Send us your birthday cake pictures.

So you have birthday cake pictures you would like to show the world but you don't have a venue.

Here's where you can submit your pictures and techniques to show off just how your creative side can shine through.

• Modify the photos so they are showing the best view of the cake. If you don't have software to do this, you can use a nice free program called Fotoflexer. It's super easy to use and runs right from your browser window.

Check out what I mean. I edited this birthday cake picture with Snipshot.(now use Fotoflexer, Snipshot is no longer free)

Original

Cropped and Resized

• Take several pictures with and without flash. If you want to send me more than one photo, because you feel the cake just looks so good that it deserves more than one, you'll need to email the pictures to me.

Send the email to jspahn(put in an "@" symbol)mac.com. I'll add it to your page with the pictures you submitted.

• Write up a detailed description of how you made the cake. Special tools used, tricks that made it easy for you to do it, etc.
• Remember that by not everyone has made your cake so if there are some steps that just aren't intuitive to include them so someone else can re-create your idea. Don't worry, the world is such a big place you won't see this cake at anyone else's party any time soon.

Rules for birthday cake pictures you submit

• First off, it has to be your cake. If you had it made for you by your wife or husband, that's okay too but don't go snapping shots of a cake you saw at a wedding and call it your own.
• Don't cruise arond the net and copy a birthday cake picture then say it was yours. If you really like the picture, find out who it belongs to and ask them to submit it here. There are laws against doing that.
• If you make the cakes as a professional, feel free to submit them.  This will serve to inspire others to make great cakes at home!
• Please don't just send a photo with a comment like, "this was an easy to make cake". We really want to share with everyone, all of this is free after all. Give some direction so someone could re-create the cake in their own home. Keep in mind, everyone's cake will turn out different so your cake is still one-of-a-kind!
• Nobody is perfect and neither is any one cake. Send it in and let everyone enjoy your creativity!

Have A Great Cake You Want to Share?

Do you have a really great birthday cake you made and want to share with the world? He's your spot. I'll personally review every cake and post it to the appropriate spot on the site

Click below to see contributions from other visitors to this page...

R2D2 Cake 
My son was going crazy over Star Wars so we decided to make him an R2D2 cake. There really wasn't any plan or kit you could use so we decided to have ...

In the Night Garden Birthday Cake 
The cake was based on a show from the UK called In the Night Garden. These characters are soooo cute - they don't have voices, but seem to squeak and make ...

Heffalump Cake 
This is a cake I made last weekend for my 1-year old nephew. He loves his Heffalump stuffed animal so I thought this cake would be perfect.

I thought ...

Cat In the Hat Cake 
The whimsical curls and beautiful combination of colors makes this a truly fantastical cake in the spirit of Dr. Seuss. It is almost a shame to think ...

Star War's Cake 
I made this cake for my son's 7th birthday. It was very easy to make:

Just start out with a 10" round cake for the main body. Next I baked a sheet ...

Antique Grand Piano Cake 
I decided to make a birthday cake for my little brother's birthday party we were hosting at our house. I thought it would be a good idea to surprise him ...

Mickey Mouse Cake 
Wilton pan and decorating tips helped make this mouserific cake!

Bike Cake 
Here's a bicycle cake I had made for a party. I wanted a cake that reflected my love of cycling. The cake is a representation of the bike I was racing ...

triplets baby  Not rated yet
another of my designs. Hope you guys like it.

triplets baby  Not rated yet
another of my designs. Hope you guys like it.

lulucat   Not rated yet
this my one of my designs. I hope everyone likes it.

Number One cake  Not rated yet
I make this cake for 1st birthday of my friends daughter.
I love making cakes..and also I am undertaking cake orders...

Halloween  Not rated yet
This is my halloween cake. it was mt first cake i have ever made.. It took three days... It turned out okay considering it was my first...

Barbie Mermaid Cake  Not rated yet
Its a white velvet cake with butter cream icing covered in blue fondant. When I put the fondant on the cake I painted sugar dust on it to give it a sparkle....

