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Best birthday cake recipes for adults

Why are air fryers flying off shelves? Read our best birthday cake recipes for adults to the best stand mixers to help you make flawless bakes.

Use up broken biscuits at the bottom of the tin to make this buttery cake. A star rating of 4 out of 5. Perfect for a party, this rainbow-speckled cake screams ‘celebrate’! Children love colour, so what could be better than a birthday cake with two different coloured sponges made from one mixture and a colourful icing? Who could resist our chocolate and raspberry cake? Decorate this simple elderflower and lemon cake with edible flowers for a showstopping celebration dessert. A star rating of 5 out of 5.

Dazzle your kids with their favourite TV character in cake form! Create a cake with the wow factor with our colourful ombre mermaid. This decadent, plant-based chocolate cake is guaranteed to bring joy to any birthday party. This colourful animal sponge is sure to be the mane event at any party! Turn your favourite cocktail into a dessert with this mojito cake made with a lime, mint and white rum syrup and lime buttercream. Decorative Italian meringue masks a spicy, moist ginger cake layered with ginger buttercream- an amazing bake! Stop people in their tracks with a stunning unicorn cake.

Country Living editors select each product featured. If you buy from a link, we may earn a commission. These confections are anything but boring. If you’ve been searching for the perfect birthday cake for a loved one, look no further! We’ve rounded up some of our best birthday cake ideas to celebrate the occasion.

They range from classics to extra festive layered beauties and everything in between. No matter what you choose, the birthday boy or girl on the receiving end of one of these confections is sure to love it. Not only is this cake covered in festive icing and sprinkles, it also has a surprise ribbon of chocolate filling running through the middle. Get the recipe for Dolly’s Donut Coconut Bundt Cake.