If you’ve got your hands full with a little princess or a dino-loving kid, these cute-as-can-be cake recipes are exactly what will make their next birthday party extra special. No matter what type of kid keeps you busy, we promise Betty has a cake that will help them celebrate. While each of these recipes look impressive, they’re all made easy thanks to Betty Crocker™ cake mix. Are you ready to tackle one of these extraordinary kid-approved birthday cakes?
3.9 out of 5 stars, average rating value out of 14 reviews.- Prep time: 40 min
- Total time: 2 hr 10 min
- Ingredients: 8
- Servings: 8
When it comes to this cake, more color equals more fun. Start with Betty’s rainbow chip cake mix and end with a sprinkle-studded delight! Decorate with fun-colored candles and watch your kiddo light up with excitement.
5.0 out of 5 stars, average rating value out of 2 reviews.- Prep time: 20 min
- Total time: 3 hr 0 min
- Ingredients: 17
- Servings: 18
If you’ve got a little scientist on your hands, this solar-system birthday cake might just be the special recipe you need. Complete with candy planets floating in a frosting galaxy, this cake is totally out of this world!
4.5 out of 5 stars, average rating value out of 55 reviews.Kitchen Tested- Prep time: 40 min
- Total time: 3 hr 0 min
- Ingredients: 10
- Servings: 8
Add a pop of color to your child’s birthday party with this beautiful butterfly cake. With Betty’s gel food colors and her step-by-step directions, decorating is a breeze. Just don’t forget to dust your masterpiece with glittering colored sugar for a dazzling finishing touch!
4.4 out of 5 stars, average rating value out of 121 reviews.- Prep time: 35 min
- Total time: 4 hr 10 min
- Ingredients: 6
- Servings: 12
Surprise your little one with a cake that looks just like their favorite building blocks! The 100-plus positive reviews left by home cooks, are proof that anyone can make this fun party cake. Just be sure to have your camera ready when you present this cake to your child. You’ll want to capture that inevitable look of amazement that’ll makes this recipe well worth the effort.
4.4 out of 5 stars, average rating value out of 23 reviews.- Prep time: 1 hr 30 min
- Total time: 4 hr 30 min
- Ingredients: 10
- Servings: 20
Who wouldn’t love this smiling panda bear cake? While it might seem complicated, our premade templates make cutting this cake absolutely achievable. After baking the base layers, just follow along with our template and watch this darling cake come to life. Once the cake is frosted, you can pipe on the face and paws—how cute!
4.4 out of 5 stars, average rating value out of 160 reviews.- Prep time: 45 min
- Total time: 4 hr 20 min
- Ingredients: 8
- Servings: 15
Bring the fun in the sun to your child’s birthday party with these funky flip flops! Once your sandals are cut and shaped, frost them with bright colors and decorate them with bright candies for a cake that serves up summer looks. Then, all that’s left to do is to don a lei and a grass skirt!
4.3 out of 5 stars, average rating value out of 52 reviews.- Prep time: 30 min
- Total time: 2 hr 50 min
- Ingredients: 9
- Servings: 10
Fool your guests with this sweet birthday cake that’s disguised to looks just like a juicy burger! The base of this clever creation is a buttery pound cake, which ten gets covered in kid-friendly frosting flavors. The bun is frosted with peanut butter, the burger with chocolate buttercream and the ketchup is actually strawberry preserves—it’s a delicious masterpiece of tomfoolery!
4.5 out of 5 stars, average rating value out of 80 reviews.- Prep time: 1 hr 5 min
- Total time: 3 hr 5 min
- Ingredients: 8
- Servings: 12
Bring a rainbow of color to the party one vibrant cake layer at a time. With a little help from Betty’s classic gel food colors, tinting your six-layer cake to match the colors of the rainbow is easy. Finish this showstopping cake with a vanilla buttercream frosting, and little kids (and adults) will be mesmerized!
4.7 out of 5 stars, average rating value out of 13 reviews.- Prep time: 30 min
- Total time: 2 hr 25 min
- Ingredients: 11
- Servings: 15
If you’ve got a music lover in your life, this fun guitar cake is sure to be a hit! This musical cake starts in your 13x9 and is made extra easy thanks to Betty’s cake mix and creamy vanilla frosting.
4.3 out of 5 stars, average rating value out of 12 reviews.- Prep time: 40 min
- Total time: 2 hr 55 min
- Ingredients: 7
- Servings: 12
When you make this cake for your little soccer player, you’ll score major points. Perfect for birthday parties or soccer team celebrations, one bite of this fun cake and the whole crowd will cheer!
3.8 out of 5 stars, average rating value out of 22 reviews.- Prep time: 35 min
- Total time: 4 hr 25 min
- Ingredients: 5
- Servings: 15
Calling all sports fans! This playful and fun cake is sure to be an all-star at any birthday celebration. Decorate the cake in their favorite sport’s teams’ colors for a customized look that can’t be beat.
4.5 out of 5 stars, average rating value out of 66 reviews.- Prep time: 1 hr 35 min
- Total time: 4 hr 45 min
- Ingredients: 21
- Servings: 20
Old McDonald may have had a farm, but he never had a barn cake with farm animal cupcakes! These cute-as-can-be animal cupcakes will be the highlight of any birthday celebration. Little pigs, sheep and chicks gather around the red barn cake for the cutest scene you’ve ever seen!
