The first step to making a delicious birthday cake is finding the right recipe. Look to your trusty cook book for ideas or a family favorite.
Ideally, you know if a cake is delicious and you can bake it prior to the important day. If you're as good a baker as LaughWithMe, feel free to try this advanced recipe. She probably doesn't even need a recipe. She can walk into a kitchen and make it sing.
First things first, make sure you understand the recipe.
Get your measuring cups and spoons...
then all your ingredients. Make sure you have the appropriate amounts. You don't want to get half way through and stop to run to the store. Got them?
Good. Now toss that shit into the mixer.
Unless you're going for Michelle Obama arms, then you might want to mix it up by hand for a few hours.
How do you feel? Strong? Groovy.
Usually after you mix all the ingredients together, recipes ask you to pour the batter into a greased cake pan. Place it carefully into a preheated oven.
How long you wait is determined by the recipe, but a good rule of thumb is bake the cake for as long as it takes to tell yourself You Are The Best Cook and believe it. If you have to, repeat it over and over.
Ding! Your done.
Doesn't the cake look beautiful?
Yes. Yes it does.
Now that you have a gorgeous birthday cake, let's get right to the party favor. And for old-time's sake, I'm bringing out Balloon Pop!

Pop the balloons to see what you get!

   
 What'cha get?