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!
Yes, my mom used to make our cakes growing up and it was something that I wanted to continue with my family. Of course now I usually make the rest of my family’s cakes too (but I like it). It’s neat getting to make my mom a special personalized cake after all of them she made for me. 🙂
Very cute candle surprise cake! I haven’t attempted a surprise inside cake like that yet, maybe sometime, you definitely have great ones to choose from. 🙂 thanks for sharing such great ideas!
Yes! It’s all about the cake. Thanks for the chance.
Do I celebrate my birthday with cake?
Is that really a question? Did I read that right?
I always celebrate with cake! Cake makes the party, even when I was little I looked forwards to the cake more than the presents. I really like Carvel Ice Cream Cakes for my birthday. These are kind of cheater cakes, but they look and taste great. For a summer birthday you really can’t ask for much more.
yes, but i’ve had to go to plan b after discovering that i was gluten-intolerant. when i was little, my mother always bought me a strawberry cake from schindler’s bakery in dallas… my favorite cake of all time!!! it was something aking to angel food cake with some kind of strawberry in the mix and a strawberry icing. my mouth is watering just thinking about that one… so wish i could find the recipe! thanks for all the sharing… you inspire me to try more things and have more fun baking!!!
Of course there is cake! You are so right, it is just important to do a cake and not stress about the details….my boys’ cakes were very “hokey” when they were little (I hadn’t seen blogs yet!) but they loved them and still talk about them now that they are in their 20’s!
Love your creativity, by the way!
Yes!, We love cake I like chocolate with chocolate frosting thebest.
What do you do to get that cool candle design in each piece? Please explain.
Yes we do! Love cake!
My birthday is in the middle of August so we always had ice cream cake on my birthday growing up. Now that I’m older and love to bake I usually experiment with a new recipe in addition to the ice cream cake my mom buys me!
My husband and I both have summer birthdays and we both usually want some type of Strawberry Shortcake for that special day. I do make cakes for family members. I usually ask them what they would like me to make.
This candle cake is just so unique. I love the idea.