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Birthday Cake Recipes

From chocolate or white cake to lemon and carrot cake, you'll find dozens of the best birthday cake recipes, just waiting to be decorated.

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Rainbow Citrus Cake Recipe - This tri-colored cake has a lemon layer, lime layer, and an orange layer. The filling is a lemon curd and the frosting is orange.

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Rainbow Citrus Cake

This tri-colored cake has a lemon layer, lime layer, and an orange layer. The filling is a lemon curd and the frosting is orange.

By HILARY2000

One - Two - Three - Four Cake II Recipe - One cup butter, two cups sugar, 3 cups flour, and four eggs are the main ingredients in this classic yellow layer cake.

One - Two - Three - Four Cake II

One cup butter, two cups sugar, 3 cups flour, and four eggs are the main ingredients in this classic yellow layer cake.

By Janice

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Rick's Special Buttercream Frosting Recipe - Use this recipe to get an ideal buttercream for frosting and borders on cakes, cupcakes, or even cookies.

Rick's Special Buttercream Frosting

Use this recipe to get an ideal buttercream for frosting and borders on cakes, cupcakes, or even cookies.

By Rick Mazzuca

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Rainbow Pinata Cake Recipe - Watch guests' faces light up as you cut into this rainbow-colored four-layer cake filled with candies and sprinkles like a pinata.

Rainbow Pinata Cake

Watch guests' faces light up as you cut into this rainbow-colored four-layer cake filled with candies and sprinkles like a pinata.

By Sally's Baking Addiction

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Mine Craft Creeper Cake Recipe and Video - Wow kids at the next birthday party with this chocolate cake decorated with green Marzipan squares to look like a Minecraft Creeper.

Mine Craft Creeper Cake

Wow kids at the next birthday party with this chocolate cake decorated with green Marzipan squares to look like a Minecraft Creeper.

By Magda

Happy Birthday Cake Recipe - This classic yellow butter cake can be baked in three layers or one 9x13-inch pan.

Happy Birthday Cake

This classic yellow butter cake can be baked in three layers or one 9x13-inch pan.

By Carol

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Aunt Kate's Strawberry Cake Recipe - This strawberry cake gets strawberry flavor in the batter and in the frosting by using mashed fresh strawberries. It is the perfect cake for any special occasion.

Aunt Kate's Strawberry Cake

This strawberry cake gets strawberry flavor in the batter and in the frosting by using mashed fresh strawberries. It is the perfect cake for any special occasion.

By Drea217

Coffee Cake. Literally. Recipe - Not a traditional coffee cake, but a nice layer cake that's flavored with coffee. There's a light, fluffy coffee frosting too. Make one for the coffee lover in your life.

Coffee Cake. Literally.

Not a traditional coffee cake, but a nice layer cake that's flavored with coffee. There's a light, fluffy coffee frosting too. Make one for the coffee lover in your life.

By ern

Fudge Layer Cake Recipe - This decadent cake is creamy-smooth and buttery. It literally melts in your mouth and leaves you swooning for more!

Fudge Layer Cake

This decadent cake is creamy-smooth and buttery. It literally melts in your mouth and leaves you swooning for more!

By Lisa

One Bowl Chocolate Cake III Recipe and Video - This is a rich and moist chocolate cake. It only takes a few minutes to prepare the batter. Frost with your favorite chocolate frosting.

One Bowl Chocolate Cake III

This is a rich and moist chocolate cake. It only takes a few minutes to prepare the batter. Frost with your favorite chocolate frosting.

By shirleyo

Extreme Chocolate Cake Recipe and Video - A rich moist chocolate cake with a chocolate buttercream icing. This is the best cake in the world!

Extreme Chocolate Cake

A rich moist chocolate cake with a chocolate buttercream icing. This is the best cake in the world!

By RACH56

Strawberry Cake from Scratch Recipe and Video - It is hard to find scratch strawberry cakes, so this one is worth it weight in gold to me as a caterer. Frost with cream cheese or vanilla frosting - or for a treat, use a chocolate glaze!

Strawberry Cake from Scratch

It is hard to find scratch strawberry cakes, so this one is worth it weight in gold to me as a caterer. Frost with cream cheese or vanilla frosting - or for a treat, use a chocolate glaze!

By GothicGirl

Heavenly White Cake Recipe and Video - Cake flour, butter, egg whites, and milk are mixed with vanilla and almond extracts in this classic white cake recipe.

