Are you looking for some tips on how to bake the best birthday cake ever? Or perhaps you are just looking for some unique ideas? This collection of birthday cake tips and ideas will surely inspire you then!
Check out #16 – did you know you could tint cake batter using fruit puree? Also we love #28 – the secret pinata cake! Who wouldn’t love cutting into a cake only to find yummy surprises inside?
1. Freeze cake layers ahead of time:
2. Wrap your cake pans with Bake Even strips for flat layers:
3. Browned butter frosting:
4. Use a cookie cutter to decorate a number with sprinkles:
5. Use stencils to make designs with sparkly sugar:
6. Place candles in a number formation for something different:
7. To remove air bubbles, drop your cake about a foot from the counter top:
8. This rainbow cake is a lot of fun:
9. Easy guide to make different shades of frosting:
10. Bread slices on cake while it cools keeps them from drying out:
11. Store bought frosting can be melted and poured over a cake in a pinch:
12. Fruit on a cake is always appealing:
13. Tiny balloons on skewers look really cute:
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14. Two bundt cake pans can easily make the number three (for 3 and 33 year birthdays!):
15. Or with a little work you can make any number cake:
16. Fruit puree can be used to tint cake batter:
17. Do something different and create ombre icing:
18. Tall candles can look very elegant:
19. Extremely tall candles can look very dramatic!
20. Learn how to make a checkerboard cake:
21. Pink frosting and tiny ballerinas will put a smile on any little girl’s face:
22. This ombre layer cake looks delicious:
23. Go bananas with this banana split cake:
24. When in doubt just cover with mega sprinkles!
25. Skittles or M&Ms candies can look sharp:
26. Sprinkles in a white cake batter = Funfetti Cake!
27. Have fun with fondant fringes:
28. Ever create a secret pinata cake?
29. A single candle can always look classy for those who do not want to announce their age:
30. Flowers on top of a cake looks elegant:
31. Only frost layers and the top for a chic look:
32. Funfetti cake with the sides not frosted:
33. When you can’t write on a cake, a birthday banner is so cute:
34. For something different try making these fruit candles:
35. Cookie dough cake covered with cookies mmm…:
36. Great video with tips on how to frost a cake:
