Impress your guests with these scrumptious vegan birthday cakes, bliss balls, cookies, and smoothie bowls! You’ll love our kid-friendly and adult-approved ideas.
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Whether your birthday is next or you want to bake for someone else to show your love (great DIY gift!), this article has you covered.
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Vegan Birthday Cakes + Treats
Easy Vegan Cheesecake
Enjoy this decadent cheesecake that requires no baking! A creamy vegan cheesecake that is so simple to make and special enough for any occasion. The base is perfectly tart and can be finished with a variety of toppings – try vegan sprinkles, passion fruit, or berries!
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Funfetti Birthday Cake
When it comes to birthday cakes, nothing gets a celebration started like Funfetti! This gluten-free spectacle is made from layers of delicious vegan buttercream and vanilla sponge cake that are joyfully speckled with colorful sprinkles.
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Double Chocolate Birthday Cupcakes
Dense, moist, and a double chocolate threat, these beautiful cupcakes are perfect for a birthday celebration. The combination of tofu and zucchini in the batter keeps the cake deliciously moist for days! The cupcakes are frosted with melted chocolate that is whipped into vegan butter and cream cheese.
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Vegan Birthday Cake Ice Cream
This special treat requires only 5 minutes of hands-on time. With cookie crumbles and sprinkles, you can transform it into birthday cake iice cream!
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Vegan Lemon Almond Cake
For a more sophisticated birthday experience, try this vegan lemon almond cake. The perfect balance between sweet and citrus, this cake tickles a more mature pallet – delicious with coffee or tea!
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Giant Birthday Cake Cookies
Instead of cake, try these irresistible birthday cookies! The dough is freezer-friendly and made with a few simple ingredients. In less than 15 minutes, the cookies bake into scrumptious treats with soft centers and crispy edges. Ideal for dunking into a glass of dairy-free milk!
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Vegan Pink Champagne Cake
Pop a bottle of sparkling rosé and toast your birthday with this show-stopping cake. A splash of bubbly adds a champagne flavor and also aerates the cake for an ultra-fluffy texture. Pink Champagne is paired perfectly with strawberry jam and Italian meringue buttercream, this is a birthday cake to remember!
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Unicorn Birthday Cake
Be anything but average with this super special Unicorn Birthday Cake. Made from a simple vegan-friendly boxed cake mix, this cake is beginner friendly and easy to make. The finished cake has layers of fluffy coconut whipped cream, making each bite heavenly.
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Fudgy Vegan Chocolate Cake
Do you love chocolate? This is the only chocolate cake recipe you will ever need! It is perfectly spongy and so chocolatey. The best part is it stays moist and delicious for days giving you a great reason to enjoy cake for your entire birthday week!
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Coconut Strawberry Cake
Certain flavor combinations go so well together and they should never be altered, and this cake is one of them! Whipped coconut cream, fresh strawberries, and delicate vanilla sponge cake is the perfect combination – birthday-approved.
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Vegan Funfetti Cake
Whether you are making this cake for a kid or feeling nostalgic yourself, a funfetti sheet cake is a great cake to blow candles off of this year. Perfectly sweet and bursting with warm vanilla flavor, this cake is a timeless favorite.
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Strawberry Birthday Cake Milkshake
Looking for a unique birthday treat? Try these ultra-rich birthday cake milkshakes! The dessert blends together in less than 5 minutes and with a touch of whip cream and sprinkles, you have yourself a magazine-worthy dessert – so delicious!
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Birthday Cake Cookie Dough
Looking for a unique birthday treat? Try these ultra-rich birthday cake milkshakes! The dessert blends together in less than 5 minutes and with a touch of whip cream and sprinkles, you have yourself a magazine-worthy dessert – so delicious!
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Harry Potter’s Birthday Cake
If you are a Harry Potter fan or simply want a magical cake of your own, this chocolate birthday cake is perfect for you. The caramel drizzle is a tasty twist on the original recipe. If you ask us, Hagrid's pink and green frosting is a must!
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Vegan Cake Batter Donuts
This Cake Batter Donut recipe is a wonderful treat to celebrate another year around the sun! Round, golden, and fluffy donuts are baked to circular perfection and then smothered generously with vanilla glaze and sprinkles – yummy!
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Birthday Cake Smoothie Bowl
A birthday treat that is lite, nutritious, and still bursting with fun. This smoothie bowl tastes like vanilla cake batter! Sweetened with banana and dates, the texture is so creamy and satisfying it's the perfect birthday treat!
