our free step by step blog tutorial section! Learn how to make him for the turtle lovers in your life! ;0)

    113

    Fish Cupcake Cake!-A Blog Tutorial

    This sweet fish cupcake cake is a longtime favorite on our site! Perect for beach themed birthdays, summer gatherings, pool parties and more! We'll show you how to make it in this free step by step cake blog tutorial!

    114

    Monster Truck Cake Video

    115

    Lemon Blueberry Cake

    This homemade Lemon Blueberry Cake is the perfect balance of lemon and blueberry flavor! So moist and perfect for spring and summer gatherings!

    116

    Ice Cream Cone Cake- A Free Cake Decorating Video Tutorial

    Learn how to make a cute and simple ice cream cone decoration onto your cakes in this free video tutorial!

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