Here's a great cake that will make even the most fashion conscious teenager drool with anticipation.  You actually need to make two cakes - one for each foot of course.  We're going to make each one basically identical except for different colors so you can distinguish one flip flop from the other.

To make this special treat you need to bake or purchase a 10 oz. pound cake from your favorite recipe or bakery.  You can use a piece of paper or old piece of cardboard to trace the outline of one of your kids flip flops onto a piece of paper.  Then you have an easy guide to use as a stencil for the shape of the cake.

Besides the pound cake you'll need about 1 cup of strawberry ice cream, 4 oz. of whipped dessert topping, two different colors of twisted licorice (two pieces of each color), and an assortment of colored smarties or M&M's.  That's it!  These flip flop cakes are so easy to make every one of your daughters is going to want one for their birthday.

First, cut the pound cake into two identical flip flop shapes, using your paper template that you traced from an actual flip flop.

Now cut the two flip flop cakes in half across the entire cake and level any rounded spots with a knife.  Spread the ice cream between the two cakes and put the two pieces back together.  Freeze the cake for a couple of hours, then cover both flip flops with the whipped topping.

Make sure you ask your girls to help you decorate these cakes because they are such a fun idea.  Place two pieces of the same color of twisted licorice onto each cake to create the look of a flip flop!  Add the colored smarties all around the edges of both cakes, and freeze the cake until you're ready to eat.

First of all, everyone should be invited to wear some sort of Hawaiian outfit to the birthday party.  This can include something as simple as a Hawaiian flower shirt that you stuck in your closet since your last vacation, or something more extravagant.  Some of our guests went so far as to make grass Hula skirts and wore plastic leis purchased from the local dollar store.

Another nice touch is to play Hawaiian music in the background.  Hawaiian music is very soothing and relaxing.  You can get all kinds on the internet, or just purchase an original Charles Ka'upu album.

Don’t forget to put some Hibiscus plants around the party, and if you want to go all out you can rent an imitation coconut tree and small tiki bar from your local party store.  This will really add to the birthday party atmosphere.

A good Hawaiian birthday cake idea is to start with 10 inch by 16 inch sheet cake with 2 different cake mixes.  Purchase whatever flavors you like at your local grocery store, then assemble as usual.

You can ice the cake with buttercream to give it a very tropical flavor and make it a real hit with the kids.  Use a serrated knife to spread the icing into a wavy pattern, then airbrush the background of deep blue ocean and warm sandy beach.

Finally, add a palm tree and tiki hut with dark and white chocolate.  An easy way to do this is to design the look on wax paper with the chocolate, then after they harden place them onto the cake wherever you feel they look good.  Finally, add pieces of pineapple all around the edges to remind everyone of the great fragrances and sea shells that surround you in Hawaii.

Of course, the best part was actually eating this birthday cake.  Everyone, from young ones to teenagers, as well as your adult guests will think this is one of the most unique birthday cake ideas they have seen in a long time.

One of many items that modern parents are looking for these days are egg free birthday cake ideas that still maintain the traditional quality and great taste that everyone will enjoy at your baby’s first birthday party.

There are so many choices for egg substitutes that are safe and tasty.  If your baby hasn’t had the opportunity to try egg products yet, then this is another reason not to introduce them to this food family at their 1st birthday party.  You can purchase many egg substitute products in the Vegan section of your local grocery store.

There’s no need to go to a lot of extra work, you just need to be creative and understand the significance of certain ingredients so that you can decide when to substitute certain fillings.  You shouldn’t be too hard on yourself since most of your guests will think the taste of your 1st birthday cake is great.

Besides, what is the main purpose for your child’s 1st birthday cake.  The photo opportunity and the chance to create a lifetime memory! Your guests won’t remember how the cake tasted tomorrow, but everyone will remember the photo that you email to them with icing smeared all over your beautiful baby’s face.

There are lots of healthy flavors to choose from, including banana, apricot, cherry, and watermelon.  Don’t worry, these flavors are all based on healthy fruit alternatives that have much less sugar.  You can make these great tasting birthday cakes in traditional layer cake style, or extra large cupcakes for each of your guests.

Now, you absolutely HAVE to have loads of frosting on the birthday cake so that your little one can cover themselves for the photo.  Just make sure you substitute low sugar whipped cream for any recipes that call for high sugar content butter cream.  You can make your own whipped cream in minutes with minimal sugar added.

This knitting cake consists of a large knitting ball with two knitting needles stuck into it and then on the platter that holds the cake. You can inscribe any kind of birthday greeting that you would like with your icing decoration. To top it off sprinkle some smarties or other icing blots throughout the canvas. The knitting needles can be made from something scrumptious like sticks of licorice. If you like you can feed the licorice into straws to hold them straight, or just put the two licorice into the knitting ball and let them hang loose. That would work as well.

Remember to get several colors of icing so it looks like real yarn that is wound around the knitting ball. This one looks so delicious you almost hate to cut into it and eat it. Like all of these cakes, I'm sure it tastes even better than it looks.

Using your imagination. I'm sure that you could come up with many more cakes for crafting friends. We would love to see photos of your finished cakes submitted to our contest. Remember, the grand prize is a $125 gift certificate for Amazon.

Some of the best birthday cake ideas for a 1st birthday party are to let them get as messy as they want. I know this sounds crazy, but you'll have more fun than they will. Just let them dig in and explore!

Get the camera ready for some great shots. Make sure everyone at the party knows that you're going to encourage a "free-for-all". Some of your older relatives may not be ready. But, trust me this will be the best part of the night.

Kids from 1 year old to 3 years old are always the most fun for this type of birthday cake mess.

Mom and Dad will be laughing as they get messy, and most of the inlaws will too.  You can tell the people at the party who don't have kids yet, because they'll have a funny look on their face that says "what's so funny about that?"

All the other kids will have a ball!  Let them have turns if you're adventurous.