Our sweet Audrey has a December birthday.
She is destined to share her special day with the red and green accents of Christmas and to recieve the dreaded “two-fer” gifts.
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So this year for her third birthday, I wanted to make her a cake that was all about her.
I asked her what she wanted.
Showed her pictures of cakes from previous years, let her dream and wish to her hearts delight. It could be any color. With any embellishment.
She picked the cake with the most possible frosting!
She is clearly her mothers daughter.
I wanted the cake to do double duty, so I made the top her “smash” cake. We can remove it when it comes time to eat so she has her very own pink princess cake. Since the roses are so easy to do, I will bring a bag of white frosting with me and just quick add some to the top before everyone else’s pieces are served. (Here is the Rose Cake Tutorial)
She hasn’t actually seen it yet (as I hope to surprise her with it tomorrow) but I hope she likes it!
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You can also see my version of a Royal Wedding Rose Cake and the Original Rose Cake!
Oh my gosh, that’s so beautiful! I can’t wait to try out that frosting technique the next time I have the excuse to make a fancy cake!
Beautiful! Good work!
AWESOME!
Absolutely gorgeous and totally fit for a princess!
love it. absolutely beautiful!
Super pretty! Your Audrey & my Aubrey have birthdays so close and their names are so similar, love that. I love the rose cake and I bet Audrey will too.
Such a beautiful, feminine and delicious looking confection, my sweet friend. Wishing little Audrey a wonderful birthday filled with love & sparkle! xo
Thank you sweet Rosie!
Happy Birthday to Audrey! I also have a December birthday
What a beautiful cake for such a beautiful girl!!
Love it! Where do you find such beautiful cake stands and plates?!
I believe I got this one at TJ Maxx! That or my mom got it for me. I adore Home Goods and Marshals as well… but my favorite place to get cake stands is thrift and antique stores! Thanks for the kind words and Happy Baking!
It is a beautiful cake!! I sure hope you will post a picture of her enjoying it!
What a wonderful idea!! When is her birthday?? Karlena’s is the 20th – she will be 1 !!!! And we are planning a small cake for her to smash when we have Christmas as a family…but as she gets older I really want to keep it special for her. What are some other things you have done? I heard once of the idea of having a birthday christmas tree that is just for the birthday girl up all month. But I know I will need to be a little more intentional about her special day each year!
Blessings friend!
Kristin
Her actual birthday is the 19th, so they are really close! My friend Kristen does a room full of streamers for her kids birthday, I have also heard of blowing up a zillion balloons and when they wake up the balloons are all over the floor.. I have got to try that sometime. Cant believe your little Karlena is going t0 be 1 already!!
A girl after my own heart – go for the frosting! That is a gorgeous cake and I know she will love it.
I did the rose cake for a baby shower. It turned out awesome. It was my first ever cake that I really decorated and it was super easy and looked great.
That is great! Yay you!!
What size pans did you use for each layer?? I have a birthday for my little one coming up and this is GORGEOUS. I have made your rose cake several times and it’s always a showstopper. Thanks for all the inspiration!!! I have JUST received my first “real” order for cupcakes! I couldn’t be happier. I LOOOOVE baking and it would be phenomenal if this home baking is a success:)
I used a 9in for the bottom, a six in for the middle, and a 3 in for the top. No skewers or anything for stability, I just stacked the cakes and frosted!
Good luck to you with your home business… I pray that you reach your dreams!
what a lucky birthday girl!
what a beautiful cake! Love the rose cake and have made it….God bless and favor your sweet little girl and what a talented momma she has!
It’s absolutely gorgeous, Amanda…. and I’m sure it has just as much sweetness as your little princess does! HAPPY BIRTHDAY, AUDREY!
Thanks sweety!
Wow! this is beautiful. What a great idea for those lovely roses.
Oh my – what a gorgeous cake for a precious little girl! She’s lucky to have a mom who loves her so much.
It’s so beautiful!! Love it!
Gorgeous! I’m sure she will love it!
Happy Birthday to your beautiful Audrey!
xo
this cake is so pretty, delicate & love the light colors. i could just stare at it all day….happy holidays !
Happy Birthday to Audrey!!
Beautiful work, Amanda!!
I also have a “two-fer” birthday, but I have to say you have outdone yourself. I have never seen anything so wonderful for a close-to-Chritmas-birthday and I absolutely love the topper. She is one luck little lady and will grow up to be a wonderful woman with parents like you. Love!
I can’t believe Miss Audrey is 3! This cake is beautiful, it gave me wonderful ideas for a baby girl baby shower!! Hope she has a thrilling 3rd birthday!
It’s beautiful!! She’ll love it.
Hooray! I think our girls may share a birthday. We’re celebrating #3 here tomorrow as well. With a purple cake
Happy birthday Audrey, from my Macie.
Happy Birthday to your little Audrey! She made a beautiful choice. This cake looks spectacular!!!
Awesome job Amanda! I’m sure she loves it! My son has a December birthday as well, so I know exactly what you’re saying.
Happy 3rd Birthday Audrey!
Wow!! This cake looks beautiful!!
