How to Draw a Birthday Cake (Easy Step by Step)
A birthday cake is a happy thing to draw, and it is built from simple shapes: boxes with rounded corners, wavy lines, and teardrops. This little cake has two tiers, a plate and stand, three candles, and a smiling face.
- Easy
- 10 minutes
- 8 steps
You need: paper, a pencil, an eraser, and crayons or markers for coloring.
Start drawingIn this article (7 sections)
How to draw a birthday cake step by step
How to Draw a Birthday Cake · tinyhandscreate.com
Step 1: Guide shapes
Lightly sketch this oval. It only shows where the big parts go, so press softly. You will erase it at the end.
Step 2: Two cake tiers
Start with the top tier: draw a short box with rounded top corners. At its bottom corners, step out to the sides and draw the wider bottom tier going down. Leave the bottom open for now.
Step 3: The cake plate
Draw a long, flat plate with rounded bottom corners across the bottom of the cake. Make it stick out a little past the cake on both sides.
Step 4: The cake stand
Below the middle of the plate, draw two short lines going down. Join them to a small flat foot at the bottom, wider than the two lines.
Step 5: Wavy frosting
Near the top of each tier, draw a row of little bumps like a wavy line, from one side of the tier to the other.
Step 6: A happy face
On the bottom tier, draw two small dots for eyes. Draw a little curved smile between them.
Step 7: Three candles
On top of the cake, draw three tall, skinny candles side by side with small gaps between them. Each candle has a rounded top and its open bottom sits on the cake.
Step 8: Candle flames
Above each candle, draw a flame shaped like a teardrop with the pointy end up.
All done!
Erase the guide shapes, go over your lines, then color it in.
Finished your birthday cake? Keep the pencils out and learn how to draw a lollipop or how to draw cherries next.
Tips for drawing a birthday cake
- Draw the top tier and the bottom tier as one outline, and keep the top tier centered so the cake does not lean.
- For the frosting, make the bumps in the wavy line about the same size. Try making a row of small hills, one after another, without lifting your pencil.
- Make the three flames the same teardrop shape, with the pointy ends all facing up. Draw the first one, then copy it twice.
Free birthday cake coloring page
Want to go straight to coloring? Open this birthday cake coloring page at full size and print it. It is the same drawing you just learned, with clean lines ready for crayons or markers.
How to color your birthday cake drawing
Try pink frosting, a yellow top tier, and a light blue bottom tier, with orange and yellow flames. Gray works well for the plate and stand.
Birthday cake fun fact for kids
The song "Happy Birthday to You" started out in 1893 as "Good Morning to All," a classroom song written by two sisters, Mildred and Patty Hill.
Questions about drawing a birthday cake
What shapes do I need to draw a birthday cake?
You need boxes with rounded corners for the tiers and candles, a long flat shape for the plate, wavy lines for the frosting, and teardrops for the flames.
How do I make my cake look cuter?
Add a face on the bottom tier with two dot eyes and a small curved smile between them.
How do I draw wavy frosting?
Draw a line of small, even bumps across each tier, like a row of little hills. Go slowly, and make each bump about the same size as the one before it.