Heavenly White Cake

Cake flour, butter, egg whites, and milk are mixed with vanilla and almond extracts in this classic white cake recipe.

By Carol

Garbanzo Bean Chocolate Cake (Gluten Free!) Recipe and Video - A very good high-protein alternative to flourless chocolate cake. Give it a try!

Garbanzo Bean Chocolate Cake (Gluten Free!)

A very good high-protein alternative to flourless chocolate cake. Give it a try!

By CCUMMINS

White Almond Wedding Cake Recipe and Video - Start with a white cake mix, and add sour cream and almond flavoring to make a quick, moist cake that's ready for your decorating touches.

White Almond Wedding Cake

Start with a white cake mix, and add sour cream and almond flavoring to make a quick, moist cake that's ready for your decorating touches.

By CUPYCAKESMURF

Texas Sheet Cake V Recipe and Video - A moist and delicious chocolate cake made in a jellyroll pan, covered with chocolate frosting and walnuts.

Texas Sheet Cake V

A moist and delicious chocolate cake made in a jellyroll pan, covered with chocolate frosting and walnuts.

By Carolyn Herbert

Red Velvet Cake Recipe and Video - This classic red velvet layer cake is made tender with buttermilk. It's topped with a fluffy cooked white icing.

Red Velvet Cake

This classic red velvet layer cake is made tender with buttermilk. It's topped with a fluffy cooked white icing.

By Eleanor Johnson

White Texas Sheet Cake Recipe and Video - This cake is good to make a day ahead, and is very popular at potlucks.

White Texas Sheet Cake

This cake is good to make a day ahead, and is very popular at potlucks.

By Diane Kester

Red Velvet Cake IV Recipe - The classic red cake with a white chocolate cream cheese icing.

Red Velvet Cake IV

The classic red cake with a white chocolate cream cheese icing.

By PAL

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Rainbow Clown Cake Recipe - Gel or paste food colorings are the secret to the

Rainbow Clown Cake

Gel or paste food colorings are the secret to the "tie-dyed" effect in this colorful cake mix cake.

By lovestohost

Italian Creme Layer Cake Recipe - This moist cake is topped with coconut and pecans for a delicious and elegant dessert.

Italian Creme Layer Cake

This moist cake is topped with coconut and pecans for a delicious and elegant dessert.

By Barbara

Simple 'N' Delicious Chocolate Cake Recipe - A very simple-to-make chocolate cake recipe that also makes a dozen rich chocolaty cupcakes.

Simple 'N' Delicious Chocolate Cake

A very simple-to-make chocolate cake recipe that also makes a dozen rich chocolaty cupcakes.

By J. Miller

Frog Cupcakes Recipe and Video -

Frog Cupcakes

"These frog-faced cupcakes are fun and easy to make for a child's birthday."

By kymama

Coconut Cake IV Recipe - Coconut extract, flaked coconut, and buttermilk flavor this moist butter cake.

Coconut Cake IV

Coconut extract, flaked coconut, and buttermilk flavor this moist butter cake.

By dannis

Green Tea Layer Cake Recipe - This is a light and moist cake that is not too sweet and has a refreshing green tea fragrance.

Green Tea Layer Cake

This is a light and moist cake that is not too sweet and has a refreshing green tea fragrance.

By TIRAMISUKI

Chocolate-Covered OREO Cookie Cake Recipe - Be warned: According to readers, if you serve this delectable treat as a birthday cake, you'll be starting a tradition. One that's going to be tough to break.

Chocolate-Covered OREO Cookie Cake

Be warned: According to readers, if you serve this delectable treat as a birthday cake, you'll be starting a tradition. One that's going to be tough to break.

By Philadelphia

Guinness(R) and Chocolate Cheesecake Recipe and Video - This rich chocolate cheesecake is accented with everyone's favorite Irish stout beer: Guinness. The recipe even includes instructions for decorating with chocolate clovers.

Guinness® and Chocolate Cheesecake

This rich chocolate cheesecake is accented with everyone's favorite Irish stout beer: Guinness. The recipe even includes instructions for decorating with chocolate clovers.

By M. Wassenaar

Crazy Chocolate Cake Recipe - My sisters and I always requested this cake for our birthdays. Now, my daughters ask for it for their birthdays!

Crazy Chocolate Cake

My sisters and I always requested this cake for our birthdays. Now, my daughters ask for it for their birthdays!

By Judy and Amanda