One of the easiest ways to bring a smile to a child’s face on their birthday is to present them with a cake that resembles one of their favorite things. For many kids, those favorite things revolve around their favorite characters from TV and movies. Most of the character shaped cake pans come with instructions to frost the cake and if you can follow simple directions, you can usually create a memorable birthday character cake for a lot less money than you could purchase it for at a local bakery.

Here are some of the character cake pans that are most popular right now! Click on images for ordering information.

Elmo Cake Pan Tinker Bell Cake Pan Winnie the Pooh Cake Pan Mickey Mouse Cake Pan Cars Cake Pan Diego Cake Pan Dora the Explorer Cake Pan Hello Kitty Cake Pan Mickey Mouse Cake Pan Abby Cadabby Cake Pan Buzz Lightyear Cake Pan Ariel Cake Pan SpongeBob Squarepants Cake Pan Spider-Man Cake Pan

Barbie is celebrating her 50th birthday this year and she is doing it in grand style. While looking at cakes on Flickr, I came across this absolutely gorgeous birthday cake with the Barbie 50th birthday theme.

The photo and its notes can be found on Flickr. For more amazing cakes by this artist visit her blog at Cakebox.

If you are having a Barbie birthday party of your own, check out our Barbie Birthday Party Supplies page.