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

From Fine Cooking Magazine

Classic Vanilla Layer Cake with Vanilla Mascarpone Frosting & Raspberries

From Fine Cooking Magazine

This cake is best served at room temperature. Store it in the refrigerator, but take it out about 30 minutes before you intend to serve it. Note that the ganache recipe here contains 1 cup more cream than does the master recipe.

Vanilla Layer Cake with Whipped Rum-Ganache Icing

From Fine Cooking Magazine

Butterscotch Frosting

From Fine Cooking Magazine

Walnut oil gives this cake's flavor special depth, and toasted walnut oil gives the very best result.

Ultimate Carrot Cake

From Better Homes and Gardens

Bake the cupcakes before the party begins. When it's time for dessert, bring out the birthday cupcakes, frosting, the colored sugars, and candies, and let the kids do the decorating.

Color Wheel Cupcakes

From Fine Cooking Magazine

Vanilla Layer Cake with Chocolate Buttercream & Raspberry Jam

From Fine Cooking Magazine

Sugared berries are a lovely topping for this most ethereal of cakes. Amounts for flour and confectioners' sugar are listed by weight (ounces) and by volume (cups); use either measurement.

Angel Food 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

From Betty Crocker

Calling all teddy bear lovers. Create an edible bear with an easy-to-shape cereal mixture.

Teddy Bear

From Better Homes and Gardens

This lemon-yellow candy is perfect for a spring birthday or graduation party.

Lemon Crunch Candy

From Betty Crocker

These cute-as-a-button cupcakes are sure to put a smile on your son's or daughter's (or husband's or niece's) face!

Goin' Fishin' Cupcakes

From Better Homes and Gardens

These lollipops make the perfect kid's party favor. Have them participate in the fun by arranging candies on the baking sheet and attaching the sticks.

Picasso Pops

From Better Homes and Gardens

Peppermints designate this cookie for Christmas or winter. Made without the candies or with a candy substitution, they're ideal to serve any time.

Peppermint Spinwheels

From Fleischmann's Yeast, Argo, Karo

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Dirt Pudding

From Fleischmann's Yeast, Argo, Karo

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Alligators and Turtles Bread

From Food & Wine

Carrot cake, that 1970s favorite, has a new audience at luxe restaurants like Manhattan's Le Bernardin. At the Urban Farmer in Portland, Oregon, pastry chef Jodi Elliot prepares the ultimate version: moist and not too sweet.

Classic Carrot Cake with Fluffy Cream Cheese Frosting

From Better Homes and Gardens

Personalize each cupcake by piping the letters of each child's name onto candy-coated chocolate pieces and inserting the candies into the frosting. This applesauce spice cake recipe creates a fun and fragrant dessert.

Baby's First Applesauce Cupcakes

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

From Parents

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

Wheely Delicious Cake

From Better Homes and Gardens

Three tasty dipping sauces in the recipe make these breaded chicken sticks a party hit with kids.

Chicken Fingers Painter's Palette

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

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

From Betty Crocker

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

Flower Cupcakes

From Parents

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

Flower Box Cake