How to Make a Pirate Cake

Pirate Cake

Looking for a treasure of a cake to please your pirate? Cake mix, ready-to-spread frosting and candies make it super easy. Print out this template and use it as a guide to cutting and assembling your pirate.

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How to Make a Groovy Jeans Birthday Cake

Groovy Jeans Birthday Cake

Celebrate in style with a cake that's a snap to cut, assemble and decorate. Print out this template and use it as a guide to cutting and assembling.

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Ice cream sandwich birthday cake

Ice cream sandwich birthday cake

Step-by-step recipes, designs and color pics of the easiest (and cutest) cakes for boys and girls.

The only thing I can think of that's better than an ice cream sandwich, is a great big ice cream sandwich. I loved this treat as a kid, and never outgrew a fondness for melty ice cream sandwiched between chocolate cookies.

This super-sized version is stuffed with banana split ice cream and the soft chocolate cookie tastes exactly like the original sandwich. I think it would make a fun birthday cake because it can hold as many candles as you'd like, and it can be easily sliced into smaller sandwiches.

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Double Chocolate S’mores Camp Cake

Camp Cake

Step-by-step recipes, designs and color pics of the easiest (and cutest) birthday cakes for children.

How to make camp-inspired birthday cake..

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How to make an Elephant Birthday Cake

Elephant Birthday Cake

Step-by-step recipes, designs and color pics of the easiest (and cutest) birthday cakes for kids.

This cake is so versatile—think jungle-themed birthday, baby shower or circus party.

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How to make: Piano Birthday Cake

Piano Birthday Cake

Step-by-step recipes, designs and color pics of the easiest (and cutest) birthday cakes for kids.

White and dark chocolate bars are "key" to decorating this piano cake baked from an easy mix.

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How to make: Monster Cake

Monster Cake

Step-by-step recipes, designs and color pics of the easiest (and cutest) cakes for boys and girls.

Enjoy this creatively decorated monster cake--the perfect dessert for a Halloween celebration.

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How to make: Rainbow Layer Cake

Rainbow Layer Cake

Step-by-step recipes, designs and color pics of the easiest (and cutest) birthday cakes for children.

Blogger Angie McGowan of Eclectic Recipes shares a beautiful rainbow layer cake that’s perfect for birthday parties or to add a fun and fabulous touch to any occasion.

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How to make Silly Monster Cake

Silly Monster Cake

Step-by-step recipes, designs and color pics of the easiest (and cutest) birthday cakes for kids.

With a box of Betty Crocker cake mix, ready-made frosting, and Fruit Roll-Ups, it’s scary how easy it is to make this birthday cake.

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How to make: Surprise Rainbow Piñata Cake

Surprise Rainbow Piñata Cake

Step-by-step recipes, designs and color pics of the easiest (and cutest) birthday cakes for boys and girls.

Surprise your family and friends when you cut into this beautifully decorated rainbow cake and candy spills out just like a piñata.

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How to make: Little Car Cakes

Little Car Cakes

Step-by-step recipes, designs and color pics of the easiest (and cutest) birthday cakes for children.

Know someone who loves cars? Celebrate with coupe cakes! They'll sweetly please 2s to 92s!

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How to make a Watermelon Cake

Watermelon Cake

Step-by-step recipes, designs and color pics of the easiest (and cutest) birthday cakes for kids.

Savor the sweetest slice of watermelon you'll ever eat! The chocolate seeds are a melt-in-your-mouth prize.

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Celebration Cake Ball Cake

Celebration Cake Ball Cake

Step-by-step recipes, designs and color pics of the easiest (and cutest) birthday cakes for boys and girls.

Blogger Paula Jones from Bell'alimento shows us how to turn a simple 2-layer cake into something spectacular with the addition of colorful cake balls.

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How to make a Gingerbread Boy Cake

Gingerbread Boy Cake

Step-by-step recipes, designs and color pics of the easiest (and cutest) birthday cakes for children.

Surprise your kids with this gingerbread boy shaped cake - a delicious chocolate dessert.

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How to make: Confetti Celebration Cake

Confetti Celebration Cake

Step-by-step recipes, designs and color pics of the easiest (and cutest) birthday cakes for kids.

Celebrate with an easy-mix cake that gets its wow from candy sprinkles and squiggles of decorator icing.

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How to make: Dappled Dino Cake

Dappled Dino Cake

Step-by-step recipes, designs and color pics of the easiest (and cutest) birthday cakes for boys and girls.

After learning all about Jurassic times at school, Garrett Jarboe of Oroville, California, had a request for his tenth birthday that was quite a tall order: Could he have a birthday cake that looked like a dinosaur? Mom Glenda quickly rose to the occasion, creating a colossal stegosaurus complete with a colorful row of candy corn plates. While Glenda's dinosaur had a head, legs, and a tail shaped out of frosting, ours has appendages made from packaged dunking cookies -- an option for those who'd rather not rely on their sculpting skills.

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How to make: Edible Excavator Cake

Edible Excavator Cake

Step-by-step recipes, designs and color pics of the easiest (and cutest) birthday cakes for children.

Assembled from a pound cake and Twinkies, this no-bake treat will please the crew at a celebration with a truck or vehicle theme.

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How to make a Chinese Checkers Cake

Chinese Checkers Cake

Step-by-step recipes, designs and color pics of the easiest (and cutest) birthday cakes for kids.

Spoonful guest Jane Gurr's sons have an ongoing Chinese checker tournament with their grandparents in Lewiston, New York. To celebrate their game, Jane developed this creative cake with gumball checkers.

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How to make a First Birthday Cake

First Birthday Cake

Step-by-step recipes, designs and color pics of the easiest (and cutest) birthday cakes for boys and girls.

Your child's first birthday is an occasion to remember, so celebrate in style using this special one-shaped birthday cake. This article presumes that you have already made or purchased a long chocolate Swiss roll.

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How to make: Swimming Pool Cake

Swimming Pool Cake

Step-by-step recipes, designs and color pics of the easiest (and cutest) birthday cakes for children.

Perhaps I should explain for my international friends. This book was held precious to many families in the 90s with its simple instructions and how-tos for creating adorable cakes. It’s so popular that a commemorative Vintage Collector’s Edition was released in Februrary this year. It’s so popular it has a number of Facebook fan groups and fan pages. It’s so popular this book has barely aged; it’s incredible to see how many people continue refer to this gem of a book for fun cake ideas. It’s simply amazing.

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