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!
I do love me some birthday cake, and in fact Funfetti is almost always what I’ll go for! I just told my husband today, “hey, my birthday’s next month!” and he snickered because he knows how much I love birthdays, especially my own. 😉
Cake on my birthday is a MUST…cake every other day of the year is a wish!! Love it!
I usually don’t have a cake for myself but bake for everyone else.
I always celebrate a birthday with a cake,it just makes the birthday person feel extra special.
We have many family celebrations about the same time so usually I have cake but sometimes I switch it out for pie.
Every year cake or cupcakes!!
No, I’m the cake baker in the family and I’ve never cooked a cake just for me.
Yes, we celebrate our birthdays with a cake. With twins, even after 42 years they still get their own cake.
We now have twin grandsons and my son and daughter-in-law always see that they each have their own cake. 🙂
Thanks for the chance to win.
I do!! I love baking since I’m a kid, and even if I don’t celebrate I make a cake for my birthday, I just love to make a little treat for me, at least once a year :p
Always! Everyone in the family has their favorite that I make each year. Definitely want to try this surprise cake for a birthday at work.