There will always be your first decorated birthday cake. It may be a little slanted, it may take you all night and it might not be exactly how you envisioned it. But from now on, you are officially a cake decorator.

The good news is that the more cakes you make, the better your cake decorating will become. Intimidated by icing? Frightened by fondant? You will learn all the tips you need to create your masterpiece and feel confident in your carving. Pro tip: it’s always the first cut that is the hardest to make.

In addition, the thousands of birthday cake ideas and instructions on this site will give you the boost and inspiration you need to take you to the next level of decorating. Whether you have been at it for seven months or seven years, this site will provide you with all the inspiration you need. You don’t have to be a professional birthday cake maker in order to create amazing homemade birthday cakes.

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You don’t have to be a professional cake maker in order to create amazing homemade birthday cakes. If you’ve got the motivation to create your own birthday cakes, this site will provide you with all the inspiration you need.

On this site you’ll find thousands of homemade birthday cake ideas, cake photos, preparation tips, recipes, frosting techniques, and every imaginable “slice” of information to help you create your own cool birthday cakes. Just clear your mind and let your fingers lead the way. In no time you’ll be skipping from one homemade cake idea to the next. Making notes. Dreaming up your own adaptations.

As visitors continue to submit new cakes, we continue to create new sub-categories. It’s all manually done! Each and every cake submitted to the site is manually reviewed and added to the correct category. It’s a whole lot of work, but it ensures that only high-quality content gets onto the site, saving you the time of having to sift for gems.