30 Kid-Friendly Birthday Cake Recipes for Your Next Celebration

Enjoy our remake of classic boxed Funfetti mix with this cheery recipe made with homemade sprinkles. After all, it's a birthday party, so why not go all out?

For a natural pink hue and sweet-tart flavor, puréed strawberries are mixed into the buttercream that adorns this lofty three-layer cake.

This simple, kid-friendly cake recipe starts with a basic yellow cake, which is topped with the fudgiest buttercream made from semisweet chocolate, heavy cream, corn syrup, and unsalted butter.

Celebrate a birthday with this light and airy cake that pairs three coconut-based ingredients—coconut oil, unsweetened coconut flakes, and coconut milk—for a sweet bite. Bonus: It's gluten-free!

Nothing says "birthday party" quite like a cake covered in colorful sprinkles. If that's not festive enough for you, we mixed sprinkles into the cake batter, too.

Whether you're a chocolate lover, have a summer birthday, or both, this recipe is for you. Buttermilk helps to keep the cake super moist while a white chocolate ganache offsets the richness of chocolate cake and chocolate ice cream.

A combination of ground freeze-dried strawberries and fresh strawberries—plus, pink gel-paste food coloring—add fruity flavor and a pink hue to the strawberry swirl in this eye-catching Bundt cake recipe.

Can't decide between baking a cake and cupcakes for a birthday party? How about this creative recipe? Arrange cupcakes in a neat rectangle and spread an even layer of buttercream and fresh berries on top, which gives the appearance of a sheet cake.

What's black and white and sweet all over? This moist sheet cake recipe is perfect for serving to a crowd at a birthday party.

If you've never baked a birthday cake from scratch, start with this basic recipe—a simple, but spectacular yellow cake that has a fine crumb thanks to cake flour, whipped egg whites, and buttermilk.

Here's a birthday cake that will be safe for vegans or anyone with a dairy allergy to eat. A thick, fluffy chocolate icing is spread between two layers of chocolate cake. But we don't stop there—top it off with a decadent chocolate ganache that's vegan, too!

This pretty-in-pink birthday cake is just the thing for a celebration. Each layer is filled with strawberry jam, and then the whole thing is topped with a light pink Swiss Meringue Buttercream piped into delicate ruffles.

For a springtime soirée, look no further than this elegant lemon-infused cake that's topped with a brightly flavored buttercream featuring a duo of lime zest, lime juice, and lemon juice.

The cover star of Martha Stewart's Cake Perfection, this dramatic chocolate and vanilla cake is sure to please everyone.

Chocolate and mint are one of the richest and most refreshing combinations—here, they take the form of an epic ice cream cake that's just the thing to serve at a summer birthday party.

The best part of this birthday cake recipe is that you can completely customize it based on your favorite ice cream flavors. We layered pistachio gelato, vanilla ice cream, and strawberry ice cream but feel free to choose whatever you or your kids like.

We can't think of a better cake for a spring birthday than carrot cake, and this version is about as good as it gets. The cake is spiced with ground cinnamon, ground ginger, and freshly grated nutmeg, then topped with a rich white chocolate-cream cheese frosting.

Want to know the secret to a light and fluffy cake? Cake flour, which has a lower protein count than all-purpose flour, is what gives this treat such a fine crumb. The rich chocolate flavor is accentuated with instant espresso powder.

German chocolate cake is characterized by its inclusion of pecans and shredded coconut, which add texture and complex—but oh, so irresistible—flavor to this birthday cake recipe.

For a birthday that falls during autumn, we can't think of a more appropriate—and delicious—cake than this one. It's the perfect way to use up the bounty of freshly picked apples from the orchard.

Truly as sweet as cherry pie, this ice cream cake—made with a duo of vanilla ice cream and cherry ice cream—is studded with fresh cherries, raspberries, and blackberries.

Streaks of pink, yellow, and orange food coloring create a vivid ombré hue atop this sheet cake. Feel free to choose other colors (think blue and purple or green and yellow) based on what the birthday girl or boy loves!

A birthday is a special day so serve an extra special dessert. A homemade blondie serves as the base for this ice cream cake recipe and more blondie pieces are folded into softened vanilla ice cream. Of course, no ice cream cake is complete without hot fudge sauce and this cake has lots of it.

Who wants a slice of this super-smart sheet cake that is perfect for serving on your little one's birthday?

There is lemon zest in the cake and the sweetened glaze of this bright and sunny birthday cake recipe.

Your family and friends will adore this innovative dessert that marries a traditional banana split sundae with a vanilla sheet cake.

Give this birthday cake recipe a festive twist by intricately decorating it with Swiss Meringue Buttercream and colorful gumdrops.

Swirls and twirls of multiple hues of purple frosting—plus blackberries and blueberries—create an absolutely stunning exterior on this triple-layer cake recipe that's perfect for a special birthday.

Go under the sea with this dessert. Your little ones will adore this clever birthday cake shaped and decorated like a fish with buttercream and candy.

Elevate a classic yellow birthday cake recipe with a rich, homemade buttercream. Don't forget the candles!