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8 Terrific Toddler Birthday Cake Ideas

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Cat Birthday Cake

Find the perfect cake to make to tickle any toddler's fancy! Today, we've got the scoop on the sweetest toddler birthday cake ideas, guaranteed to blow the minds of kiddos and adults alike. From gravity-defying cakes created with fondant and modeling chocolate, to fancy frilly buttercream beauties, we've covered it all in this unforgettable roundup. Come see for yourself!


The Prettiest Trend of the Year: Delicate Rice Paper Cake Designs

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Have you fallen in love with the hottest (and prettiest) trend in the cake decorating world: wafer paper? Edible flowers made from delicate wafer paper (also known as rice paper) provide an ethereal touch to even the darkest cakes. Get inspired by this enchanting technique with this collection of lovely wafer-paper cakes.

9 Perfectly Pretty Cake Stencil Designs

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Pink and Blue Paisley Stenciled Cake

There are so many incredible cake stencil designs out there, and several ways to apply them. From royal icing to buttercream to hand painted, check out some of these tips and tricks of the trade.

Sweet Paint Job: The Art of Painted Cakes

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Cake Power Tie Dye Cake - Craftsy.com

. Expand your cake decorating techniques while exploring your inner artist. Fondant is the perfect canvas for creating stunning hand-painted cakes. Find inspiration from these gorgeous hand-painted cakes, worthy of a spot in the MoMA.

Rose to the Occasion: How to Pipe Buttercream Flowers

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Pink Rose CupcakesSpring has officially sprung -- goodbye winter coats, hello sunshine! Flowers are blooming not only in our gardens and in the wild, but cake lovers are craving flowers too! Perfectly in season all year round, these buttercream rose topped cupcakes will prettify any dessert table, from a tea party to bridal shower to a wild rose wedding cake spread. If you've ever wondered how to pipe buttercream flowers, let's start with piping a pretty petaled rose right on top of the nearest cupcake. No flower nail needed here!

Hop To It: How To Make an Easter Bunny Cake

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Spring has sprung and bunnies abound! With Easter coming up, here's the perfect antidote to a dull dessert table - a cute take on a fuzzy bunny cake! Read on for this easy and adorable Easter cake tutorial.

Here’s Fish Dish Everyone Will Love: How to Make a Fish Birthday Cake!

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Scales, tails and delicious buttercream! This fish birthday cake will be the daily catch at your next party. Fun for kids for an ocean themed bash or for the fisherman in your life, this is one fish dish no one will turn down. Learn how to create the coolest fish cake here!

Say It With Flowers: How To Make A Bouquet Cake With Buttercream

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Mini rosettes, drop stars and buttercream piped roses top this brightly colored springtime floral-topped cake! Learn how to make a bouquet cake using buttercream that will sit pretty until eaten — lovely for a bridal shower or tea party birthday!


Hole In One: Sweet Doughnut Decorating Ideas + Creative Glaze Recipes

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Sometimes a simple glaze just doesn't cut it - here are some pretty doughnuts decorating ideas to jazz up your next doughnuts party!

Sweet Stripes: Making An Ombré Cake

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Are you in love with ombré? Learn how to make an ombré cake that will stun guests. Best of all, the sweetly graphic, "striped" buttercream cake design can be completed in a few easy steps! A pretty in pink cake — and prettier still, when made with pink cake layers — this adorable cake design will be the standout at your next party.

Say It Sweetly: Edible Candy Lettering On Cakes

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The typography trend on cakes is traveling fast and bursting with popularity — along with classic script and freehand lettering, there's a whole new ball game in town and it's just your type! I made this fun tutorial for cake letters made from candy melts. Read on to learn how to do this hot new cake decorating technique.

Rainbow-licious: A Step-by-Step Tutorial for Cake Decorating With Sprinkles!

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Dazzle your party guests at your next bash with this super cute confetti sprinkles medallions cake! We'll harness the power of gumpaste to make cookie-like circles covered in confetti, creating a fun, easy new technique for cake decorating with sprinkles.

Ice Cream Party Perfect: How to Make An Ice Cream Cone Cake

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How to make an ice cream cone cake on the Craftsy Blog!

What better dessert than a tall cool creamy ice cream cone on a hot summer day? Childhood memories are built brick by brick on ice cream treats — and this super cute and simple ice cream cone cake decorating tutorial just might steal the show!


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Miniaturize This: How To Make Mini Cakes

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How to make mini cakes on the Craftsy Blog!

Move over cupcakes, there's a new cupcake in town! Learn to make personal-sized layer cakes with this step-by-step mini-cake tutorial!


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Let Your Cakes Shine: Our Best Cake Photography Tips

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Ruffle heart cake + Top cake photography tips on Craftsy!

If you're anything like the majority of us Craftsy cake fanatics, it's safe to say you are likely obsessed with cakes! We'll spend hours and hours designing, baking and decorating our works of edible beauty. Don't you wish you could keep those cakes forever sometimes? Well you certainly can — by documenting your masterpiece with artful cake photography! Read on for top tips on how to photograph your cake perfectly!


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Here’s A Fish Dish Everyone Will Love: How to Make a Fish Birthday Cake!

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fish-cakeScales, tails and delicious buttercream! This fish birthday cake will be the daily catch at your next party. Fun for kids for an ocean themed bash or for the fisherman in your life, this is one fish dish no one will turn down. Learn how to create the coolest fish cake here!
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Say It With Flowers: How To Make A Bouquet Cake With Buttercream

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buttercream-flowers-cake-15

Mini rosettes, drop stars and buttercream piped roses top this brightly colored springtime floral-topped cake! Learn how to make a bouquet cake using buttercream that will sit pretty until eaten — lovely for a bridal shower or tea party birthday!


Read More

Hole In One: Sweet Doughnut Decorating Ideas + Creative Glaze Recipes

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donut-decorating-ideasSometimes a simple glaze just doesn't cut it - here are some pretty doughnuts decorating ideas to jazz up your next doughnuts party!
Read More

Sweet Stripes: Making An Ombré Cake

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striped-ombre-cake-13

Are you in love with ombré? Learn how to make an ombré cake that will stun guests. Best of all, the sweetly graphic, "striped" buttercream cake design can be completed in a few easy steps! A pretty in pink cake — and prettier still, when made with pink cake layers — this adorable cake design will be the standout at your next party.


Read More

Say It Sweetly: Edible Candy Lettering On Cakes

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letter-cake-10

The typography trend on cakes is traveling fast and bursting with popularity — along with classic script and freehand lettering, there's a whole new ball game in town and it's just your type! I made this fun tutorial for cake letters made from candy melts. Read on to learn how to do this hot new cake decorating technique.


Read More
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