Our son celebrated his 6th birthday on the 14th. I feel your birthday pain! I just finished a WALL-E cake last night for his party today. I know she’ll love her cake. Good job, Mom!
What a gorgeous cake – I can only dream of working such magic with icing! I hope she really enjoys it!
that cake is soooooo beautiful! i love the pink and the white. she’s going to love it
Happy 3rd Birthday to your beautiful little Audrey! She is going to love her cake and so enjoy her little smash cake. I know she’s lucky to have her for her Mommy just because you are so wonderful but also because you are so talented and all your children will always have beautiful home-made and hand-decorated cakes from you for their special days.
That cake is stunning! And your little Audrey obviously has VERY good taste!
Hugs,
Pam
Beautiful!!! Love the colors and what a great idea with the top cake. Hope she has a wondful birthday.
My daughter’s 3rd birthday was yesterday and her party was today too! I had no idea we had kids that close!
That makes me smile. Love your rose cake, and I bet she loved it too! Happy birthday little, big girl!
Happy birthday to your beautiful little girl! I know she is going to love it when she sees it. Tell her I know all about being a December baby too and those dreaded two for one gifts! lol
This cake is so sweet and beautiful. Love it!
I have yet to come across a more beautiful looking cake. Gorgeous!
Hope your little one had a wonderful day!
Your daughter Amanda – she is so beautiful and cute and what a perfect thing to choose for her birthday! I know she is going to love it. You are a great mom.
Happy Birthday Audrey! What a lucky girl to have such a talented baker mom
Maybe I’ll FINALLY give your rose cake a go for my own b-day cake this Friday.
Audrey made a wonderful choice. Happy Birthday to you Audrey!
Oooh so pretty! Happy birthday Audrey! I made your rose cake for my own birthday
with nutella ganache frosting! It was sooo pretty and so yum! Thank you!
Just gorgeous! Looks like a wedding cake!
Amanda, The cake is so beautiful! The colors make it look so vintage and “just right.” I have a December birthday(12th), but it always felt separate from Christmas, though I do love Christmas:)
OF COURSE she’ll like it! hello frosting!
I haven’t been to your blog in forever and the first thing i see is this?? GORGEOUS.
That.is.all.
Wow…simply elegant!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Perfect cake for a princess!
I’m going to have to give this a go!
Also – what on earth is a “smash cake”?!
How wonderful! My husband’s birthday is a couple weeks after Christmas, and he always got a “combo” gift which was nothing more than his regular Christmas gift. He felt cheated about it his whole life, so when he saw this he asked me to write and say what a fabulous mommy you are to do this for your December daughter.
Stunning. Simply stunning
What a stunning cake! Any girl regardless of age would love it! That is so funny about picking one with most icing. Happy 3rd Birthday to a very lucky little girl!
Oh, man! I made a birthcake with roses on the top a couple of weeks ago, but I made just a 4 layer cake. The tiered cake is just SO much prettier!! Beautiful job, Amanda!
YOu totally made amazing, BETTER! Happy birthday Audrey!
Sooooooo pretty! I have 2 boys…my son want a tank cake this yr that shoots foan darts out of it…. far cry from the beautiful princess cake ..
Beautiful cake! I come to your site so often to see what sort of wonderful pieces of art you’ve come up with. I’m afraid I have the baking part down, but not the decorating! These roses look amazing and I’m on your daughter’s side… There can never be too much frosting!
This cake is so beautiful; I can’t stop looking at it! It’s certainly an amazing birthday cake for a little girl or could be a show-stopping wedding cake for a “big” girl. I think it’s perfect in white and pale pink and I’m daydreaming about lavender…just gorgeous!
Beautiful cake! I am baking a cake tomorrow for my sisters in laws birthday and would love to do the flowers all over just like this, I have been searching everywhere for how to do it and I cant seem to find a video? How do you do it?! Thank you!
Wow, Amanda! You have one lucky little girl!!!
PS…my birthday is in October.
Just when I thought is couldn’t get any better than your first Rose cake, you do this! This is the most beautiful cake I have EVER seen, is it bad to be in love with a cake?
Happy Birthday Miss Audrey, your mother is a cake making rockstar!
I hope it’s not to late for you to see these questions…I have made your show-stopping rose cake twice now. And for being an extreme amateur I was thrilled with the results – all thanks to your fabu tutorial!!
This is beyond gorgeous with the layers – especially the pink topper, but my question is – did you stack the cakes before frosting with the roses? If so, did you do all the sides first then go back to the tops? I am sure this seems a silly question, but I would love to try this layered effect next.
Your roses are so much more “fluffy” than mine – how do you achieve that? Is my frosting too stiff?
Thanks for an amazing blog!!! This is the only thing that has given me confidence to keep trying!
Happy, Healthy, & Prosperous New Year to you!
HI Amanda, I am just started following ur blog and I am in love with ur cake and planning to make the same for my Daughter;s birthday on this thursday. I had few questions
(i) when should I start making the cake?
(i) I am not very fond of just shortening flavor so can I use some butter along with shortening?
(iii) there are 60 guests invite , so how many tiers cake would be sufficient ?