4.3 out of 5 stars, average rating value out of 37 reviews.- Prep time: 40 min
- Total time: 3 hr 30 min
- Ingredients: 8
- Servings: 14
When your first mate gets wind of this recipe, they’ll set sail and join you on the epic journey of turning a regular old sheet cake into an extraordinary sailboat cake! This captain-approved dessert is adorned with colorful candies, so each bite of this fluffy yellow cake is better than the next.
4.6 out of 5 stars, average rating value out of 29 reviews.- Prep time: 30 min
- Total time: 3 hr 45 min
- Ingredients: 13
- Servings: 12
Ahoy mateys! While a pirate’s life might not be for your kids, this cake could be a happy compromise. Just start with Betty’s cake mix and frosting and this treasure of a cake will be the most talked about dessert for years to come.
4.3 out of 5 stars, average rating value out of 125 reviews.- Prep time: 40 min
- Total time: 4 hr 25 min
- Ingredients: 14
- Servings: 30
This pretty-in-pink princess castle cake is frosted to perfection and decorated with sparkling sugar for an over-the-top look. But don’t be fooled, this cakes exterior isn’t the only thing to get excited about. The classic combo of yellow cake and whipped frosting is just too good to pass up.
4.6 out of 5 stars, average rating value out of 58 reviews.- Prep time: 35 min
- Total time: 4 hr 15 min
- Ingredients: 7
- Servings: 12
A cake can be anything, even a pair of jeans! A premade template makes cutting this cake into the shape you want an absolute breeze. Once the cake is frosted, the fun part can finally begin. Decorate with sprinkles, gumdrops, chocolate candies or any sweet treats that will help you achieve a groovy look.
4.5 out of 5 stars, average rating value out of 81 reviews.Kitchen Tested- Prep time: 50 min
- Total time: 4 hr 50 min
- Ingredients: 7
- Servings: 20
Make this magical cake for the little princess in your life! Not only is this cake fun to eat, it’s also so much fun to make. Everyone in the neighborhood will be asking you to bake up this fairy tale confection for many birthday parties to come.
4.4 out of 5 stars, average rating value out of 49 reviews.- Prep time: 45 min
- Total time: 3 hr 30 min
- Ingredients: 13
- Servings: 15
Tiny tots will get a kick out of this choo-choo train! Each train car can be filled with different candies, so there’s something for everyone. Don’t be surprised if even the adults get on board!
4.1 out of 5 stars, average rating value out of 42 reviews.- Prep time: 1 hr 30 min
- Total time: 4 hr 0 min
- Ingredients: 9
- Servings: 12
Giddy up to the kitchen and make this pretty pony cake for someone special. Made with your favorite flavor of cake mix and frosting of your choice, this recipe is easy to customize and easy to assemble—just download the cake-cutting template to get started!
4.2 out of 5 stars, average rating value out of 28 reviews.- Prep time: 1 hr 45 min
- Total time: 3 hr 45 min
- Ingredients: 14
- Servings: 12
Robot-themed party throwing you for a loop? Make this easy and adorable robot cake! Enlist your little helpers in decorating tasks and everyone’s sure to have a blast.
5.0 out of 5 stars, average rating value out of 2 reviews.- Prep time: 35 min
- Total time: 3 hr 35 min
- Ingredients: 9
- Servings: 12
Surprise and delight your construction-loving kiddo with this creative take on a birthday cake! Starting with solid building blocks—like Betty’s chocolate cake mix and frosting—this cake is easy to make, and the decorating is a ton of fun, too. With play trucks, candy corn and rock candy, you can create an adorable and edible construction site.
4.4 out of 5 stars, average rating value out of 55 reviews.Kitchen Tested- Prep time: 30 min
- Total time: 4 hr 0 min
- Ingredients: 8
- Servings: 15
When you make this cake, everyone will ask you what bakery you bought it from. But little do they know, you baked this dino cake yourself! The vibrant green color of this cake and the fun decorations take this kid-friendly birthday treat to prehistoric heights.
5.0 out of 5 stars, average rating value out of 21 reviews.- Prep time: 1 hr 20 min
- Total time: 3 hr 5 min
- Ingredients: 10
- Servings: 12
It seems like every little kid goes through a truck and fire engine phase, and when they do, you’ll be ready with this five-star cake recipe! Decorated with a fiery red frosting and adorned with gumdrops, cookies and licorice, you’ll set the fire alarm off from all the excitement this cake creates!
4.4 out of 5 stars, average rating value out of 35 reviews.- Prep time: 30 min
- Total time: 2 hr 10 min
- Ingredients: 10
- Servings: 12
Beep, beep! These tiny car cakes are perfect for the car fanatic in your family. Young or old, big or small, having these cakes stand in for a traditional birthday sheet cake will make anyone giddy.
4.3 out of 5 stars, average rating value out of 3 reviews.- Prep time: 40 min
- Total time: 2 hr 25 min
- Ingredients: 9
- Servings: 16
Not only will there be birthday presents for your little one to unwrap, but now their cake will become a gift, too! Buttery yellow cake is frosted in a homemade cream cheese frosting and coated in white fondant for a pristine package look. All that’s left is to tie a bow and decorate with chocolate candies for the prettiest present you’ve ever seen!
