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    Birthday Cake Recipes

    We’re bringing you the best birthday cake recipes, baking tips and decorating advice you could wish for. With easy guides to classic cakes like chocolate and vanilla to zany cupcake ideas the kids will adore, you’ll make this trip around the sun the greatest one yet.

    Vanilla Cake with Vanilla Buttercream Frosting

    Indulge in this layer cake topped with rich buttercream—a vanilla lover's dream. I use pure vanilla extract for the best flavor. —Michelle Dorsey, Wilmington, Delaware

    Vanilla Frosting

    Don’t know how to make icing for cake but don’t want to settle for store-bought...

    Sugar Cookie Cake with Sour Cream Frosting

    My husband requested a giant sugar cookie for his birthday. I wanted to do something...

    Layered Yellow Cake with Chocolate Buttercream

    This yellow cake will become your go-to recipe for birthdays, but the tender cake with...

    Cookie Cake

    This oversized cookie cake recipe is so easy and quick that I just might make...
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    How to Make a Pull-Apart Cupcake Cake

    Learn how to make a pull-apart cupcake cake in not just one, but FOUR adorable...

    30 Fall Birthday Cakes You’ll Love

    Celebrate your special day and the season with these fall birthday cake ideas. We have...

    The Best Vegan Birthday Cake Recipe

    Looking for a quick and easy vegan birthday cake recipe? This moist, fluffy vanilla cake...

    The Best Cakes for Summer Birthdays

    Summer babies, it's your time to celebrate! Blow out the candles on these birthday cake...
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    The Ultimate Guide to Birthday Cake

    Break out the candles! This guide contains our best birthday cake recipes, tips and decorating...

    15 Crazy Fun Confetti Treats

    Toss some sprinkles into the mix, and any dessert's a party. Here, home cooks share...
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    32 Quick and Easy Birthday Cake Recipes

    Need to make a birthday cake in a pinch? We've got plenty of festive and...

    How to Make the Best Chocolate Birthday Cake from Scratch

    Time to blow out the candles on our favorite chocolate birthday cake recipe. We'll walk...
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    Our Top Birthday Cake Recipes

    Blow out the candles and make a wish. These top-rated birthday cake recipes, from fudgy...

    21 Super Cute Kids’ Birthday Cake Ideas

    Need kids birthday cake ideas? You don't need to make it complicated (unless you want...

    Confetti Birthday Cake with Chocolate Buttercream

    This is a moist confetti cake with lots of sprinkles and a whipped chocolate buttercream....

    Pineapple RumChata Shortcakes

    This deliciously different dessert is made in the slow cooker instead of the oven. When...

    Homemade Confetti Cake

    This is a moist and fluffy vanilla cake with lots of sprinkles and a whipped...

    Coconut-Lemon Ice Cream Cake

    This lemon ice cream cake is a cool treat my family loves anytime, but we...

    Vegan Chocolate Cupcakes

    These indulgent vegan chocolate cupcakes have no butter, eggs or dairy milk, but you'd never...

    Vegan Vanilla Cupcakes

    We love using this simple vegan vanilla cupcake recipe as a base to layer on...

    Oreo Cupcakes with Cookies and Cream Frosting

    Kids and adults alike will find these Oreo cupcakes irresistible. If you want to pipe...
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    Best Vanilla Cake

    There's a reason this vanilla cake recipe is the best. Adding creamy vanilla bean paste...