Botanical Birthday Cake SVG

About this design

Fresh flowers on a simple cake are a favorite at garden weddings and grown-up birthdays, and this design captures that look on paper. Two straight-sided tiers in pale butter yellow each carry a soft pink band. On top, a layered rose sits between a small blush flower and a deep rose cosmos, with sage sprigs reaching out to each side. A leafy vine trails down the right edge, holding a second rosette and a little yellow flower. The whole cake stands on a rounded board in dusty rose, and Happy Birthday arches across the top in a bold script.

It is a picture of a cake for cards, signs and fabric, not a pattern for decorating one.

Pieces and weeding

The solid file has 19 pieces and 7 cut-outs. The tiers, bands, board, flowers and lettering are separate, so use transfer tape for vinyl or glue paper parts to a backing card. Weeding is light: a few flower hearts and letter centers. It passes our cut checks from about 3.5 inches wide. That makes it one of the smallest-cutting designs in the floral set.

Color layers

• Base and lines (dark slate blue-gray): the backing and outlines
• Leaf green (muted sage): the sprigs on top and the trailing vine
• Blush (soft pink): the bands on both tiers, the small flower on top and the rose’s outer petals
• Rose (deep dusty pink): the cake board, the cosmos, the rose cup and the rosette on the vine
• Butter yellow (pale buttery yellow): both tiers and the little flower on the vine
• Lettering (dark slate): the greeting

Size guide

Under 3.5 inches the flower hearts close up. For stickers, print the color file and cut only the outline using Print Then Cut.

Keeping it away from the food

Cut this for paper, vinyl, fabric or wood. A sign beside the cake or a card on the gift table is ideal. If you want a cake topper, choose a design made as one connected piece, tape the stake to a food-safe skewer or wrap it, keep it from touching the cake, and take it out before serving. None of these files are food-safe.

Ideas

• A birthday card with the tiers raised on foam to look stacked.
• A sign for the dessert table at a garden or tea party.
• An apron for the friend who bakes the best cakes in the family.
• Favor bags for slices of cake to take home.
• A thank-you note after the party, in a single color.

Making it your own

Try chocolate brown tiers with cream bands, or white tiers with green bands for a lighter look. The rose board could be gold. The guide to changing SVG colors explains how.

Pairs well with

The Tea Party Teacup belongs on the same table, and the Garden Party makes the sign for the door. The Happy Birthday collection has more cakes.