How To Make The Best Birthday Cake

Forget the box! Up your game with our go-to birthday cake. It's tender, sweet, and most importantly: festive! Follow along for our best tips and tricks.

For more cake tricks check out our Ultimate Chocolate Cake recipe:

00:00 Intro
00:28 Ingredients
01:04 Prep Baking Pans
01:30 Batter
02:22 Reverse Creaming Method
03:04 Add Wet Ingredients
03:10 Sprinkles!
03:28 Pour Batter into Pans
03:33 Bake & Coll
03:32 Frosting
04:42 Assemble
05:33 Crumb Coat
05:50 Decorating
07:04 Time to Party!

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[GemBob]

A note to people in the UK: Our sprinkles do not have the same preservatives as American sprinkles and therefore tend to bleed into the cake batter if mixed in and disappear. I would recommend just using them on the outside :)

[DavidSeymourofficial]

aww cant believe you guys knew my birthday is this week and uploaded this just for me! So sweet of you <3

[khalilahd.]

My birthday is literally tomorrow. Perfect timing 😅🥳💜

[solevazquezmaria]

I find it so interesting that in America this is a birthday cake. In my country birthday cake is whichever cake you want for your birthday with candles on top. This is a white cake with sprinkles (which only add color, not flavor )

[kellenconvery]

Tip: if you don’t have cake flour you can substitute 1 tbls of corn starch for every 1 cup of flour in the recipe
Ex: 4 cups of flour 4 tbls (1/4 cup) corn starch

[mckeylamcalister]

Thx. No one makes vids about simple cakes like this for us amateur bakers

[haydenraish]

Ain’t no way they said “Swiss meringue was too heavy so we chose American buttercream” bruh. Anyone reading this and wanting to try this recipe out PLEASE USE SWISS MERINGUE!!! It way less sweet and dense and it’s not that much harder to make. Also it’s shiny and pretty 😙

[ThaoPham-gdsp]

Please do not stop this series. I love the way you guys explain all your experiment to find the best in each tiny parts of a whole dishes, even with the simplest recipe.

[SoTastyOfficial]

*_You are so talented and I enjoy watching your videos to unwind after a long day!._*

[chunkysushibread]

IT'S LITERALLY MY BIRTHDAY TODAY !!!! 😂🥳

It feels like y'all made this me lol 😋

[Someone-ynig]

It’s always a good day when tasty posts 😌😌

[NaturesNutriCare]

This recipe looks like it would be a hit with the whole family. Can't wait to give it a try!

[johnjohnson]

Great video. Always love watching Tasty!!

[nikitawakudkar]

Last 3 yrs i have been waiting for a ultimate vanilla cake recipe of tasty . Finally it's here

[madison_b]

This is a great idea! My birthday is in a few days and my family owns a ice cream shop so we have a lot of sprinkles left over!

[thedianicah]

Keep up with the 101 series tasty your helping so many of us amateur bakers 😂

[sakaAndyouraxergod]

My mom just made this when I got home telling me it was my favorite cooking channel that made it!! Thank you!

[DrBrunoRecipes]

Looks delicious 👌🏻 Greetings from Scotland 😊 Have a wonderful day everyone 🌻

[arelismargarito]

Thanks for the tips! 👍🏼 🎂 can’t wait to try 🙋🏻‍♀️😇🥰

[ibrahimimran]

OMG ! I am definitely going to make this