6 Best Selling Birthday Cake Ideas

Whether you’re looking to increase cake sales, expand your cake catalogue or just browsing for ideas for an upcoming birthday cake order, we hope you’ll find some inspiration from our bestselling birthdaycake ideas, listed below.

1. Floral

Flowers on a cake is one of the all-time classic birthday combinations. Almost any type and colour of flower can be made out of gum paste or buttercream – whether or not it's in season. BONUS: If it is in season, use the real thing!

If you love a floral bouquet and buttercream, join our Buttercream Flowers Class to learn how to pipe realistic dahlias, roses, forget-me-nots and more.

2. Sprinkles

Nothing says BIRTHDAY quite like SPRINKLES! They come in a huge variety of colours, shapes and combinations. Some of our favourites are edible-gold-dusted jimmies, pearl dragees and the classic rainbow nonpareils.
Use sprinkles in funfetti cake, as decoration or in a sprinkle surprise explosion!

Join one of our Cake Decorating Classes to learn more!

3. Unicorn Cake

With their golden horns and colourful manes, Unicorn Cakes bring magic, glitter and colour to any occasion – no wonder they’re so popular!
Join our Unicorn Cake Class to make a Unicorn Cake with expert guidance from our Le Dolci cake decorators or review How to Make a Unicorn Cake to try it out on your own!

4. Hobby or Sport

Hobby or sport themed birthday parties are hugely popular – our Le Dolci cake decorators have transformed fondant, gum paste and buttercream into pretty much every hobby or sport under the sun!
There have been golf cakes, soccer cakes, video game cakes, chess cakes, fishing cakes, camping cakes,
makeup cakes…

5. TV Show Character / Movie Themed Cake

For big kids and little kids alike, television show or movie themed birthday cakes are requested all the time.
Pokémon, Harry Potter, Peppa Pig, Paw Patrol, Frozen…

6. Rainbow Cake

Rainbow cakes are all the rage with their fun and colourful cake layers in the full rainbow spectrum – no wonder they’re a popular choice for birthday celebrations!
Join our Rainbow Cake Class for some expert tips and tricks for achieving vibrant rainbow colours!

Eager to get hands-on cake decorating experience to try your hand at some of these cakes? Join one of our in-person Cake Decorating Classes at Le Dolci Classroom & Studio located in Toronto, Canada where you’ll learn how to build and mask a cake step-by-step with expert guidance from our Le Dolci cake decorators.

Our classes are suitable for all levels of cake decorators, from total beginners to pro cake decorators who are looking to perfect their technical skills (BONUS: we do the prep, baking and the cleanup so that you can focus on cake decorating!).

Don’t live nearby or caught the cake decorating bug? Join our Online Cakes & Buttercream Course for structured video tutorials where you will learn how to build and mask a cake step-by-step, all about cake science and how to make our favourite cake and buttercream recipes.