Classic Happy Birthday Cake

Whether you're turning 1 or 50, you're never too old for a birthday cake! Topped with colorful rainbow nonpareils, this Classic Happy Birthday Cake is a treat for all the senses. Use our tasty Yellow Basic Cake Recipe for your dessert and have fun decorating and customizing this cake to suit your needs. Top the cake with candles or a cake topper or just leave it as is for a tasty treat you could make for any occasion.

Skill LevelBeginner

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Instructions

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Bake cake. Prepare cake batter following recipe instructions. Bake and cool two cake layers.
Stack cake. Tint 3 1/2 cups icing teal using color combinations provided. Using remaining white icing, fill and stack cake layers.
Using teal icing, ice cake smooth.
*Combine Teal and Sky Blue icing colors to get teal color shown.