Take a look at these cool homemade Numbers 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 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 made this Mario 5th Birthday Cake for my son’s birthday. I baked 2 trays of 9×13 inch cake. Put them together with some jam and iced the sides of the cake using Wilton green color paste. I iced the top with the Wilton grass tip for the grass effect. I made the number 5 … Read more
My sister-in-law asked me to make an “85” cake for my mother-in-law’s birthday. This is what I came up with. I used an 11×15 sheet cake pan that had 1 white cake mix and 1 chocolate cake mix swirled together to make a marble cake. I found number templates online that I printed and cut … Read more
A close friend called me and requested for a cake for her Dad’s 70th with a sailor theme. She also wanted the number 70. The pictures I saw on the internet didn’t seem to inspire me much when suddenly I thought of how much she and the whole family adored her Dad, and only one … Read more
This ‘Adam is 2’ Birthday Cake is one chocolate cake, on top of a vanilla cake,(strawberry jam and fresh double cream in the middle) and another chocolate cake on top (the 2) fresh double cream in between. Then covered in fondant (sugar paste) that I colored myself at home, then decorated with cream and 100’s … Read more
My husband turned 40 recently and I wanted to surprise him with a big cake for his surprise party. I ordered two cake pans from The Lakeside Collection that allows you to make any number or letter, by rearranging the separator blocks. I used these pans to bake two number 4’s and two number 0’s. … Read more
I made this M&M Second Birthday Cake for my nephew’s 2nd Birthday. I made two 9×13 cakes, one for the base and the other to carve the number two out of. I also used food coloring to make the blue frosting and decorated with M&M’s. To make the two I just drew one on some … Read more
My daughter wanted a number 10 cake for her birthday this year, so I tried to come up with something a little bit more imaginative than just the number sitting on a board – and she loved this 10th Birthday Cake. I made three cakes for this. One normal slab cake for the bottom and … Read more
I wanted to do something special for my son’s 10th birthday. I also wanted something that would be easy and fun. I thought cupcakes are always fun for the kids. I made 2 box cake mix one chocolate and one white. It took 26 cupcakes to make the 10. I wanted to decorate them all … Read more
This 50th birthday cake was my very first BIG cake that I offered to make for an uncle’s birthday party. I used a 12×8 oblong tin 4 times to double up the 2 cakes. I then cut the numbers out by hand after leaving cakes to chill overnight in fridge. I used a basic Madeira … Read more
I baked this 50th cake for my husband who was 50 on 1st Jan. I started by baking two 9” x 13” sponge cakes, these were then left to cool, and then filled with jam and butter cream. I then cut out a template in card to resemble a 50 but where the 5 and … Read more