Cupcakes Birthday Age Cake

Cupcakes Birthday Age Cake

If you’re entertaining party guests and want a quick way of dividing up the cake for party bags, then you don’t get much simpler than a cupcake pull apart cake. Comprising many cupcakes shaped to the age number of the birthday girl, it’s easy to see why these cakes are so popular.  Recipe here

Princess Castle Cake

Princess Castle Cake

Parents of daughters everywhere will at some point attempt to create a fairytale princess castle out of sponge. It’s a rite of passage. However, it needn’t be as complicated as you may fear, with this easy-to-follow recipefrom BBC Good Food.  

 

Princess Doll Cake

Princess Doll Cake

Younger girls who spend much of their time twirling around dressed as their favourite princess will love a princess doll cake. The cake comprises the doll’s skirt and the method can be used for any Disney princess or Barbie. Instruction video here.

Character Cakes

Character Cakes

You’re unlikely to be able to avoid the demands for a specific character-themed cake at some point. However, before you start panicking about creating sculptures out of moulding icing, get creative with a small set of figures. Whether your daughter is into Peppa Pig or a Disney Princess, The Care Bears or Trolls, mini-figures will be your shortcut to a show-stopping cake without the tears.   

Stunning Butterfly Cake

Stunning Butterfly Cake

If you’re pressed for time, don’t be too proud to make use of a ready-made cake mix. Children are far less discerning than adults when it comes to the quality of the baking. Nonetheless, this butterfly cake is great for using packet cake or homemade, and is a simple and effective way of giving your little girl the cake of her dreams.  Find instructions here. 

Rainbow Layers Cake

Rainbow Layers Cake

A 21st Century girl’s birthday memories won’t be complete without at least one rainbow layer cake in there somewhere. Don’t panic, you can make and freeze layers in advance, and it’s actually an easy way of getting the wow factor without too much skill involved. For wonderful bright colours, we recommend using colouring gels such as Wilton’s, available online from Hobbycraft and Lakeland as well as from some larger supermarkets. Find the instruction video here.