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 this first birthday cake I started with a half sheet of marble cake, froze the cake overnight to make cutting it out easier. Then I drew a quick paper pattern of a large number “one” that used up most of the cake and layed it onto the cake. Next I cut the cake in … Read more
When my son turned 1 year old, I wanted to make him a special 1st Birthday Cake that featured the number 1. I baked a 12×18 sheet cake, then cut out the sides to make a big number one. I frosted the number one white using buttercream frosting, then took those cake pieces that I … Read more
I had made Winnie the Pooh cake for my three year old daughter and that inspired me to make another cake for my second daughter’s first birthday. I had no idea what exactly to do. I came to this site and had a look. Got few ideas and came up to this Homemade 1st Birthday … Read more
The N0. 1 is about 45cm long (I had to cut the cake according to the shape). Animal and sleeping baby: I saw a picture of a creative cake like this and tried to make them in icing with a 3D effect. Border: Free hand design with royal icing.
I made this cake for my son’s first birthday. I used a rainbow bit cake mix and fondant. I first made a cake out of the number 1 cake pan and covered it in fondant. I then cut circles and frogs out of the fondant with cookie cutters. Next, I made a large slab cake … Read more
I decided to make this First Birthday Cake for my daughter after looking through all of the talented “first birthday cakes” posted on this website! I would try my hand at baking a cake that matched her pink party napkin & plate set. I first baked a large sheet cake and frosted it with store-bought … Read more
I made this white 1st Birthday cake for my niece. I used my usual white cake (secret!!) recipe that I won’t even give my family, but they all love it. I made two 9×13″ slabs, left the bottom layer whole (to get more servings out of it) and shaped the top layer into the “1”. … Read more
I came up with this creative cake idea for my niece on her first birthday! Since my Sister-in-law had invited all of the family, the cake needed to be pretty large to feed everyone. The idea for this creative cake came from the party invitations, which had a giant #1 on them and were surrounded … Read more
I got the idea from the first birthday cake section’ on this website, and its the ‘My 1st birthday’ party kit. The recipe is a chiffon chocolate cake, baked in an ordinary rectangle pan. I then made butter icing and coloured it the two different shades of pink. The light pink center part was outlined … Read more
I made this First Birthday Cake for my granddaughter’s first birthday. I used 1/2 sheet cake pan and carved the cake myself. I attached the leftover cake at the bottom to create the “legs” of the 1. It was marble cake. For the heart I used a 6″ cake ring and used white cake. The … Read more
I made this 1st Birthday Cake from the “Hugs and Stitches” pattern from my daughter’s first birthday plates and napkins. The base is 2- 8″ rounds and the top is a 6″ round. I covered the bottom in pink fondant and then made the butterflies and flowers from fondant. Then the top I divided into … Read more
I got the idea for this creative cake for my Granddaughters first birthday from the napkins and party supplies my daughter purchased. I used food color markers and traced the images on to rice paper. I baked the cake according to package directions. I then iced the green, purple, and yellow patches on the top … Read more