I happened to catch The Today Show this week when Dede Wilson was showcasing a few of her brilliant ideas from her new book the Birthday Cake Book.  Filled with wonderful recipes and easy instructions, Dede really inspires everyone to bake fabulous birthday cakes for kids and beyond. 

These Caterpillar Cupcakes are so cool for kids’ parties.  Yummy fun!

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Cakes for Kids, by Matthew Mead, is a bright, colorful, easy-to-follow recipe book for really fun Cakes for Kids!  Check out the Goldfish Cake here.  So cute and easy to do too!  The editorial review on Amazon describes the book:

In this colorful, charming cookbook, Matthew Mead has created 35 whimsical cakes sure to be a hit at any party. Designed for the novice or expert, Cakes for Kids includes basic cake and frosting recipes as well as guidelines for baking, assembling, and decorating 3-D works of art. The chapters are divided into three levels of difficulty: easy cakes like Over the Rainbow (which uses multicolored candies to do the hard stuff), medium-level masterpieces like the Rockin’ Guitar, and trickier designs like the Delicious Dinosaur. No matter what the level of expertise, step-by-step illustrated instructions make preparing of these confections a piece of cake!

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Looking for an absolutely fun party dessert that are bit-sized and absolutely yummy?  Check out Mimi on the Move’s Cheesecake Pops!  When mini treats are made into pops, they are simply perfect for your next kids’ parties.  Awesome, creative treat!

How about a Cake-sicle Pan and Cupcake Cone Pan featured on ohdeedoh? Wow, lots of fun desserts could be made out of these inventive and ingenious pans….and they could be used for cakes, brownies, or even meat loaf?

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Check out the Hello, Cupcake book by Karen Tack. If you love cupcakes, this is the perfect book for you, and goodness the ideas are creative!

Ever wished you could get your kids to eat their “peas and carrots” without complaining? If you take a page out of Tack’s book and make up a batch of TV Dinner Cupcakes, getting your kids to eat their veggies will be as easy as saying “cupcake!” Of course, these peas and carrots are their own sweet treat!

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Black icing and frosting is all the rage during the Halloween season! Be careful working with black icing and frosting — it can often turn everyone’s mouths black and will stain just about anything!

For resources on black icing:

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Looking for the secret to making your kids’ birthday cakes moist? Check out this article on HGTV Making Moist Cakes. A food chemist, Shirley Corriher, shares her secrets and a Basic Moist Sweet Cake Recipe.

Good Luck!

Family birthday celebrations can be loads of fun not only for the birthday child, but also for the other kids in the family too! Here’s an easy way to have everyone looking forward to that cake…besides just being sweet and yummy! Make a tradition of hiding a small pretzel stick or a Cheerio in the cake. Whomever bites in to the special surprise wins something fun…an ice cream cone, a movie pass, a mini-golf pass, etc. It doesn’t need to be an outing, but rather a prize of some sort, i.e new pack of baseball cards, a jumping ball, etc. You can begin this and keep it as a tradition year in and year out. Exciting!