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Vegan Rice Crispy Treats
With four ingredients and less than 30 minutes, this is a simple, family-favorite dessert. Sweet vegan marshmallows combine with crispy puffed rice to make a classic treat that everyone will enjoy – the more sprinkles, the more celebration!
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Tiramisu Layer Cake
Have your cake and coffee too! Moist layers of coffee-infused sponge cake and sweet coffee cream form a decadent cake. Topped with a generous dusting of cocoa powder, each mouth-watering spoonful will have you buzzing!
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Vegan Rainbow Cupcakes
Make your next birthday celebration bright and playful with these rainbow cupcakes. Individual cupcakes are always a special treat, and these vanilla and buttercream birthday ones are no exception! The frosting is pigmented with natural colors, like turmeric, spirulina, and raspberry powder, to create a thoughtful treat.
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Vegan Birthday Cookie Cake
This giant birthday cookie is a fun alternative to a classic cake. Slice a large wedge of chocolate chip cookie that's topped with a luxuriously rich chocolate ganache frosting! The giant cookie goes great with a giant glass of dairy-free milk.
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Vegan Chocolate Mousse Cake
Made from budget-friendly ingredients, this chocolate mousse cake comes together quickly. The baked cookie dough base is topped with an airy chocolate mousse and even more shaved chocolate! Topped with fresh berries and crushed pistachios to make it so special.
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Healthy Funfetti Pancakes
Start the celebration early with a stack of fluffy birthday pancakes! These gluten-free and nutritious pancakes are sprinkled with funfetti and sweet vanilla glaze sauce. The smell of vanilla will warm your entire home!
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Vegan Vanilla Cake with Flowers
This cake is a lovely centerpiece on a birthday table! The rustic vanilla cake is adorned with beautiful edible flowers and fresh berries. With just a touch of whipped cream, it's a cake that is pleasantly understated and scrumptious!
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Birthday Cake Overnight Oat Parfait
Get ahead of the birthday festivities with this easy overnight oat parfait. Tasty vanilla oats are layered with a crumbled cupcake, whipped coconut cream, and of course, sprinkles! On a birthday, it's okay to have dessert for breakfast.
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Vegan Red Velvet Cupcakes
Love red velvet cake but don't like all the red food dye? These gorgeous ruby-red cupcakes are made with beets, giving them a natural vibrancy. All the beet flavor is masked by the rich dark cocoa and vanilla frosting – so special!
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No-Bake Birthday Cake Energy Bites
Fuel the fun this year! Birthday Cake Energy Bites are a great way to enjoy a treat while also indulging in a nutritious snack. Ingredients like almonds, coconut flour, almond butter, and maple syrup blend to create cookie dough bites that are birthday worthy!
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Celebrate in style with this selection of vegan birthday cakes and other treats full of funfetti and flavor! Find simple as well as elaborate ideas for everyone in your family. If you’re new to baking or plant-based eating, try the following one-bowl vegan cake recipe that can easily be modified!
Serves 8
Ingredients
One Bowl Vegan Cake
- 1 cup brown sugar 220 g
- 6 tbsp canola oil
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- 1 cup all-purpose flour 120 g
- ⅓ cup cocoa powder 40 g
- 2 tsp baking powder
- 1 cup soy milk 240 ml
Frosting
- ¼ cup vegan butter 56 g
- ½ tsp vanilla extract
- ½ cup cocoa powder 60 g
- 2 cups icing sugar 55 g
- 1 tbsp soy milk
- Funfetti
Instructions
- Preheat your oven to 350 °F (180 °C) and line a 9x9 inch cake pan with paper.
- Combine sugar, oil, and vanilla in a large mixing bowl. Stir in flour, cocoa powder, and baking powder.
- Whisk until smooth while slowly adding the soy milk. Pour into your prepared cake pan and place into the oven.
- Bake for 30 minutes or until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean. Let the cake cool for 10 minutes in the pan, then transfer to a wire rack. Be sure that it is completely cool before adding any frosting!
- Beat the vegan butter, vanilla, and cocoa powder with an electric mixer to create the frosting. Add half of the icing sugar and keep beating until creamy.
- Slowly add the rest of the icing sugar and soy milk. Continue beating until the frosting becomes smooth and creamy.
- Using a cake knife or spatula, spread the frosting over the top of the cooled cake. Decorate with sprinkles or funfetti and serve!
Notes
- You can also decorate the cake with fresh fruit, cookies, or edible flowers.
- Any buttercream flavor works for this recipe!
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Celebrate in style with this selection of vegan birthday cakes and other treats full of funfetti and flavor! Find simple as well as elaborate ideas for everyone in your family.