Fun Birthday Cakes I’ve Made Over the Years

I realized that I’ve made a few fun birthday cakes over the years, so I thought I’d give you guys a look.

Basketball Cake

Smart Junior turned 11th two weeks ago and we celebrated her birthday with her travel basketball team, so of course I had to do a basketball cake. You know you want to Pin it!! 🙂 Those are Reece’s Pieces, but you could use M&Ms too. Separating the colors is a good job for the kiddos, unfortunately I didn’t have any home with me while I was making this creation. This is a standard 2-layer cake, frosted with chocolate frosting. Be sure to add the Reece’s Pieces BEFORE the frosting hardens. I started with the line of brown pieces all the way down the middle. Then I made another straight line intersecting the middle of the first line. Then I added the two curvy lines on either side. The last thing to do is fill in the empty spots with orange Reece’s Pieces. It’s super easy with a great result!

Night Owl Cake

The Night Owl was for my daughter’s 10th birthday. I got the idea from Family Fun magazine and liked that it was actually made from cupcakes. I find cupcakes so much easier to serve to guests. This cake was for Smart Jr’s 10th birthday which was at Pump It Up. No need to bring a knife! I used Thin Mint Girl Scout Cookies because her birthday is during cookie season.

It had little owl babies too… Baby Night Owls

Puppy Dog Cake and Cupcakes

For her 9th birthday she had puppy dog cupcakes. The cookie ears were delicious of course!

For her 8th birthday, she insisted on not getting any presents from her friends. Instead, she collected donations for the animal shelter. What a good kid! She wanted to make a doggy cake too, so that’s what we did.

Giraffe Cake

I do have two other children and I swear I have parties and cake for them too, I just don’t seem to have any pictures. I do have these from my son’s 1st and 2nd birthday. His room is giraffe themed. (If I ever get around to cleaning it, I’ll take some pictures for you. lol) So I made a giraffe cake. I got the idea online, but didn’t have Pinterest back then. Here is my big DIY tip: Instead of a tray or plate I used a shelf. That’s right, I had an extra Ikea kitchen cabinet shelf (they sell them in packs of 2 and I only needed 1) that worked perfectly. My little guy loved it.