If you choose a theme for the birthday party try to have a cake that respects the theme also.

If the kids are really young, you may want to have several cupcakes instead of a huge cake. It would be less messy.

You can decide to bake it yourself which is not really hard but you can also choose to buy it from the bakery or even the grocery store. Some offer you to choose the cake decoration so you'll stay in the theme.

If you want to do it yourself, you can easily decorate it with stuff that you'll find at the dollar store. You may also organize a cake decorating activity by giving each child a cupcake that he will decorate himself with stuff that you'll put into the recipients in the center of the table.

Flowers, princesses, Barbie designs are popular for girls while trucks, cars, superheroes will please the boys.

If you want to do it yourself, have a look at the following links

http://childparenting.about.com/od/funcelebrations/tp/kidsbirthdaycakes.htm

http://www.coolest-birthday-cakes.com/

http://www.coolest-kid-birthday-parties.com/kid-birthday-cakes.html

Finally here is a great site to find chocolate cake receipes as well as chocolate icing.


http://allrecipes.com/recipes/desserts/cakes/chocolate-cakes/main.aspx

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