Birthday Cake Recipe

Who doesn't want to enjoy a nice big bowl of freshly fried crab cakes on a warm summer's day? These bite-sized shellfish goodies are delicious, sure, but they definitely not as charming on your waistline. If you still want to fit into your bikini without giving up crab cakes e ...more

Say you're hosting a birthday party and the birthday girl's cake needs to be lit up, but you've just run out of matches. What to do? While you can certainly go to the store and purchase more, doing so would take at least half an hour (an eternity to wait for little kids), it's ...more

Angel food cake is a wonderfully light dessert, but it's even better with a peachy flavor. If you're planning on making a peach-flavored angel food cake, follow the recipe in this video, because it only involves two ingredients! Robin Benzle of Chow Time shows you her secret t ...more

Enjoy the sweet and satisfying taste of pears mixed with walnuts in a dessert designed (unintentionally) by Stéphanie Tatin. Her accidental classic, Tarte Tatin is revitalized with this Holiday Kitchen upside-down cake recipe, where pears take the place of apples, and puff pas ...more

Coffee cake was invented to be enjoyed alongside coffee (duh!), but we just as easily eat it alone...by the cakeful. We especially love coffee cakes with a tender, moist inside and a crumbly, crunchy top filled with the sweetness of cinnamon and nutmeg. If you love coffee cak ...more

Before you start this recipe, make sure you have the proper pan: You'll need a 9- or 10-inch cake pan with sides that are at least 2 inches tall. (Most standard 9-inch cake pans have 1-inch sides, which will leave you with overflowing batter.) If you strike out in the cake pan ...more

Not sure what to get mom for Mother's Day? Nobody could be disappointed with cake... especially an ice cream cake! In this cooking tutorial, learn how to make a beautiful flower pot ice cream cake thanks to a recipe and design thought up by Food Wishes. Be sure to search Wond ...more

If you've ever gone on a diet then you know that "dessert" usually leaves your vocabulary quickly. But sometimes you gotta live a little and satisfy that sweet tooth! After all, not doing so may just cause you to pig out and totally fail on your diet. Check out this video to ...more

Everyone we know remembers the first time they took a bite out of a cold, creamy tiramisu like it was yesterday. That's because that sumptuous first bite begins you on a lifetime journey of addiction to the creamy Italian dessert. With layers upon layers of spongy cake (the p ...more

In this video, we learn how to make a caterpillar cake and bug cupcakes with Lee Hanson. You will need: 1 box Betty Crocker cake mix, any ingredients the box calls for, 8 drops of green food color, 1 1/2 container of Betty Crocker vanilla frosting, tray covered with foil, 5 ca ...more

Luxaholics, fashionistas and Sex in the City fans... Here lies the information needed to make the perfect cake for your next chic birthday party or bachelorette party! Learn how to make a shoebox & high heel shaped cake with step by step instructions in this three-part video t ...more

There's no better time to have your cake and to eat it too than your birthday. However crazy your tastes, the day of your arrival onto this earth entitles you to treats of all magnitudes. If you're a fast-paced, busy lawyer who's secretly a girly girl at heart, then why not i ...more

Okay, so how cute is this chubby fondant panda bear? While the ltitle dude makes an adorable cupcake or cake topper for your kid's birthday party, you should definitely also find excuses to pop it on top of your own baked creations - we're thinking for baby showers or for a sp ...more

In this tutorial, learn how to make one disgustingly tasty dessert: The bleeding zombie brain cake! This cake is perfect for Halloween or the birthday of a particularly "goth" friend. This dessert is surprisingly delicious - give it a shot and see how many of your friends will ...more

To keep your cake from sticking, many a time a recipe will suggest you line the bottom of your pan with parchment paper. Here's an easy way to cut a round of parchment paper that will fit your pan perfectly each and every time! Watch and learn how easy it is to prepare round b ...more

Got an ocean lover in your life? Then what better way to surprise them for their birthday or a special occasion than by making them a sea-themed cake? Take a look at this cake decorating video to learn how to make realistic gumpaste seashells that look marvelous clustered toge ...more

Vegan baking is complicated, requiring substitutes for starch, flour, and just about everything else, but the result is 100% animal product-free goodness. In this series of videos, Erin McKenna of vegan bakery BabyCakes NYC shows you how to bake a truly delicious vegan treat: ...more

Interested in making a tiny penguin topper for a Christmas-themed cake? This clip will show you precisely how to go about making one. It's easier than you'd think. So easy, in fact, that this free video cooking lesson can present a complete overview of the process in about ten ...more

Stop serving a scoop of ice cream and put some effort into your next dessert dish! Steal this recipe from Sue McMahon, cookery editor at Woman's Weekly, for a delicious chocolate ruffle cake. To make this ruffle cake you will need about two-and-a-half hours and the following i ...more

