Top 27+ ideas for number cakes

From the classic Australian Women’s Weekly Smartie No. 1 cake to a six-shaped snake and Ollie the 8-year-old octopus, the kids are sure to love digging in to these special number cakes!

Use a packet cake mix for these recipes, or try our one bowl butter cake recipe. It’s as easy as a packet mix, and tastier!

birthday cake number 1

Birthday cake numbers – smartie one

For a memorable first birthday party, serve up this top notch, Smartie-covered birthday favourite from The Australian Women’s Weekly’s famous ‘Children’s Birthday Cake Book‘ cookbook. This recipe first featured in The Children’s Birthday Cake Book published in 1980. Smarties are now deemed to pose a choking risk to small children and instead, you could choose […]

Number 1

White icing is also known as fondant (it’s the traditional icing used on wedding cakes). It is available in packets from the supermarket and cake decorating shops Tiny heart cutters are sometimes sold as `aspic cutters’. We’ve scattered Allen’s Sour Rush Jelly Beans, Allen’s Milk Bottle Mania and Nestlé Melts White Cooking Compound around the […]

birthday cake numbers - jigsaw two

Birthday cake numbers – jigsaw two

This colourful cake from The Australian Women’s Weekly’s famous ‘Children’s Birthday Cake Book‘ cookbook is bound to be a hit with Mr or Ms. Two!

the 'still really terrific' at two cake

The ‘still really terrific’ at two cake

Try this gorgeous blue gluten-free cake for your child’s second birthday party. The number 2 cake pan can be hired from cake decorating shops.

Number 3

Ballerina cake toppers are available from cake decorating suppliers, or top with tiny ballerina dolls from toy stores. Note

fishes for three

Fishes for three

A fun and fishy cake that is perfect for a three year old’s birthday party.

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Four birthday cake

Celebrate your child turning four with this awesome birthday cake for car lovers.

seeing stripes at four

Seeing stripes at four

Use a gluten-free packet cake mix for this recipe, if you like. Just make sure the ingredients for the butter cream and the decorations are also gluten-free. Number 4 cake pans can be hired from cake decorating suppliers. Note

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Five

You will need, Oven tray large piping bag fitted with 1cm (½-inch) plain tube. 8cm x 26cm (3¼-inch x 10½-inch) bar cake pan 20cm (8-inch) ring pan 30cm x 45cm (12-inch x 18-inch) rectangular prepared cake board Note

number cakes decorating ideas

A superstar at five

Make your child’s birthday special with this amazing butter cake covered in yellow buttercream and blue stars.

Number 6

Number six snakes alive birthday cupcakes

You’ll have ¾ cup of the cake mixture left over, enough for another three cup cakes. Note

Six

EQUIPMENT 12-hole (⅓ -cup/80ml) standard muffin pan 12 standard paper cases (5 green, 4 brown, 3 blue) 40cm x 50cm (16-inch x 20-inch) cake board You’ll have ¾ cup of the cake mixture left over, enough for another three cakes. Many children like gardening, so take-home treats could be small gardening tools. Use the handle […]

number six birthday cake with jet planes

Number six birthday cake with jet planes

Prepare for your kids’ party to takeoff with this aeroplane runway cake! From The Australian Women’s Weekly’s iconic ‘Children’s Birthday Cake Book‘ cookbook, it’s perfect for a six-year-old’s birthday.

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Six

Now we are six! Celebrate this auspicious occasion with this delightful sssssnakey ssssix cake, by the Australian Women’s Weekly. The birthday boy or girl will be delighted!

adventurous seven

Adventurous seven

Kids love to go camping. If you have a large enough grassed area at home, turn the area into a camping ground for the party. It’s an easy, inexpensive party theme.

floral seven

Floral seven

To keep the glossy finish to the frosting, the cake needs to be frosted no longer than 1 hour before serving. The frosting soon dries out, resembling cooked meringue. Note

Number 7

Dark Melts and butter can be melted together over hot water or in a microwave oven on HIGH (100%) for about 1 minute. This recipe makes 17 chocolate spider bodies, however, the decorations are for the seven spiders on the cake. Serve the extras as an accompaniment or, if you have extra Melts and Nestlé […]

seven

Seven choc-cracklespiders

Equipment: two 12-hole (1-tablespoon/20ml) mini muffin tins two 8cm x 26cm (3¼-inch x 10½-inch) bar cake pans 30cm x 47cm (12-inch x 18¾-inch) rectangular prepared cake board piping bag fitted with 2mm (⅛-inch) plain nozzle Leave one bar cake whole, cut the other into two pieces, as shown. Note

Eight

eight octopus

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Eight birthday cake

Celebrate eight with this gorgeous yellow birthday cake decorated with edible orange flowers.

jewels at nine

Jewels at nine

This cute birthday cake is perfect for a little girl or boy who are excited about turning nine!

Number 9 cake

You only turn 9 once in your life, so make this cool fire-breathing dragon out of lollies on top of a number 9 cake!

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Nine

You will need a 30 x 49cm cake board prepared earlier for the cake to rest on. Note

nine birthday candles

Nine birthday candles

12-hole (¹/³-cup/80ml)standard muffin pan 11 purple standard muffin paper cases 7cm (2¾-inch) round fluted cutter 3.5cm (1½-inch) round cutter 40cm x 50cm (16-inch x20-inch) rectangular cake board (page 68) You’ll have 1 cup of the cake mixture left over; use to make extra cakes for the party. Use any themed scrapbooking stickers you like. Note

Ten

Double digits at last! This ten cake by Australian Women’s Weekly is colour galore. When cutting the jubes dip the knife in hot water, then dry before cutting to avoid sticking.