30 creative birthday cake ideas your kids will love

Strawberry pink flamingo cake! This cake is perfect for a girls pink themed birthday party, plus the strawberry’s add a fresh fruit appeal.

Recycling lolly truck cake for the Chief of recycling! Use bottle lollies to keep with the recycle theme, but you can use mixed lollies, if you prefer.

Made famous in our ever popular Women’s Weekly Birthday Cake book, the ladybird birthday cake is surprisingly easy to decorate, and looks marvellous.

Peacock pomp and pageantry. Fan that tail! Make as many lolly skewers as there are children at the party so they can each have their own part of the peacock tail.

Thrill your child on their birthday with this gorgeous hot-pink dragon cake.

Welcome to Candy Land. A little candy princess must have her very own Candy Land to live. And this cake certainly fits the bill.

Celebrate your child turning four with this awesome birthday cake for car lovers.

Recipe from The Australian Women’s Weekly Children’s Birthday Cake Book

This adorable princess birthday cake is perfect for kids who love all things pretty and pink.

Delight your child with this gorgeous (and easy) orange birthday cake.

This cute and colourful birthday cake is perfect for young adventurers and little ones that love the outdoors.

This cute snail cake is perfect for a kids’ birthday party at home or school – your children will love the cute little bugs.

Little tennis lovers will rejoice in this delicious and impressive birthday cake.

This Hansel and Gretel inspired, magic forest house cake is a fun one to get the kids involved. They can get creative and decorate the house with all the lollies.

This birthday cake is perfect for the little girl who dreams of having her very own pony

Hold on tight, we’re taking flight! This cake decoration is perfect for a Alice in Wonderland themed birthday party, or a infant’s nursery rhyme birthday party.

Brave knights defend the realm! This waffle cone castle cake is perfect for any birthday knights, and kingdom themed birthday parties.

Lord of the Rings-inspired hobbit house birthday cake! Make this birthday cake for any Lord of the Rings enthusiasts, and Hobbit fans of Sam, Frodo, Pippin and Merry.

When I grow up I want to be a astronaut! This moon ice-cream cake is a out-of-this-world alternative to sponge birthday cake.

When I grow up I want to be a doctor! This cake is fun and interactive with the blue M&M pills and stethoscope made out of licorice. Great fun for little doctors and nurses!

What’s inside the magicians hat? Abracadabra the rabbit! This cake is perfect for little magicians and magic themed birthday parties.

This summer themed cake is perfect for poolside birthday parties.

Surf’s up little dude! This summer birthday cake is perfect for beach bums and surfer dudes.

This fun and playful crocodile cake not only tastes delicious but is super fun to look at – perfect for a little kid’s birthday party!

Wheels on the bus go round and round! This yellow bus birthday cake is perfect for little toy car enthusiasts. Honk honk!

This fun construction-site themed birthday cake is great for young children who love getting messy and playing with trucks.

Celebrate eight with this gorgeous yellow birthday cake decorated with edible orange flowers.

Word play Happy Birthday! Write a message to the birthday child, or write all the names of the guests. You could even play a game and the guests can make words from the letters you create!

12-hole (¹/³-cup/80ml)standard muffin pan 11 purple standard muffin paper cases 7cm (2¾-inch) round fluted cutter 3.5cm (1½-inch) round cutter 40cm x 50cm (16-inch x20-inch) rectangular cake board (page 68) You’ll have 1 cup of the cake mixture left over; use to make extra cakes for the party. Use any themed scrapbooking stickers you like. Note

Ready for first day of school? This birthday cake is perfect for a child’s 5th birthday party.