Take a look at these cool homemade Number One 1st Birthday cakes shared with us by cake decorators from around the world. Along with the birthday cakes here, you’ll also find loads DIY birthday cake-making ideas and how-to tips to inspire your next birthday cake project. Enjoy!
For my little girl’s first birthday, I wanted a pink and brown polka dot cake. I love tiered cakes, so make a layered cake using basic square pans and stacking them. I used sugared flowers to add some color around the edges. You have to make sure to use columns or inserts for support between … Read more
I made this No.1 birthday cake for my daughter’s birthday. It was my first attempt at using fondant icing and the result was fantastic. I hired the No.1 tin from the local cake decorating shop and used a Madeira cake mix also purchased from store. I baked the cake on Tuesday ready to be decorated … Read more
I was inspired to make this Homemade First Birthday Cake and Smash Cake from looking at others on this website, and I got a lot of useful tips from here and elsewhere on the internet. As suggested by another parent, I made two 9X13 sheet cakes (chocolate for the bottom, white for the top) and … Read more
My best friend Rachel came to town and wanted to throw her baby daughter, London, a nice big first birthday party. She was going to either buy or make a cake, she just couldn’t decide what to do, so I said I would make a Number One Birthday Cake. We went to the local store … Read more
My aunt and I made this First Birthday Cake for my son Aden’s 1st birthday. He loves In the Night Garden and since no bakery around here did these cakes we decided to make it on our own. I baked a white and a chocolate cake mix in two 9×13 pans. I let them cool … Read more
I got the idea for this Boy’s 1st Birthday Cake from this website. I thought it was a very fun and creative idea for my son’s 1st Birthday cake. I used 2 boxes of funfetti cake mix and baked the cake in a large 12×18 sheet cake pan. I baked the cake the day before … Read more
I bake a 14inch square cake and covered it in white homemade icing for this Number 1 Cake. I followed the recipe in the Wilton book. I drew circles in red, blue, orange, and green over the cake. I also wrote Happy Birthday on it. I baked another cake using the #1 Wilton pan. I … Read more
I made this First Birthday Cake for my daughter as I’m bias towards first birthdays having to be a number 1 cake! I wanted to use yellow as it’s such a gorgeous colour for a little girl. I did a buttercream icing and kept it ‘kid friendly’ by only adding 1 drop of yellow food … Read more
The #1 on this first birthday cake is actually a candy plaque molded in the Wilton 1 pan. To begin you will need to melt 2 packages of wafer candy (either using pre-colored yellow wafers or color using white candy and candy* color) in microwave starting with 1 minute and stirring and microwaving at 30 … Read more
Again wanting a Number One Birthday Cake for my third child’s birthday. I created a shape for the number using packet mix x2. Then I used ganache to cover the cake and take out any imperfections for the fondant to go over the top. I coloured 2/3 of the fondant icing leaf green and the … Read more
This first birthday cake was made with a chocolate packet mix (x2) in 2 square pans. When I started to cut and put together I decided it wasn’t high enough so I made 2 more cakes, this time vanilla. I cut out the number one and stuck it all together with Betty Crocker Chocolate frosting. … Read more
I made this first birthday cake for my friend’s daughter’s 1st birthday. She wanted a no. 1 shaped cake decorated with flowers and butterflies and I managed to find one exactly as she wanted it on-line. I’d never made a shaped cake before so I was a bit nervous. So I made the no. 1 … Read more