Um, okay, the question here is why WOULDN'T you want to decorate a cake shaped like a hamburger? If you've got a guy friend who can't get enough of his Double Doubles at In-n-Out, then this burger-shaped cake is going to knock his socks off. If the burger-lover in your life ...more

Fondant is a velvety candy used by cake decorating professionals to make a wide variety of cake toppers and figures. The recipe is quite simple, all you need is 1/2 cup butter, 14 ounces sweetened condensed milk, 1/4 teaspoon cream of tartar and 2 pounds of powdered sugar. The ...more

In this tutorial, we learn how to bake and frost petits fours with Rhonda. The tools you will need for this include: silicone pans, cake mix, cooking spray, cookie sheet, oven at 350 degrees, pourable fondant recipe, wax paper, cooling rack, bowls, how water, candy thermometer ...more

So, Dad's Birthday is coming up and you want to make him a specialized cake. "What are his interests?" you ask yourself. Watching football, baseball, Wheel of Fortune? Do all his hobbies include a sofa and a television perhaps? Then why not make him a cute living room cake! B ...more

Learn how to make a classic apple upside-down cake with this cooking video. This apple upside-downcake recipe is brought to you by Corey Flynn on How2Heroes. Search How2Heroes on WonderHowTo for more cooking videos. Apples are gorgeous, gooey and delicious when they take fron ...more

This 2 part video will show you to make a classic Victoria sandwich sponge cake. Follow along as this sweet afternoon tea snack is put together. Fans of raspberry jam will be delighted to get a nice sweet filling. It's a lot easier than it looks! Just follow the recipe and the ...more

Learn how to make a savoury semolina cake in the tandoori style with BBC cookery show 'Indian Food made Easy'. Learn how to make Indian semolina cake. Search BBC Food on WonderHowTo for more great BBC recipe videos. Calling all you food connoisseurs out there! Welcome to th ...more

In this BBC clip Delia explains how to make an all-in-one sponge cake. Learn how to make sponge cake. Search BBC Food on WonderHowTo for more great BBC recipe videos. Calling all you food connoisseurs out there! Welcome to the Food channel brought to you by BBC Worldwide. T ...more

Yo ho ho and a.. tube of icing? Do you have some nautical fans in the family? Someone who's bonkers about boats who's having a birthday soon? This how-to gets you up and boating in no time, helping your create a water themed desert. This is a great little cake, simple to make, ...more

Do you miss Starbucks' cranberry white chocolate cake bar when Christmas is long gone? Then miss it no more, watch this video and uncover the secret recipe for making these delicious biss bars.

A fruity, rich dessert! This recipe calls for: 1 can coconut milk, 27 ounces water, 3/4 cup sugar, 1/2 teaspoon salt, 7 ounces large tapioca balls, 1/4 cup lemon juice, 7 ounces mlik, 1/2 vanilla bean, 3 ounces melted butter, 3/4 cup sugar, 4 ounces rice flour, 1 teaspoon baki ...more

It's both a dessert and a centerpiece! For this recipe, you will need: 1 1/2 sticks unsalted butter, 1 1/2 cups sugar, 6 egg yolks, 6 eggw hites, 1/4 cup sugar, 1 teaspoon vanilla, 3 cups cake flour, 1 teaspoon salt, 3/4 teaspoon baking powder, 3/4 teaspoon baking soda, 1 cup ...more

We never thought that yummy chocolate cupcakes could get any better...until we saw this recipe. Combining the godlike perfection of chocolate cupcakes with oodles of chocolate icing, pilled on until tipping point, these high-hat chocolate cupcakes are outrageously overdone tre ...more

When you're a vegan, meals must be pre-planned in order to ensure you're not using animal products of any kind. Make your next cookie recipe a little bit easier by learning what sorts of things you can use to substitute eggs. See how common household ingredients such as banan ...more

Dyann calls this recipe 1,2,3 because it has three ingredients in it. Eggwhites, sugar and butter. If you don't have time to bake a cake from scratch. This icing on a box cake mix will make guests think that you have made everything from scratch. Watch this how to video and le ...more

This only looks difficult - it's actually not too hard. And the end result is so worth it! For this recipe, you will need: 1 3/4 cup sugar, 1/2 cup egg whites, 1 cup ground almonds, 3/4 teaspoon salt, 1 teaspoon vanilla, 5 egg yolks, 1 cup sugar, 1/2 cup of lemon juice and zes ...more

Do you remember the first time you tried a French cruller, or a French donut? We can bet it certainly wasn't the last time you had one of those melt-in-your-mouth sugar and cake bombs. Made with crunchy and flaky dough and topped with a glazed shell, crullers are delicious alt ...more

Want a great topping for your next cake? Maybe some nice icing on your cookies? Buttercream is the way to go, and the hardest part about Jason Bond's buttercream recipe is fighting the urge to lick the spatula clean. Learn how to create a sweet, smooth and versatile frosting t ...more

