Top 10 Australian birthday cakes and how to make them
They’re cute, delicious and colourful as all get up. These are Australia’s top 10 most popular birthday cakes. And the best part is, you can easily make them at home.
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Here’s a look back on Australia’s most iconic and unique birthday cakes - and how to make them.
Make a birthday party a memorable event with this magical fairy cake.
Sally the rainbow unicorn cake
Fun, fabulous and dappled with flowers, our rainbow unicorn cake recipe will be a highlight of any children’s birthday party. This imaginative kid’s birthday cake recipe – for which you’ll need to make a basic butter cake batter and buttercream icing has all the hallmarks of a classic children’s cake.
Impress at your next kids’ birthday party with our amazing lego cake, made with store-bought cakes, lollies and homemade buttercream. See below for the links to our other last-minute party cakes.
Birthday celebrations mean cake, so wow the kids with this impressive creation!
Leaping lizards! This choc-rock sensation will drive the kids wild. Chocolate sauce, chocolate crackles and chocolate cake - decorate with toy dinosaurs and trees and you’ll go back in time.
Our fairy bread ice-cream cake is the sponge cake from your kid’s dreams!
Get your skates on! The kids will love this fun, bright skate park cake!
Pounce onto this Fergus the Fox Cake for your kids’ next birthday party and you’ll be the smartest vixen in the pack.
Want to know how to make a unicorn cake in under an hour? Just use store-bought cakes and a few clever twists! See below for the links to our other last-minute party cakes.
Party like it’s 200 million BC with this dinosaur-themed do. It’s guaranteed to go down in pre-history.
For more recipe ideas, go to taste.com.au or check out the Taste Test Kitchen now.
Originally published as Top 10 Australian birthday cakes and how to make them
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