Kids' Birthday Cake Ideas for Every Theme and Character

Half the fun of planning a birthday party for your little one is choosing the cake. The look of joy and surprise in their eyes when it appears is priceless. Also, it’s probably the most important part of a party, because everyone loves cake, right? What cake do you get? A photo cake with the birthday child on top? Something for their favourite football team, or soccer team? What about their favourite TV shows or movies, or Disney characters?

At The Cake People, we’re an award-winning cake maker, turning ‘just a cake’ into the centrepiece of the party that everyone remembers. We’ve delivered show-stopping cakes around video games, iconic soccer stars, unicorns and more. In this article we’ve rounded up 40 of the most popular cake ideas to help you find the perfect exclamation point for your child’s birthday party.

Gaming & Pop Culture Cakes

So often high on the list of cakes that kids want are cakes around games they play or the hottest thing on YouTube or streaming. K-Pop Demon Hunters and One Piece are hugely popular right now, and kids want these cakes to celebrate with. You can have either HUNTR/X or the Saja Boys on your cake if you’d like.

Gaming is such a big part of so many kids' lives these days. The multiple varieties of Super Mario games, are both nostalgic and so current. Pokémon is also still part of our lives. So many different games that kids have played. Put your child’s favourite Pokemon onto a cake for them! You can even have a collection of cupcakes to look like pokeballs for everyone to take.

Other gaming cake options we have for you include Brawl Stars, Roblox and Fortnite. You can play the game on your party day and eat the cake too.

We can create a Minecraft cake that can look just like the building blocks from the game. We also have a cake for Sonic the Hedgehog lovers out there.

Edible Image & Photo Cakes

A superhero Spiderman Cake is awesome, but can you imagine your child's face when they saw their own photo on the birthday cake? This is the magic of tasty photo cakes and edible image cakes . These are some of our most enjoyable things to create, and favourite cakes amongst our friends. A cake becomes a one-of-a-kind keepsake for your child, until it is devoured with icing on the nose and grins on their faces.

Image Cake - you can upload any image you want, and we can craft it into a cake for you. From the ordering section on the cake page, choose the colour of your cake, the cake size and other options, to have a truly unique cake just for you. A picture of the birthday child, on the cake, is such a wonderful thing to do.

Edible Image Cakes - we have a range of edible image cakes available to you, including Mickey and Minnie Mouse, Pink Fairies and more. Find one you like and place an order.

The great thing about edible image cakes and photo cakes is we can absolutely personalise them for you and your family. Names, ages, colours, all sorts, we can personalise a cake to perfection, and make it a key memory for the birthday celebration.

TV & Movie Favourites

Just behind gaming are kid’s favourite TV shows and movies on a cake. The number of princesses who want a Frozen cake is still high, and we love seeing all the different Elsa’s smiles with glee when they get their icy looking cake.

If your children are mad about Disney, you can give them a Stitch cake, with the wonderful blue alien Experiment 626. We can also shower them with Disney Princess cakes, any of the wonderful princesses in their movies! So many to choose from.

Do they love the Cars franchise with Lightning McQueen and his good friend Tow Mater? Go full throttle on their birthday with a photo cake of their favourite movie character. Another favourite in the movies are the Minions, with Kevin, Stuart and Bob leading a hoard of bright, yellow friends on crazy adventures.

Do your kids love Bluey? You can have a Bluey cake, with just the kids, or the whole family on board. We have a range of other popular kids’ TV shows on cake, such as Peppa Pig and Paw Patrol.

 

Or are your kids a little older and fans of the Netflix mega-hit Stranger Things? Perfect if it's an 11th birthday, can we say.

If you have your own favourite TV show or movie you’d like to see on your cake, send us your image. We can make for you a white cake with buttercream for $65, a full-colour edible image cake for $98, or a full 3D cake for $175. Let us know when you’re ordering what cake you’d like to see.

Sporting Cakes

Cakes celebrating sporting greatness are just as popular as TV shows and superheroes. The world game is huge, with the FIFA World Cup and all the success our Australian soccer players are having on the international stage. Not only can we bake you a soccer cake, you can get soccer fondant cookies too!

One of the specialities that we here at The Cake People are known for is edible image cakes. You give us a photo or an image, and we can print that onto edible fondant. This means your favourite soccer team in your team colours. Or even your very own sporting team can be a part of your cake. Your team logo or a team photo, perhaps? The ultimate in personalised cake celebrating! Have a look at the wide range of sporting cakes we have, imagine the colours of your favourite team, and a photo of your favourite player, or racing car or Super Netball player, on the cake itself.

Fantasy & Fun Favourites

If you’re not wanting movies, TV shows or sporting themes, why not go all out into the world of fun and fantasy and weird stuff? We have awesome cakes that fit this bill, or fit outside of the box.

How about a Unicorn cake? Did you know the Unicorn is the national animal of Scotland? True story.

We have Mermaid cakes and Dinosaur cakes for you to excavate, rainbow cakes or even extra special 5-layer rainbow cakes. So many rainbows.

Do you remember Labubus? Those adorably creepy fluffy toys you could hang on your bag or cuddle in bed? Guess what? Labubu cake! Adorable mischief awaits!

Did you have Hot Wheels cars growing up? We have a cake for that. Cupcakes too. Great to pair with some actual toy cars as takeaway gifts too.

If you want to step into a darker fantasy and get a little strange, why not try our custom skulls cake? Spooky skulls and yummy chocolate cake.

Plant-Based and Allergen-Friendly Options

A great cake needs to be enjoyed by all, no matter the dietary requirements or allergy concerns. This is why our multi-award-winning cakes come with a full range of allergen-friendly options, including egg-free, gluten-friendly, and dairy-free options. We want everyone to be able to enjoy your birthday cake.

Our cakes are made in a kitchen that handles nuts, so there may be traces in our cakes. .

100% of our cakes are plant-based too, and taste absolutely delicious.

We can make batches of cupcakes for people with special dietary requirements too if you need. When ordering from a cake page, let us know what special options you need, and we’ll make it happen.

For every cake collection you see on our website we can make a cake just for you. Sporting cakes, fantasy or sci fi cakes, movies, TV, you name it. When ordering, submit your image for us to put on a cake. A simple and delicious cake with your image and butter cream is just $65. A full-coloured edible image cake is only $98 and a 3D version of your ultimate cake is $175. Fill in the details when you order from the product page and let us do the rest.

How to Choose the Right Cake for Your Child's Party

With so many themes to choose from, narrowing it down can feel like the hardest part of the whole party! A few things worth considering: how many guests you're feeding (so you get the right size), whether any dietary needs are on the guest list, and, most importantly, what your child is currently obsessed with.

If they want gaming characters, sporting teams, Disney Princesses or their own smiling face on top, we're here to help Melbourne families land on the perfect slice.

From gaming icons to soccer stars, unicorns to Labubus, there's a cake theme here for every kind of kid, and big kids too. When you can finally make the choice, one thing is guaranteed- our award-winning cake will be the exclamation point on an awesome party.

Are you ready to go? Reach out to Melbourne’s own award-winning The Cake People and let’s get baking!