It’s always great fun to create a birthday cake around a theme.  One of the most entertaining parties we ever had was a Hawaiian birthday party, complete with pineapple Hawaiian birthday cake.

First of all, everyone should be invited to wear some sort of Hawaiian outfit to the birthday party.  This can include something as simple as a Hawaiian flower shirt that you stuck in your closet since your last vacation, or something more extravagant.  Some of our guests went so far as to make grass Hula skirts and wore plastic leis purchased from the local dollar store.

Another nice touch is to play Hawaiian music in the background.  Hawaiian music is very soothing and relaxing.  You can get all kinds on the internet, or just purchase an original Charles Ka'upu album.

Don’t forget to put some Hibiscus plants around the party, and if you want to go all out you can rent an imitation coconut tree and small tiki bar from your local party store.  This will really add to the birthday party atmosphere.

A good Hawaiian birthday cake idea is to start with 10 inch by 16 inch sheet cake with 2 different cake mixes.  Purchase whatever flavors you like at your local grocery store, then assemble as usual.

You can ice the cake with buttercream to give it a very tropical flavor and make it a real hit with the kids.  Use a serrated knife to spread the icing into a wavy pattern, then airbrush the background of deep blue ocean and warm sandy beach.

Finally, add a palm tree and tiki hut with dark and white chocolate.  An easy way to do this is to design the look on wax paper with the chocolate, then after they harden place them onto the cake wherever you feel they look good.  Finally, add pieces of pineapple all around the edges to remind everyone of the great fragrances and sea shells that surround you in Hawaii.

Of course, the best part was actually eating this birthday cake.  Everyone, from young ones to teenagers, as well as your adult guests will think this is one of the most unique birthday cake ideas they have seen in a long time.

It’s so important to provide healthy alternatives for your child’s 1st birthday cake.  Most parents today try to avoid preservatives and high sugar content birthday cakes.  They really want their babies to be introduced to healthy living recipes and food.

One of many items that modern parents are looking for these days are egg free birthday cake ideas that still maintain the traditional quality and great taste that everyone will enjoy at your baby’s first birthday party.

There are so many choices for egg substitutes that are safe and tasty.  If your baby hasn’t had the opportunity to try egg products yet, then this is another reason not to introduce them to this food family at their 1st birthday party.  You can purchase many egg substitute products in the Vegan section of your local grocery store.

There’s no need to go to a lot of extra work, you just need to be creative and understand the significance of certain ingredients so that you can decide when to substitute certain fillings.  You shouldn’t be too hard on yourself since most of your guests will think the taste of your 1st birthday cake is great.

Besides, what is the main purpose for your child’s 1st birthday cake.  The photo opportunity and the chance to create a lifetime memory! Your guests won’t remember how the cake tasted tomorrow, but everyone will remember the photo that you email to them with icing smeared all over your beautiful baby’s face.

There are lots of healthy flavors to choose from, including banana, apricot, cherry, and watermelon.  Don’t worry, these flavors are all based on healthy fruit alternatives that have much less sugar.  You can make these great tasting birthday cakes in traditional layer cake style, or extra large cupcakes for each of your guests.

Now, you absolutely HAVE to have loads of frosting on the birthday cake so that your little one can cover themselves for the photo.  Just make sure you substitute low sugar whipped cream for any recipes that call for high sugar content butter cream.  You can make your own whipped cream in minutes with minimal sugar added.

We have perfect birthday cake idea for the special person in your life who loves working with crafts. Here is a knitting cake that looks absolutely wonderful. How much more creative can you get than this cake?

This knitting cake consists of a large knitting ball with two knitting needles stuck into it and then on the platter that holds the cake. You can inscribe any kind of birthday greeting that you would like with your icing decoration. To top it off sprinkle some smarties or other icing blots throughout the canvas. The knitting needles can be made from something scrumptious like sticks of licorice. If you like you can feed the licorice into straws to hold them straight, or just put the two licorice into the knitting ball and let them hang loose. That would work as well.

Remember to get several colors of icing so it looks like real yarn that is wound around the knitting ball. This one looks so delicious you almost hate to cut into it and eat it. Like all of these cakes, I'm sure it tastes even better than it looks.

Using your imagination. I'm sure that you could come up with many more cakes for crafting friends. We would love to see photos of your finished cakes submitted to our contest. Remember, the grand prize is a $125 gift certificate for Amazon.