This is my first time I am planning to bake a cake therefore every one please feel free to answer the above questions. It would be highly appreciated
i want a cake just like that for my birthday ; )
How beautiful! A perfect cake for a sweet little girl. I’m headed to the tutorial now, I’m dying to know how to make those flowers you call “easy”!
Just gorgeous, Amanda! Wow. Audrey is one lucky girl. I know, I’m super late on commenting. Sorry- I’m sure you made her day special!
This is one of the most beautiful cakes I’ve ever seen!
So simple, elegant, classy… I JUST LOVE IT
I have 2 questions though:
1. how were you able to cover up the cake with those roses without showing any of the crumb coat?!
2. any idea were I find simple and modern looking cake pedestals like this one and the other red one used for your snow globe cake?
I love this cake; So much that I’m going to make it for my granddaughters 1st birthday. Can you share what size each tier is?
Simply gorgeous!
My sweet mother was a baker and would take on the hardest and most complicated recipes. She also made her own. Moon Pies was one of my favorites, but this cake is so beautiful, I hope to see the recipe through and make my own beautiful rose cake.
My birthday is December 20th. When I was a child (I’m 26 now) we always celebrated my birthday at the beginning of December to help separate it from Christmas, make it its own special day to celebrate. That helped avoid the “two-fer” presents. Also to help people have the time to make it to my birthday parties, since it is so close to Christmas and there are endless Christmas parties around my actual birthday day.
One year a relative made a big deal about how we never celebrated my birthday on my birthday. So my mom decided that we would try it and see what happened. There wasn’t a very good turnout and the relative who made a big stink about it didn’t show up either. Needless to say, we never did that again.
Of course my parents and siblings always celebrated on my birthday too, which made it more special because it was just us. I enjoyed celebrating me all month long
Wow! I was searching the net for ideas for my daughter’s 1st birthday. We’re planning a cake smash, so I wanted a soft floral pattern and came accross this. I absolutely loved it and then I read your blog. My daughter’s name is Audrey too, so it looks like this was meant to be!
Thanks so much for this!
I am brand new to this, and I am so excited to try this cake for my daughters first birthday cake!! What girl doesn’t love flowers!? =) thank you for showing an easy way for me to look like I am a decent cake decorator. I only do cakes for my family but I love it!
hi there.. lovely cake
would love to try to make it… may I ask the circumference of each tier?
It was 9in, 6in, and 3in. Happy Baking!
oh awesome
thank you sooo much! This cake is my inspiration.. 
I’m doing this for a garden party next week 
did you use pound cake? 
what is the height per cake/tier?
Beautiful! Can I make roses with whipped cream?
This is perfect! My daughter will be 1 this month and her middle name is Rose after my grandmother. I’ve debated about several ideas for her cake, and I think this one is the best one with the smash cake on top. Love it!
Thank you for sharing your cakes and the tutorial.
I finished my daughter’s cake! I’m so excited about this. I used your suggestion on the tutorial page for the color mist and layered pink and red. It’s beautiful! Thanks again for sharing!
I just made this cake for a bridal shower last night….. the bride loved it she decided to change her wedding cake to the rose cake for her very tall 5 tier cake!! i was thrilled b/c this cake is so beautiful and SUPER easy to make! Thank you I am baker
Oh yay!!! How fun!
I just made a 4 tier wedding cake w/the rose cake pattern…. was wondering if i could send you a pic> it turned out great! The bride is a good friend of mine and she is a cancer survivor!
Hi! How do ur rose cake manage not to slide down or fall apart while in transit? Can u share some tips? Thanks!
You do beautiful elegant cakes. I enjoy seeing your work. I have 2 questions. Do the roses that are on the side of the cake slide down/shift during transit, do u secure them with anything.
That is exactly my problem. I made 2 rose cakes. The first, fell apart one by one during transit & d other,It did slide down one by one during transit.
What can we do about it? Pls help us… Thanks!
So sorry! When you are making the rose cake do you start at the bottom and build up? Are you using a recipe that has crisco in it or that is very chilled?
Hi! Yup, i start at d bottom, lastly on top. I use shortening that can be bought in a baking supplies store near us. Its a wholesaler store for bakers. Crisco is very expensive here in d Phils.
I use the wilton buttercream frosting recipe but i use 1/2 c butter & 1/2 c shortening just d right consistency for piping.
Hi! I jaz discovered ds website today. But i already made 2 rose cake designs ds july. One for a wedding & for a christening. Rose cake design is really my favorite. But i have a problem w/ this. The frosting on the sides are falling apart.
On my first rose cake w/c was for d wedding, i used buttercream frosting( wilton) recipe but i used half shortening & half butter. It turned out well, it was jaz d right stiff consistency that i needed but d frosting on d sides fell apart one by one while it was on d way to d venue, while travelling.
For my 2nd attempt for a christening, i adjusted my frosting recipe to med consistency, so it turned out creamier & softer. But it fell apart aswell.
I even spread frosting around d cake before doing d rose frosting to stick on it. What should i do to make it perfect w/o d rose frosting falling apart? Thanks!