Half Birthday Cake Ideas for Babies, Kids & Adults

If you are looking for some super fun half birthday cake ideas, then you’ve come to the right place. You’ll find 6 month birthday cake ideas for babies and well as easy and fun half year birthday cake ideas for kids and adults too.

You don’t need to have a baby to celebrate a half birthday. Half birthdays celebrations are popular for all ages from babies to adults. So why not celebrate with a cake? After all, a birthday without a cake is just another day! 

Read on for 13 easy and fun half cake decorating ideas – there’s something for everyone!

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Half Birthday Cake

Half birthday celebrations are becoming extremely popular, not only for babies to celebrate a six month milestone but for older kids and adults too, for a variety of reasons.

For example, if your child has a birthday in December they might appreciate celebrating it six months later in June – more presents later in the year rather than all at once.

These half birthday celebrations don’t need to be another overwhelming occasion – as long as you have cake you are sorted!

The photo below is of a very easy half birthday cake to make. This is a fun and delicious half cake recipe that is easy to bake and decorate. You could also buy a round cake if you don’t want to do any baking.

To make this cake, simply bake one circle cake then cut it in half. Stack each half on top of each other and ice the top of the cake with as much icing as you like – you probably won’t need too much as you’ll be adding M&Ms or Smarties. I use vanilla buttercream frosting icing for this recipe as I find it is nice and thick and like glue for the KitKats.

Make sure you add lots of icing around the sides of the cake as this will help the KitKats stick. Tie a curling ribbon around the side of the cake to hold the KitKats in place. Add loads of Smarties of M&M’s to the top of the cake and you’re done!

Or for an even simpler easy half birthday cake. Simply ice a cake and cut it in half like the cake below.

Read on for some absolutely spectacular half birthday cakes you can make or take to your favorite cake decorator to create for you.

If you’re wondering when your half birthday is: check out our handy calculator and free printable decorations for the best and easiest half birthday celebration ever.

6 Month Birthday Cake

Ok so before I show you all the amazing half birthday cake ideas check out this amazing half birthday FAKE cake. This is THE 6 month birthday cake you’ve been looking for – if you don’t want an actual cake for your baby.

This is perfect for a 6 month old baby cake smash. They’re probably not up to eating cake yet, so why not have some great photos with this super cute cake to mark the milestone.

Read on to see some cakes you can bake or buy from your favorite baker for the rest of your family celebrating this milestone with you!

Half Birthday Cake Ideas

This half birthday cake is so cute and I love how they’ve highlighted that it is half a cake by adding icing layers / or stripes to the side of the cake.

Here is another super cute cake idea. You can use fondant and cookie cutters to cut out the letters of the birthday boy or girl’s name and you have an easy and cute half birthday cake. This cake could easily be made in pink or blue or any favorite color.

How amazingly clever is this two-tier half birthday drip cake. It looks almost to defy gravity. It is a wonderful idea that you could try if you wanted a tiered cake.

How sweet is this super cute half year birthday cake – perfect for a 6 month birthday cake for a baby girl. You could make a similar drip cake in blue for a boy.

You can also have a themed cake like the pretty flamingo cake below. Just because it’s not a full cake doesn’t mean that you can’t style it to the birthday girl or boys favorite thing of the moment.

You’ll love this idea for a cake below. It’s definitely for a candy lover or a sweet tooth and particularly someone who loves Charlie and the Chocolate Factory as it features a super cute golden ticket.

I love how this cake has a large half birthday topper and also says happy 5th birthday…perfect for any age half birthday.

 Half Birthday Cake Topper

Now this is something you’ll want to try. Create your own half birthday cake topper by using white chocolate and colored sprinkles. You could use large cookie cutters or cut out a template with cardboard to pour some melted white chocolate into. Simply add your sprinkles, then pop it into the fridge to set.

Half Birthday Cupcakes

This is another easy fun way to celebrate this milestone birthday and it can be a new family tradition to start. If your kids are old enough to bake and ice cupcakes with you, then they’ll love this idea.

I sincerely hope you’ve enjoyed these fun half cake ideas. Wishing you all the best for your celebrations.