The best part of birthdays?? 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. Just because the technique is easy doesn’t mean you are sacrificing beauty!
For this cake I used a #32 tip. Simply hold the tip at the base of the cake, apply light pressure, and move up to the top. 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. 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. Are family and friends going to be gathered around? Is there enough cake for everyone? Then that is all you need.
I know, I know… we all want our children to have the most special day. But truly… feeling loved is the greatest gift we can give them!
I usually get cake from my coworkers. At home, not so much but thats ok 🙂
I love baking and i use any excuse to make cakes.Birthday cakes are my favorite i love funfetti cakes thank you for sharing such great recipes
We always celebrate a birthday with cake. I always let my kids pick the cake they want. My daughter has requested a dolphin cake for her birthday at the end of the month.
Definitely!! Every birthday must be celebrated with cake and icecream at this house!! It’s odd to go to a birthday party and not have cake and icecream!! We love cake period even if its not for a birtday!
Great post – love the candle in the cake.
My kids and I always have cake on our birthday’s but my husband prefers to have a peanut butter pie.
Yes, it isn’t a birthday without cake! Thanks for the giveaway!
My mom makes chocolate cake for me. Love her. She took some cake decorating classes back in the early 80s, so she still likes to do some cool decorating.
Always!!! Best part of the birthday!
Cake IS the best part of our birthday’s!and between me, my husband, and our 7 kids, that’s a lot of cake!
It was my birthday yesterday but since Im the one who bakes around here and I didnt make myself one, I didnt get a cake. Oh well, I enjoy baking for others better anyway!