Birthday cake crochet pattern — eight pieces, 47 rounds written out
About 15 cm across the frosting and about 14 cm tall to the flame tips: a free birthday cake crochet pattern, worked on a 4.0 mm hook in six colours. The cake is one piece from base to rim, with round 9 in back loops only turning the flat base into a wall, and the frosting is a separate disc carried one round further — 72 stitches against the cake's 64 — so its edge has somewhere to lap over the side. All 47 rounds are written out below across four lists that make eight pieces, and every round shows the stitch count it finishes on.
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Why it is rated High
High: twelve rounds of 64 stitches with no shaping to count against, a frosting disc eight stitches wider than the cake it is sewn to, and three candles that have to stand plumb.
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00What you need before you start
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What you need before you start
Yarn — six colours, all weight 4
1 skein (about 90 m)Worsted / aran acrylic, weight 4
small amount (about 30 m)Worsted / aran acrylic, weight 4
small amount (about 35 m)Worsted / aran acrylic, weight 4
scrapsWorsted / aran acrylic, weight 4
scrapsWorsted / aran acrylic, weight 4
scrapsWorsted / aran acrylic, weight 4
Tools
6 you probably own, 2 to buyYou likely have
Tapestry needle
Scissors
Stitch markers
Pins
Measuring tape
A chopstick or dowel for stuffing
You need to buy
Polyester fiberfill stuffing (~90 g)
A cardboard or plastic-canvas disc, 12 cm across, for the base
Optional
Three pipe cleaners, one inside each candle, to keep them upright
A locking stitch marker in a contrast colour for the round start
Gauge and finished size
the last check before you cast onTension
Worked tight enough that the stuffing does not show between stitches. Exact gauge is not critical; a looser hand gives a larger cake and eats more yarn.
Finished size
~15 cm across the frosting, ~14 cm tall to the flame tips
In DK on a 3.5 mm hook every count still works, but the candles stay six stitches round whatever the yarn, and at that size changing colour twice in a six-stitch round gets fiddly.
How to make the birthday cake with candles, piece by piece
Switching rewrites every round:US8 sc in mrUK8 dc in mrWork a US sc as a UK single crochet and the fabric comes out looser and taller.
1
01The cake
A flat disc that opens out to 64 stitches, then turns a corner and…20 RNDS
starts in spongeYellow· magic ring· Piece 1 of 4
First six rounds[8] [16] [24] [32] [40] [48]
The flat base
RND 1–81[8]
2[16]
3[24]
4[32]
5[40]
6[48]
7[56]
8[64]
Turning the corner, sponge
RND 9–129[64]
10[64]
11[64]
12[64]
The pink layer
RND 13–1613[64]
14[64]
15[64]
16[64]
Sponge again, up to the rim
RND 17–2017[64]
18[64]
19[64]
20[64]
US termsmrmagic ringscsingle crochetincincreasedecdecreaseBLOback loop onlyst(s)stitch, or stitches
When this piece is doneSlip the cardboard disc down onto the base and stuff firmly, pushing the filling out to the edge so the side stays straight. Leave the top open for now.
2
02The frosting
The same disc as the base, carried one round further to 72 stitches…9 RNDS
starts in buttercreamCream· magic ring· Piece 2 of 4
First six rounds[8] [16] [24] [32] [40] [48]
1[8]
2[16]
3[24]
4[32]
5[40]
6[48]
7[56]
8[64]
9[72]
US termsmrmagic ringscsingle crochetincincreasedecdecreaseBLOback loop onlyst(s)stitch, or stitches
When this piece is doneSew round 8 to the top edge of the cake, easing the extra stitches in as you go. The pink round stays loose and hangs over the side.
3
03The candles
Three of these, a six-stitch tube twelve rounds tall, striped red and…12 RNDS
starts in candyStripeRed· magic ring· Piece 3 of 4· make 3
First six rounds[6] [6] [6] [6] [6] [6]
1[6]
2[6]
3[6]
4[6]
5[6]
6[6]
7[6]
8[6]
9[6]
10[6]
11[6]
12[6]
US termsmrmagic ringscsingle crochetincincreasedecdecreaseBLOback loop onlyst(s)stitch, or stitches
When this piece is doneStuff them lightly, or slide a folded pipe cleaner inside if you want them to hold a line. The bottom two rounds sink into the cake, so the red band there will not show.
4
04The flames
Three teardrops, worked point first from a ring of four and finishing…6 RNDS
starts in flameOrange· magic ring· Piece 4 of 4· make 3
First six rounds[4] [8] [8] [8] [6] [6]
1[4]
2[8]
3[8]
4[8]
5[6]
6[6]
US termsmrmagic ringscsingle crochetincincreasedecdecreaseBLOback loop onlyst(s)stitch, or stitches
When this piece is doneA pinch of stuffing in each, then sew the open round to the top of a candle with the point straight up.
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Nine notes on the birthday cake with candles
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01An original Crochet Genie design.
02Everything is worked in a continuous spiral. Mark the first stitch of every round and move the marker up as you go — a 64-stitch round is easy to lose count in.
03Round 9 of the cake body is worked in back loops only; that ridge is what turns the flat base into a wall and makes the cake sit level on a table.
04The frosting is a separate disc worked one round wider than the cake, 72 stitches against the cake's 64. Sew its round 8 to the top edge of the cake and leave the pink round 9 free, so the rim laps over the side the way poured icing does.
05The candles and the flames are each one part made three times. Work all three candles before you sew any of them, so you can match the stripes.
06Cut the cardboard disc to sit inside the base before you stuff. It is what keeps the bottom flat once the cake has weight in it.
07Stuff the cake firmly and evenly as the wall grows, pushing the stuffing out to the edge so the side stays straight rather than barrelling.
08Sew the candles standing plumb. Pin all three first, look at the cake from the side at eye level, and adjust before a single stitch goes in — a candle leaning by a few degrees is the thing an eye lands on.
09Leave a long tail on every piece. Every one of them is sewn to something.
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