Survivor Ribbon Cake  Not rated yet
This was made for my mom for her 46th birthday! She is a 13yr cancer survivor!!! I found an awesome cake recipe and used the old fashioned buttercream ...

MICKEY MOUSE CAKE  Not rated yet
I made this for a friends Son for his 1st birthday. I hand painted the image on.

Marvin the Martian  Not rated yet
This cake was made with a Wilton Looney Tunes cake pan that is already the shape of Marvin. The recipe for the cake is the basic white cake recipe from ...

Cardinals cake  Not rated yet
The cake itself is just Duncan Hines Classic Yellow cake mix and the icing is decorators frosting consisting of 2 lbs of powdered sugar, 1 cup of crisco ...

Blue Whale Cake  Not rated yet
The cake was alternating layers of chocolate and vanilla butter cake with swiss meringue buttercream covered in blue fondant.

If you are in the Toronto ...

Blackberry Phone Cake  Not rated yet
The is 3 layers of sour cream chocolate cake with swiss meringue buttercream and covered in fondant

It was so much fun to make - I love painting on ...

Mini Cooper Cake  Not rated yet
What is cuter than a mini MINI Cooper Cake? This was such a fun cake to decorate - I loved adding in and painting on the car details.

A friend told ...

Motorcycle Cake  Not rated yet
This past weekend I made a special 60th birthday cake of a nice shiny red and yellow Motorcycle. It really is so fun to recreate someone's special bike ...

Princess Castle Birthday Cake 2  Not rated yet
I guess princesses are all the rage right now with little girls. I made this three tier sweet vanilla bean cake.


It was actually quite fun to see ...

Zoo Animal Cake  Not rated yet
This cake was requested to be similar to Wilton's Amazing Amazon Cake and add in a bit of my flair. The cakes were alternating layer of chocolate and ...

Pair of Guitars  Not rated yet
This beautiful cake was created by Maya's Cake in North Hollywood. She is very talented. You can get more information about her cakes from her website....

Fire Truck  Not rated yet
I made this cake for a friends birthday. He just recently because a local volunteer fire fighter.

The Incredibles Birthday Cake  Not rated yet
What kid wouldn't love a birthday cake with The Incredibles on it? Bob, Helen, Violet, Dash and not least Jack Jack. Each one of the characters is faithfully ...

Purple Butterfly Birthday Cake  Not rated yet
This purple butterfly birthday cake was a hit at the party. Kids love bright colors and fanciful critters and this was no exception. The hand formed ...

Farm Birthday Cake  Not rated yet
The animals took some time to make and decorate. The details really played out well though. Here's another photo showing more detail of the animals.


If ...

Gucci Sandal Birthday Cake  Not rated yet
The classic Gucci pump has now come to your table. Note the detail put into the buckles on this shoe. The time and patience required to do this deserves ...

Hollywood Sign Birthday Cake  Not rated yet
Surely this 13 year old will kick off their movie career on the right foot with this birthday cake. It's a shame the cake didn't last forever. But then ...

Flowers and Butterflies Birthday Cake  Not rated yet
This very detailed example of a flowery birthday cake with butterflies shows what can be done with patience and dedication. Note the detail on the flowers ...

Princess Castle Birthday Cake  Not rated yet
This cake is exquisitely detailed. The gilded towers add a very nice touch to the hand made trees, golden steps and hand made flowers. Truly a master'...

Snare Drum  Not rated yet
Feel free to contact Maya's Cakes should you wish to have one made special for you.

26th Birthday Cake  Not rated yet
This special cake was made for a lucky 26 year old. Note the detail on the bikini and the beautiful color fade on the cake from top to bottom. First ...

DKNY Shoe  Not rated yet
This cake was well received. Shoe took some doing but really all you need is patience.

Feel free to contact Maya's Cakes should you wish to have ...

Purple Lady Bug Cake  Not rated yet
My three year old announced at supper one night that she was going to have a lady bug cake for her next birthday. (which was six months away) She did not ...

Strawberry Short Cake Birthday Cake  Not rated yet
This was for a 4 year old girl. At the party everybody thought it was a fake cake. I had a lot of fun putting it together.

