Birthday Cake Recipes

If you're getting ready for a special birthday celebration, these recipes will help mark the occasion. From birthday cakes to fillings to frostings, these recipes will show how much you care.

 
 
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Cream Caramel Cake

From Better Homes and Gardens

You choose how to flavor the frosting for this rich three-layer dessert.

Cream Caramel Cake

German Chocolate Cake

From Better Homes and Gardens

This chocolate cake with coconut-pean topping deserves special attention. Cakes require accurate oven temperatures to bake to perfection. Check oven temperatures occasionally. In too-hot ovens, cakes may develop tunnels and cracks. Too-cool oven cause cakes to become coarse.

German Chocolate Cake

White Cake

From Better Homes and Gardens

Tastier than a boxed cake mix, this moist snow-white cake recipe is quick and easy. Stir coconut into the batter for a version that's even more flavorful.

White Cake

Cowboy-Boot Cake

From Parents

Use a cake mix to make this cowboy boot. Decorate it with frosting for a party dessert or birthday cake that cowboys and cowgirls will love.

Cowboy-Boot Cake

Cookies-and-Cream Cake

From Midwest Living

Combine white cake mix and chocolate sandwich cookies to make this easy dessert that kids love.

Cookies-and-Cream Cake

Campfire Cake

From Better Homes and Gardens

Young campers get a kick out of eating this miniature campsite. It's a fun dessert that starts with a chocolate cake mix.

Campfire Cake

Vanilla-Fudge Marble Cake

From Better Homes and Gardens

A chocolate layer is surrounded by a vanilla layer in this fudge-flavored cake recipe. Dress it up with a generous drizzle of chocolate icing for a special birthday cake or dessert.

Vanilla-Fudge Marble Cake

Pudding-Filled Cupcakes

From Better Homes and Gardens

With a chocolate surprise in the center, kids will love these treats at birthday or Halloween parties.

Pudding-Filled Cupcakes

Brown Sugar Cake with Buttery Brown Sugar Sauce

From Betty Crocker

The recipe title says it all--rich buttery brown sugar flavor, mmm.

Brown Sugar Cake with Buttery Brown Sugar Sauce

Peanut-Butter Monkey Cake

From Better Homes and Gardens

A chocolate cake mix and a little imagination delivers a monkey-shape cake that is a birthday cake delight.

Peanut-Butter Monkey Cake

Backwards Birthday Cake

From Parents

Bake and frost the chocolate chip cake, then spell your message backwards on this dessert. The kids will have fun trying to read it.

Backwards Birthday Cake

Ice Cream Cone Cakes

From Betty Crocker

A creative twist on the traditional birthday cake. Kids will love eating their cake in a cone instead of on a plate!

Ice Cream Cone Cakes

Wheely Delicious Cake

From Parents

A crispy marshmallow and cereal treat makes the Ferris wheel for this fun dessert. Candy makes it colorful.

Wheely Delicious Cake

Circus Cake

From Better Homes and Gardens

Ice cream cones form the Big Top on this fun birthday cake, which is perfect for a kid's party. A cake mix and canned frosting make it a very simple dessert.

Circus Cake

Race-Car Track Cake

From Parents

Chocolate cookie crumbs make the race track for this dessert. If your child loves cars, this cake will be a favorite.

Race-Car Track Cake

Flower Cupcakes

From Betty Crocker

Celebrate a birthday with easy-to-make cupcakes. A simple snip of a marshmallow makes the decoration.

Flower Cupcakes

Flower Box Cake

From Parents

This charming chocolate-chip cake is topped with edible flowers. A perfect dessert for a spring party.

Flower Box Cake

Clown Cake

From Parents

Ice cream, cones, and cookies decorate this clown cake. Serve it for dessert at a circus party for kids.

Clown Cake

Pineapple Chiffon Cake

From Better Homes and Gardens

Richer than angel food cake, chiffon cake is just as airy and light and makes such a pretty dessert.

Pineapple Chiffon Cake

Ribbons And Bows Cake

From Family Circle

The peach colored frosting hints to the peaches baked into the cake layers. Peach schnapps flavors both the cake and the frosting.

Ribbons And Bows Cake

Pistachio Cake with White Chocolate Buttercream

From Better Homes and Gardens

This decadent cake, made with butter for a rich, moist cake, is ideal to serve at a bridal shower or birthday party. As much as a month beforehand, make and store the Caramelized Pistachio Shards in an airtight container at room. Reserve any leftover shards to sprinkle on ice cream.

Pistachio Cake with White Chocolate Buttercream

Scrapbook Cake

From Parents

If you love to scrapbook, you'll love decorating this cake. Use a variety of candies to make it yours. Then serve it at a scrapbooking party or birthday celebration.

Scrapbook Cake

Rich Ginger Sheet Cake

From Family Circle

Fresh ginger imparts a piquant taste to the rich yellow cake. The honey and cream cheese frosting is the crowning touch.

Rich Ginger Sheet Cake

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