Absolutely Amazing DIY Birthday Cakes!
categories: birthday party ideas, desserts, fun for kids, kids party ideasParenting.com has a fabulous birthday cake gallery/tutorial that is nothing short of AMAZING! Each of the 31 cakes in this gallery comes with step-by-step instructions on how you can recreate it at home. There’s some serious creativity & resourcefulness going on here!
Pictured at top: Castle cake – featuring ice cream cone turrets…SWEET!
Pictured below: Pirate Ship and Soccer Ball cakes. (The use of Oreo Crisps for the soccer ball is GENIUS!)

This Lion cake design is adorable too… especially the chow-mein noodle “mane”!
More favorites pictured below: Purse Cake with Giant Tootsie Roll handle, Train Birthday Cake – Engine (also check out the entire train cake) ,Ladybug cupcakes, Snake cupcakes, Dump Truck cake, ridiculously clever French Fries cake (toasted pound cake slices with red frosting dip!), Shark cake, and Monkey cake.

Click here for a thumbnail view of all 31 cakes!
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These are SO cool!
Mar 18, 2009 at 8:58 am -
These are so awesome! My son would LOVE that pirate ship one!
Mar 18, 2009 at 9:37 am -
love these! i will have to try one out for my daughter’s 3rd bday.
Mar 18, 2009 at 9:45 am -
these cakes are SO cute!
Mar 18, 2009 at 12:06 pm -
oh my goodness- so cute! Thanks for the heads up about this.
Mar 18, 2009 at 6:25 pm -
Oh my, those cakes look great. I would have a hard time cutting into those.
Mar 19, 2009 at 5:56 am -
Adorable!
Mar 19, 2009 at 7:53 am -
If I was 7 again I would love that castle cake!!!
Mar 19, 2009 at 2:19 pm -
These are all wonderful! Such a timely post as I just blogged about a party for my son where I attempted to make the cake. It was a bit of an embarrassment, to say the least.
*Maybe* after seeing this, I’ll try again.
Mar 19, 2009 at 4:55 pm -
What Beautiful Cakes ! I think i might have to make the purse one for my birthday !
Mar 21, 2009 at 2:07 pm -
These are amazing! I am going to have to try that train cake. My son’s birthday is nearing and he is obsessed with all kinds of trains. This will be a HUGE hit! Thanks for sharing.
Mar 23, 2009 at 1:54 pm -
WOW, what great cakes!!! I love the french fries!
Apr 2, 2009 at 9:10 pm -
These look absolutely amazing! Thanks for the step by step decorating ideas, I can just see kids going nuts over cakes like these coming out at a party.
Apr 3, 2009 at 1:57 am -
Very creative! I like your use of the marshmallows for the flowers. Keep up the great posts…chefRob
Apr 3, 2009 at 9:29 am -
This is cool, but I can’t imagine that the chow mein noodles in the lion one would make the cake taste very good.
Apr 3, 2009 at 12:25 pm -
I was so inspired by this article that I created a promotion on my blog featuring invitations that match the cakes. We are giving away a set of 20 custom printed invitations to the lucky winner who posts their favorite combo on our facebook page. http://www.salutations.com/inspirations-newsletter/
Apr 8, 2009 at 5:39 am -
These are too cute, they’re kinda making me hungry! lol!
Apr 8, 2009 at 9:53 pm -
My little son loves playing Soccer. That soccer cake would be superb for his birthday next month. I love the grass.
Apr 10, 2009 at 7:31 pm -
nice, really nice!
Apr 16, 2009 at 9:37 pm -
Will tell my wife about this site she is going to love it.
Jun 20, 2009 at 3:54 pm
Now that we have lots of our childrens bithdays coming up! -
wow, What a nice looking cake !
Jun 24, 2009 at 3:37 am
It will definitely be a delicious one also. -
These look awesome, but they’d taste horrid
Jun 29, 2009 at 5:36 pm -
ts amizing will try on ma sons birthday
Nov 1, 2009 at 7:02 am -
What amazing ideas!
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