The strawberries are made ...

Pink Panther VW Bettle Birthday Cake  Not rated yet
Beetle made out of Rice Krispies Treats and fondant. Cake is vanilla with Strawberry buttercream.

This is the first time I use Rice Krispies Treats....

Mousey On Pillow Birthday Cake  Not rated yet
Chocolate cake, chocolate ganache filling covered with fondant. Decorations made with gumpaste, fondant and royal icing. Pillow airbrushed and decorations ...

Weber Grill Birthday Cake  Not rated yet
This is a Vanilla pound cake with raspberry jam and raspberry buttercream. Stands about 21" high but the angle of the photo makes it look much larger....

Disney Princess Castle  Not rated yet
Like all little girls, my daughter loved Disney Princesses. So for her 4th birthday I made this cake.

I made this two years ago so am not sure about ...

Boba Fett  Not rated yet
This was made with a Wilton pan rented from Vanilla Bean in Madison on Odana Road. Used Wilton black tube icing and Wilton coloring to make the deep saturated ...

Dinosaur surprise  Not rated yet
I posted this cake for my daughter who was 4 1/2 and helped with decorating the sides. I thought she would enjoy seeing her work on the internet. I freehanded ...

Polka Dot Blue  Not rated yet
I made this quick and easy to decorate cake for my husband's birthday. With two little kids at the time I needed something that wasn't too time consuming....

40th Birthday Cake  Not rated yet
I made this cake for my husband's 40th birthday. I believe I used two eight inch rounds, two six inch rounds, and a ramekin for the top. Then I used ...

Dora  Not rated yet
I utilized the Wilton mini-bear pan for this and just cut the bear's ears off. I also used two nine inch rounds. Not the best looking Dora, but my daughter ...

Cuddly Little Bunny  Not rated yet
I made this for my brother and sister-in-law for their babyshower. I used the Wilton mini-bear pan (I have used this pan for about everything but as a ...

Thomas the tank cake  Not rated yet
This cake was constructed from directions found on the internet - but I do not have them anymore. It is multi-layered and the eyes are marshmallows and ...

Ladybug cake  Not rated yet
Wilton pan and decorating tips helped make this cute ladybug a big hit.

Happy Elmo Cake  Not rated yet
This was made with a Wilton pan and decorating tips. What little child wouldn't smile at this!

Pink Enchanted Castle  Not rated yet
I used the Wilton Enchanted Castle and decorating tips for this magical cake. She loved having an edible castle!

Strawberry Short Cake  Not rated yet
I used a Wilton pan and decorating tips for this berrylicious cake. All the girls loved it!

Dragonfly cake  Not rated yet
This is a regular sheet cake and I freehanded my own dragonfly design.

Cowboy  Not rated yet
This is a cake I made for my son when he turned 2. It is a regular cake pan and the designs were freehanded.

Colorful two-tier cake with butterflies  Not rated yet
My daughter loves butterflies (see her Butterflies and Flowers cake also).

I wanted something interesting but not too time consuming. So I made this ...

Sandals  Not rated yet
This was a cake I made for my sister's birthday (well, our birthday since we are twins). I just thought it was a neat way to celebrate the summer.

The ...

Frog Cake  Not rated yet
We made this cake for our son's 1st birthday. He had this thing for frogs (still does). He was ecstatic when he saw the cake. It didn't last long.
Here'...

Butterflies and Flowers  Not rated yet
I made this cake for my daughter's fifth birthday. I used two boxed cakes with two nine inch rounds and two six inch rounds and leveled them off once ...

1st birthday cake  Not rated yet
I made this cake when our little girl had her first birthday. The little blond pigtails were an inspiration when I put pigtails in her hair one day. Here'...

Baby Shower Boat  Not rated yet
My sister in law was having a baby shower and I knew I had to create something really special.

I came up with the boat idea after thinking about where ...

Green Monster  Not rated yet
So our son wanted a monster cake for his birthday. Since he was so insistent, my wife took the task upon her to make him what he wanted. Here's what ...