Are you snowed in at home? Or simply too lazy to get up off the couch, pick up your keys, drive over to the grocery store to bake an elaborate cake? No problemo. For those days when you've got a sweet tooth but not many ingredients lying around, you can still bake a simple and ...more

What's the difference between a professional baker and an amateur one? A professional baker presents their baked goods with flawless execution. Yes, the recipe matters too, but we can bet you've never been to a five star restaurant that serves good yet sloppily assembled food. ...more

Learn how to make royal icing for decorating cookies and cakes this Christmas. It is a simple recipe, with just 2 ingredients: confectioner sugar and egg whites. You can use royal icing to assemble gingerbread houses. This is a strong, adhesive frosting, perfect for dessert as ...more

Despite what their name may imply, chess bars have nothing to do with chess and everything to do with delicious foodie goodness. These chess bars are made from a blend of cream cheese, butter (of course), and yellow cake mix and the result is a crunchy but light dessert. To l ...more

Guinness? Cupcakes? Guinness Cupcakes?!? Yes, that's right. Enjoy the best of both worlds with some special and delicious Guinness cupcakes, perfect for the Irish beer connoisseur. Every bite of these cupcakes is incredible. Watch this how2heroes video and you will see the ch ...more

Wish your little girl could have a unique cake for her birthday party? Learn to decorate a child's birthday cake like a Barbie princess. This cake decorating how-to video shows you how to decorate a cake so it looks like a princess. It is very simple to do just follow along wi ...more

Gumpaste is like the polymer clay of the cake decorating world: If you can imagine it, you can make it. Gumpaste is an excellent material, then, for crafting edible flowers for a wedding cake or a birthday cake. Take a look at this cake decorating video to learn how to make a ...more

Making cod fish and onions is easy, fast and a delicious breakfast dish. It is a worthy substitute of the Jamaican traditional breakfast dish of ackee and saltfish. The Johnny cake recipe shown here is an exact duplicate of the recipe used in Jamaica. Enjoy.

If you've ever stuffed a caramel apple into your mouth around Halloween then you know just how delicious the combination of apples and caramel sauce is. The caramel offers a melting, sweet complement to the tart and crisp apple. But there are other ways we can use this deligh ...more

It's your birthday and your tired of the same old typical cake you buy every year. Well its time to change things up. This video shows you how to make a delicious chocolate chip cookie cake. Perfect for both adults and kids, and of course everyone is welcomed to make it. You'l ...more

Gumpaste is very versatile for cake decorating. This how to video guide you through the step by step process of cutting and shaping a bra and panty set out of gumpaste. You can use your gumpaste bra and panty to decorate any birthday cake.

Do you have a friend whose birthday falls on or near Valentine's Day? Then kill two birds with one stone by crafting this Valentine's Day "Happy Birthday" card. It's super easy to craft and boasts a beautiful tiered birthday cake up front. Check out this crafting video for th ...more

Queen Marie Antoinette was both loved and despised by her people, but there was one thing that was undisputed: Her exquisite (though often over-the-top style). Big poufy gowns with lots of underwire, towering white wigs, and frilly lace and ruffles made her look like a sparkly ...more

What better way to say "Happy Birthday" to a friend than by having his gift and card explode in his face? If you're the prankster in your group of friends then this is the perfect way to commemorate another candle on the birthday cake. Check out this paper design tutorial to ...more

This is a great way to trick someone on their birthday cake! This video tutorial will show you how to make a candle you cannot blow out. Use this as inspiration for one of your April Fools Day pranks! Make a candle you cannot blow out. Click through to watch this video on tric ...more

Chocolate cake with a soft molten center is a decadent treat that's sure to please when you are entertaining guests. And this chocolate cake recipe couldn't be easier. Made in ramekins, these little cakes are perfect with a side of fruit or a scoop of ice cream. In this how to ...more

Make pineapple upside down cake with tips from this how-to video on wonderhowto.com. If you want to make it like my mom--I actually don't remember how she makes it--but here's a pineapple upside down cake recipe that might be good.

Fondant cake decor can turn a simple birthday cake into a jawdropping and inspirational centerpiece. You can decorate pretty much anything edible with fondant decorations. And for that Asian safari expedition cake you're making, these fondant bamboo sticks would be a great add ...more

This light and airy recipe for sponge cake serves as the basis for many types of layered cake desserts like angel food cake. Make sponge cake. Click through to watch this video on videojug.com

The video is a demonstration of how to decorate a cake for a baby shower decorated to look like a baby bib. For the cake recipe, use a cake mix and add 2 teaspoons of freshly grated orange zest, 1 cup orange juice, 4 eggs and 2 tablespoons vegetable oil and bake it the normal ...more