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In this step by step cake decorating tutorial I'll show you 7 fun and creative cakes for kids and tweens, including number cakes, emoji cakes, Minecraft cupcake cakes, vintage heart cakes, graffiti cakes, and more beginner-friendly birthday cake ideas.
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Need cake ideas that look impressive but don't require professional cake decorating skills?
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Here are some of my favourite cake ideas for kids and tweens. Starting off with a number cake, bake
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a rectangular sheet cake and use a piece of paper that's half the size of the cake to draw your
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number. Place the paper number onto the cake and cut around it twice to cut two identical number
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shapes from the same cake. This is much easier when the cake is cold because the cake is firmer
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and less crumbly. Even if your cakes don't look perfect as you're cutting them out, by the time
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you've covered them in piping and decorations, it will look great. To attach your first number,
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use two dots of buttercream on the cake board underneath the cake to hold it in place and then
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pipe your filling onto the cake. Buttercream is the best for this because it will hold its shape
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even when the next layer is placed down on top of it, whereas something soft like whipped cream will
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be squashed. Lower the second cake layer on top, lining it up carefully so it sits directly on top
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of the bottom cake, and then use any piping style you like to decorate the top of the cake. This is
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a 1M star tip for these rosettes and also this wave or shell piping. And use any petal-shaped
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piping tip to make these ruffles. And then star-shaped tips to fill in any of the gaps. Now
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for the fun part: cover the top with decorations! Chocolates, candies, macarons, flowers, sprinkles,
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whatever matches the theme or colours. This is a really fun cake for kids to help decorate
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themselves because there are no technical parts to get right. It's just choosing what you want to use
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and arranging those decorations on the cake. Next up, an emoji cake. To make a mini cake, you can
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cut layers out of a larger cake. This is a 6 inch cake and a small round cookie cutter, but you can
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make these with normal sized cake layers instead. Attach the first cake layer onto a cake board with
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a dot of buttercream to keep it secure and then layer cake and filling and add a crumb coat,
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which is a thin layer of frosting to trap any crumbs that come off the cake. Let this set in the
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fridge for about 30 minutes and then add a final coat of frosting. And to create the emoji face,
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you're going to make your own homemade stencils. Use parchment paper or wax paper and draw the
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facial expressions of your chosen emoji and cut those out, leaving the surrounding paper intact,
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which will become your stencils. Chill the cake so the frosting is really firm and then press the
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stencil against the cake. Spread buttercream over it to leave a smooth, thin layer and then peel
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the stencil away to reveal the emoji design. The peel is so satisfying. This is a fun one for kids
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because they can choose their own favorite emoji - a smiley face, heart eyes, sunglasses, whatever
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they like. And like all buttercream cakes, these taste best when served at room temperature. This
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next one has a Minecraft theme. Bake cupcakes in a square cupcake pan using regular cupcake liners
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and as the cupcakes bake, they'll expand to fill the square shape. Square cupcakes are so unusual
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and fun compared to regular round cupcakes and you can use them to build any shape. Use
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any cupcake flavours you like and then arrange the cupcakes into the shape of your design. I'm making
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a Minecraft sword. Arranging them first helps you figure out how large your cake board needs to be.
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And if you don't have a big enough board, you can improvise. Here I'm using an IKEA tabletop
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to arrange my cupcakes on. Double check that your finished design fits on the board before attaching
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anything and then melt chocolate chips and use the melted chocolate like glue underneath each cupcake
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to prevent the cupcakes from sliding around when you're transporting the cake. Once all of the
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cupcakes are attached, start decorating. I'm using my 4 Minute Buttercream, tinting half of it brown
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using the melted chocolate from earlier. And this is a 1M piping tip, which is so versatile because
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you can use that for lots of different piping styles. I'm piping these wavy swirls using the
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chocolate buttercream on the chocolate cupcakes and then tinting the rest of my buttercream to
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make two shades of blue to try to match that Minecraft pixelated look. Cupcake cakes are so
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much easier to serve than regular cakes because there's no slicing involved so it removes some
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of the chaos from a children's birthday party. You can make these cupcake cakes a day ahead,
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but the cupcakes really need to stay airtight so that they don't dry out. I'm using these
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shelf dividers and then wrapping the whole thing in cling film or saran wrap and the shelf dividers
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just raise up the cling film or saran wrap so that it doesn't touch the cupcakes and damage the
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frosting. Fast forward to the birthday party and it was a huge hit! Now for a really pretty cake.
