The best part of birthdays?? Â The cake of course!
I would love  to share with you a fun cake idea as well as some tips on how YOU can best enjoy all the birthdays you celebrate!
 Here’s  Tip #1: Use a box of cake mix to ensure a level, beautiful and delicious cake!  Don’t stress about finding the perfect from scratch recipe, especially if you are a busy working parent.  Your child will not know the difference, but they will know that you baked something special just for them!
I am a huge fan of the easy concept. Â Just because the technique is easy doesn’t mean you are sacrificing beauty!
For this cake I used a #32 tip. Â Simply hold the tip at the base of the cake, apply light pressure, and move up to the top. Â Make sure to take the frosting all the way over the top edge of the cake.
For the top, I used a #1M tip and just made little swirled dollops of frosting.
This is a classic technique that I have loved and admired forever. I left the better part of the top of the cake white and really like how clean it looks!
I used THIS perfect buttercream recipe for piping.
 The inside was something different all together!
I decided to make it a surprise inside cake, because who doesn’t love a good surprise???
Can you tell what the surprise is?
A candle!
This tiny candle will be in every single piece of cake.  I just love that everyone who gets a piece will get some of the FUN surprise!
And whats even better is that sweet little candle is surrounded by a bright and festive Funfetti Cake!
Ready for those other two tips on how you can celebrate more?
Tip #2: Make a tradition.  Choose to always bake a cake.  Or make a certain flavor of cake.  Or buy a huge pack of candles on your baby’s first birthday and use the same candles every year.  Or make a personalized Birthday Book!
Tip #3: Relax. Â If you are a parent and trying to plan the perfect party for your most precious little angel, take a moment to sit back and catch your breath. Â Are family and friends going to be gathered around? Â Is there enough cake for everyone? Â Then that is all you need.
I know, I know… we all want our children to have the most special day. Â But truly… feeling loved is the greatest gift we can give them!
We celebrated my mother’ s 83rd birthday last May a year ago at the assisted living facility where she lives with 15 other residents. My sweet mother and her friends all have dementia. I bought a Walmart ice cream cake- two actually, so that family and each resident could enjoy the party. Mama was such a wonderful cook. Unfortunately her daughter, me, didn’t learn to cook as well as her mother! I taught kindergarten 25 years. If I don’t win this beautiful cake I will try to get my husband to help me make it. Yellow is my mother’s favorite color. Our Easter dresses were yellow! :). We will share with all either way. Thank you for your recipe.
We always celebrate with cake – or cupcakes. I always make whatever kind of cake the birthday boy would like.
Yes, I have always celebrated birthdays with cake! Being newly married, I look forward to starting traditions like you mentioned with my new family. 🙂
I make everyone whatever kind of cake they want. I even make extended family cakes. And friends too. I love to bake.
Yes! Every year!
HECK yeah! A birthday isn’t a birthday without cake! Hubby makes my favorite coconut cake with coconut buttercream (from scratch!!) every year. He’s awesome.
YES!!!!! In fact, our puppy turned into a teenager in April and she has had a Funfetti cake for all 13 of her birthdays because she its a party animal and lives her party cakes!!!!
Of course I celebrate with cake! I love baking, so I’m usually the one to bake my own cake!
Thank you so much for offering such a fun and generous giveaway. I absolutely celebrate with cake! My birthday is coming up and I am definitely looking forward to the cake. 🙂
Cake is a must! and I’ve been getting the same cake for almost 32 years!