The most important kid birthday cake idea is choosing a cake concept which fits with your party theme. You can start with a simple sheet cake topped with small toys or figures, or piece the cake itself to form a unique design.
For example, a Construction Party cake could be topped with tiny toy dumptrucks and bulldozers pushing a chocolate chip mountain. Or, the cake itself could be cut, pieced and frosted to look like a dump truck.
For a Train Party, set a miniature choo-choo train on licorice tracks atop your cake, or line up several brightly colored frosted loaf cakes to form train cars.
For a Luau party, a simple round or sheet cake can be festooned with a silk flower lei, or form a string of cupcakes in a circle and adorn each one with silk or frosting flowers. Connect with a licorice string to make a cupcake "lei".
Baking cakes in an oven-safe glass bowl or in this special 3D sports ball pan is great for making any kind of perfectly round ball cake, or the dress part of a Barbie doll cake. This wonder mold cake pan makes small single serving doll cakes and other cute creations!
Think of the design you'd like to make and what shapes you need to make it - round, sheet, loaf, cupcakes, or a combination.
Peruse cake decorating books for a kid birthday cake idea which fits your needs. Many books provide templates for cutting and piecing cakes to create any number of popular designs. You decide just how simple or challenging your cake will be.
For a no-fuss kid birthday cake idea, apply an edible cake art image to the top of a frosted cake. Many popular themes and copyrighted images such as Disney are available to provide a professional looking cake design.