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I know this tutorial is cake ideas for kids and tweens, but this is actually the birthday cake I
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made for myself this year. Tint buttercream in all of the colours you want to use, choosing colours
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that blend smoothly into each other in a gradient like rainbow colours do. Layer the colours on top
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of each other in a piping bag and then pipe your frosting onto the cake and you'll see the colours
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as they push through each other in the piping bag will blend together slightly on the cake,
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creating this beautiful rainbow ombre effect. Smooth the frosting with a cake scraper and leave
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it like this or add some texture. I'm turning my cake comb on its side and using that end to wiggle
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up and down gently against the frosting to make this wave texture. If you want to add sprinkles
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like these sugar pearls, do it straight away while the frosting is still soft and sticky so that they
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attach easily. And I'm adding some wafer paper butterflies as well. It's such a fun girly cake.
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I'm obsessed with it! This next one is a graffiti cake and I'm starting with rainbow cake layers,
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dividing my batter into different bowls and then pouring the batter in rainbow order into each pan
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so that the batter spreads out into rings. This is a really fun cake to cut into. Layer the cake and
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cover it with buttercream tinted a brick colour. I'm taking a shortcut by melting chocolate chips
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and adding those to the buttercream and then just a tiny bit of orange. I heard from lots
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of comments on YouTube that it wasn't accurate and you can absolutely make a darker, more red shade
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if you prefer. Chill the cake until the frosting is firm and then use a zigzag textured cake comb
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to imprint horizontal lines into the frosting to make a brick wall effect and then use a petal
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piping tip or a toothpick to score the lines in between each brick. This works best when the
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buttercream is really cold and firm so put it in the fridge for an hour first since if the frosting
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is still soft and sticky, it will drag and create unwanted texture. To create the graffiti effect,
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mix clear almond extract or vanilla extract with a drop of food colouring and then use a
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paintbrush to paint words or designs onto the cake. You could let your tween or your kid
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choose their own graffiti message. For an edible chocolate cake topper, melt chocolate chips in
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the microwave at 50% power and that lower power prevents overheating or burning the chocolate.
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Spoon the melted chocolate into a ziploc bag and snip a tiny corner off so that you can use it as a
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piping bag. Draw your design on paper and cover it with parchment paper or wax paper and then
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pipe the design with chocolate. Here I'm making a peace sign. Freeze it for about 5 minutes to set
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the outline and then flood the center with white chocolate, pressing a wooden skewer into it before
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it sets. Freeze it again until it's firm and then peel it away from the paper and push it into your
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cake as an edible cake topper. This next design is very beginner friendly. Frost your cake smoothly
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and I have lots of tutorials on smooth frosting techniques if you need help with that step. Just
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go to my channel page and scroll down to where it says SMOOTH FROSTING. Place your cake onto a tray
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so that you don't make a huge mess and then pour sprinkles around the bottom of the cake, pressing
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them into the frosting while it's still soft and sticky so that they attach easily. Tap any
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excess sprinkles off the cake board onto the tray and then lift the tray up to pour the sprinkles
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back into the jar or container to reuse later. Fancy sprinkle mixes can get very expensive,
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so it's definitely worth saving them. Spoon your leftover buttercream into a piping bag. This is
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a double swirl, which adds nice texture and height without adding too much frosting. If you're adding
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sprinkles on top of these, add them immediately while the buttercream is still soft and sticky.
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This is one of the simplest cakes to make, but it still feels really fun and celebratory.
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Vintage heart cakes have become really popular and as long as you have a few piping tips,
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they're actually surprisingly easy to make. If you don't have a heart-shaped cake pan,
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start with round cake layers and cut a small piece off two of the sides of each cake layer
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and then spread some buttercream onto the curved edge and press those cut-off pieces against it
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to make the top of the heart. Add filling and then repeat to build a heart-shaped layer cake.
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Chill the cake before frosting because like all cakes, this is much easier when the cake is cold,
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but this is especially true for cakes that you've cut or carved or sculpted because they're much
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more crumbly. Spread on a crumb coat, chill again to set that frosting and then add a final coat of
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frosting, taking your time to smooth the frosting before you start piping. Use a variety of piping
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tips for different textures and details. A petal tip is great for ruffles - this is a Wilton 104.
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And you can use cookie cutters to press against the frosting to give you a guide before piping
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these curved swags. Using star- shaped tips for beading adds lovely texture and you can layer
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this piping above other piping. Finish with a piped message and you have an elegant vintage
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heart cake! I hope you've seen some ideas you'd like to try. From themed cakes to number cakes,
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simple to more elaborate, beginner-friendly cakes that will make any celebration feel extra special.
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