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!
I made this creative cake for my son’s first birthday. I wasn’t sure if I could decorate well enough to make a theme cake so I decided on the number one and his name as the theme. Started this cake with a sheet cake then cut the “one” shape out. I frosted the one with … Read more
This 1st birthday cake was done for a one year old who loves flowers and butterflies. I had done this little girl’s baby shower cake before she was born, so it was a labor of love. This is a two tiered 10″ and 5″ round butter cream chocolate cake with a whipped chocolate ganache filling. … Read more
I made the fruit cake using a traditional Christmas cake recipe weeks before my son’s birthday and kept adding brandy to the baked cake (intended for the adults!!)to keep it moist! I had another cake for the kids! I then covered it in warm apricot jam, allowed to cool then covered in marzipan. Leave for … Read more
Here’s how I made this half and half birthday christening cake. I was asked to do a birthday cake for a 1 year old but to also make a christening cake. I asked for info on what Harry liked and was told he enjoys swimming, trains, ball pools and just toys in general. Well I … Read more
This last minute Mickey mouse cake is a 10 inch white cake frosted in homemade buttercream frosting. I made this for a friend that was doing some tile work for us. To make the number one, all I did was print a one picture off the internet. I cut out the number one, placed it on … Read more
I made this cake for my son’s first birthday cake. We all enjoyed it. It didn’t look perfect but you follow my steps you will see where I made the mistakes. I am positive my next smarties cake is going to be perfect. I always get excited when I make cakes and I run out … Read more
For my daughter’s 1st birthday, I decided to make a cake in the shape of “1” and added block letters on the top of the cake that spelled her name “Ruth.” To do this, I baked 2 9×13 cakes, let them cool, froze them. After I took out the cakes from the freezer, I cut … Read more
I love decorating cakes as a hobby. I was asked by a close friend to make a number one cake for her friend’s baby. This is how I made it: I started by making a grey bear out of half flower paste and half roll out icing. This hardens better and is easier to model … 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