16 Best Birthday Cake Recipes

Birthday cakes are the best. Is there anything that feels – or tastes – more celebratory and indulgent than a multilayered confection topped with a crown of flickering candles? For me, they also taste like love: every year since I can remember, my mom has taken requests to make whatever cake I want, and they’ve ranged from a summery ice cream cake to a classic italian cream… and one year, I even convinced her to make a huge trifle dish of banana pudding with candles stuck in the top. Oh, did I mention that today’s my birthday? The big 3-1! Kind of a boring one, but still… thought it was the perfect time to round-up the prettiest birthday cakes on the web that I’ve been pinning and filing away to make for friends’ upcoming fêtes. Because if there’s one day of the year that even the most health-conscious among us should eat dessert, it’s your birthday. Click through for the mouthwatering recipes…

Orange Sherbet Cake from designlovefest

Classic Ice Cream Cake from Kinfolk

Watercolor Almond Cake from My Name Is Yeh

Neopolitan Mini Cakes from Style Sweet CA

Birthday Cookie Cake from Chasing Delicious

Honey Citrus Cake by Bakers Royale

Rainbow Layer Cake by Made From Scratch

Chocolate Peanut Butter Sprinkle Cake from My Name is Yeh

Chocolate Cake with Caramel Buttercream Frosting from Call Me Cupcake

Crystallized White Rose Cake from Butter And Brioche

Pomegranate Citrus Meringue Cake by Hummingbird High

Birthday Pancake Cake from The House That Lars Built

Pistachio Layer Cake from Sweet Paul

Sugar & Spice Delight Cake by Sweetapolita

Chocolate and Espresso Cake from This Is A Sweet Blog

Pretty Pastel Petal Cake from Coco Cake Land