Decorating a chocolate cake birthdays

These cakes, pops, and cupcakes may not be the most traditional birthday cake recipes, but they are fun and delicious. Here, 15 of our most creative birthday cake ideas.

Adding a chocolate drip to a cake may look complicated, but it's SO simple! Today I'll show you how using my favorite ganache drip recipe.

This ding dong cake is like a giant version of the snack cake! It's made with rich chocolate cake, a cream filling, and chocolate ganache.

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This moist triple chocolate cake is very rich and is very easy to make. It has 3 layers of moist chocolate cake and has whipped chocolate ganache filling. This is the best cake because it is topped with chocolate cream cheese buttercream.

Camila Hurst on Instagram: "Chocolate Birthday Cake 🍫 Fluffy layers of moist chocolate cake, brushed with Chocolate Syrup for extra chocolate richness, and frosted with a luscious Chocolate Buttercream. Recipe on my blog 🎂 #birthdaycake #cake #chocolatecake #chocolatecakes"

This is without a doubt one of the most original uses of the bubble wrap I have ever seen...

Hi, I’m Sally! I try to keep my recipe posts about, well, the recipe! But sometimes I share behind-the-scenes including recipe testing and cookbook writing.