How to make the perfect birthday cake?
- Place softened butter and granulated sugar into stand mixer fitted with the paddle attachment and mix on medium for 1-2 minutes.
- Add milk, oil, vanilla, and eggs and mix on medium for one minute or until ingredients are fully incorporated.
- Place dry ingredients into stand mixer and mix on low until fully combined about 1 minute.
What are the best birthday cakes?
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What is the best birthday cake recipe?
Our 26 Best Homemade Birthday Cakes
- White Mountain Layer Cake with Marshmallow Buttercream. ...
- Strawberry Cake. ...
- New Orleans Doberge Cake. ...
- Swedish “Gooey” Chocolate Cake (Kladdkaka) Chef Magnus Nilsson 's wife likes to serve this beloved Swedish cake, similar to a fudgy American brownie, chilled, but it's just as good piping ...
- Strawberry Lemon Cake. ...
Which cake is perfect for your birthday?
How to Bake the Perfect Birthday Cake
- Getting Started. When it comes to baking a birthday cake, before you start, make sure your oven is preheated to the correct temperature.
- Picking Cake Pans. Now that you have the low-down on how to bake a birthday cake let's talk pans! ...
- Mixing the Batter. ...
- Cooling Tips. ...
- Cake Decorating Bags. ...
- Simple Ways to Decorate a Cake. ...
Air-Fryer Mocha Cupcakes
These luscious air-fryer cupcakes smell wonderful while they cook. If you have the drawer-type air fryer, you'll need to use individual silicone cupcake liners. If you have a bigger air fryer, a 6-cup muffin tin should fit in nicely. —Mary Bilyeu, Ann Arbor, Michigan
Vanilla Frosting
Don't know how to make icing for cake but don't want to settle for store-bought frosting? This four-ingredient easy vanilla...
Almond Custard Cake
This white cake pairs well with all sorts of frostings and fillings, but the chocolate frosting in this recipe is...
Vanilla Cake with Vanilla Buttercream Frosting
Indulge in this layer cake topped with rich buttercream—a vanilla lover's dream. I use pure vanilla extract for the best...
Sour Cream Sugar Cookie Cake
My husband requested a giant sugar cookie for his birthday. I wanted to do something a bit more exciting than...
Layered Yellow Cake with Chocolate Buttercream
This yellow cake will become your go-to recipe for birthdays, but the tender cake with flavorful chocolate buttercream is truly...
Cookie Cake
This oversized cookie cake recipe is so easy and quick that I just might make it instead of traditional cookies...
Confetti Party!
This confetti birthday cake is a guranteed success for any birthday party. Let the festivities begin!
Birthday Cake with Pink Icing
What little girl wouldn't love a yummy birthday cake with hot-pink icing?
Ice Cream Birthday Cake
This awesome cake for a crowd features chocolate cake, two flavors of ice cream, thick layers of fudge sauce, layers of chocolate crunchies and a luscious ganache topping.
Triple-Layer Sour Cream Chocolate Cake
This magnificent cake has three layers of moist, tender chocolate with a hint of cinnamon and a silky chocolate ganache.
Caramel Layer Cake
This impressive cake is encased in a fudge-like caramel frosting. Pastry chef Lisa Donovan adapted it from a recipe by Southern-cooking doyenne Edna Lewis.
Four-Layer Coconut Cake
Coconut oil and toasted ground coconut are baked into the batter of this beautiful cake, which is then layered with bittersweet marmalade and fluffy white frosting.
Milk-Chocolate-Frosted Layer Cake
This cake from pastry chef Karina Gowing is perfection for anyone who loves frosting. The ultracreamy icing, which is almost like a milk-chocolate ganache, gets spread liberally over layers of light, delicate, cocoa-flavored cake.
Crunchy Milk Chocolate-Peanut Butter Layer Cake
The genius of this layer cake is its extraordinarily crunchy filling, made with almonds, salted peanuts, creamy peanut butter, chocolate and Rice Krispies. The silky milk-chocolate ganache frosting almost pushes the recipe over the top.
Brown-Butter Layer Cake
Seattle chef Tom Douglas uses brown butter for an indulgent nutty flavor in this fun twist on a classic white cake.
Buttermilk-Lime Mini Cakes with Vanilla-Mascarpone Buttercream
Recipe: Buttermilk-Lime Mini Cakes with Vanilla-Mascarpone Buttercream
Cream Soda Confetti Sheet Cake with Strawberry-Sour Cream Buttercream
Recipe: Cream Soda Confetti Sheet Cake with Strawberry-Sour Cream Buttercream
Coconut Chiffon Cake
No cake is more worthy of a celebration than this elegant vintage confection.
Blueberry Mini Cheesecakes
Summer birthday? Celebrate with petite cheesecakes that make the most of fresh blueberries.
Heavenly Angel Food Cake
There's nothing more divine than a fluffy, light-as-air slice of angel food cake.
Reese's Cake
If your birthday boy or girl can't resist a Reese's at the checkout line, this beyond-decadent Bundt cake will seem too good to be true.
Strawberry-Lemonade Cake
Dive into refreshing layers of strawberry-lemonade cake that's perfect for a springtime birthday.
Birthdays Only Come Once a Year Make Them Count
With thousands of ways to create a custom ice cream birthday cake, how will you customize yours?
Made to Make Their Day
These themed birthday cakes are perfect for pint-sized ice cream lovers.
Add a Little Fudge Crunch
Our fudge crunch cakes feature a fudge-and-chocolate-crunchies center, sandwiched between vanilla and chocolate ice cream.
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