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How to Draw a Birthday Cake
Draw a birthday cake in 11 easy steps, about 8 minutes. Free, with a printable worksheet.
Each picture adds one red line. Draw that line, then scroll to the next picture. Rub out any dashed helper lines at the end. First up: bottom cake.
Step 1: Bottom cake
Start left of the middle. Draw a big plump slab, wider than tall, and stop back at the start.
Step 2: Top cake and candles
Start a third in on the top edge. Draw a smaller slab up, over, down to it. Add 3 candles.
Step 3: Light the candles
Start on top of each candle. Draw a short wick up and stop. Sit a fat teardrop flame on it.
Tip Round at the bottom, pointy on top, wider than the candle.
Step 4: Cake stand
From the left of the cake draw an oval plate, up to the right side. Add a stem and foot.
Step 5: Top icing
Start on the top cake's edge at the left. Draw 4 fat U drips, stopping at the right shoulder.
Step 6: Bottom icing
Start on the bottom cake's edge near the left shoulder. Draw 6 fat U drips, stopping near the right.
Tip Longest at the ends, shorter in the middle.
Step 7: Candle stripes
On each candle draw 2 short slanted lines close together, from the left edge to the right edge.
Step 8: Confetti
Draw 6 bits of confetti on the bottom cake: tilted ovals and dots. Add 4 more in the air.
Tip Keep them tiny, spread out, and off the lines.
Step 9: Yellow cake
Colour both cakes yellow below the icing, around the confetti, and each flame's little middle. Leave the candles white.
Step 10: Pink icing, orange flames
Colour the icing, both cake tops and the candle stripes pink. Colour each flame orange around its middle.
Step 11: Blue stand and confetti
Colour the stand sky blue and the confetti red and blue. Go over all your lines.
Your finished drawing
Follow the steps above and this is where you end up: a birthday cake, drawn by you.
Every step in one picture
