Three Tier Birthday Cake SVG

About this design

Nothing says birthday faster than a tall cake with the candles lit. This one stacks three tiers in purple, teal and pink, with cream icing running over the top edge of each layer in a row of soft drips. Three candles stand on top with gold flames, and a wide gold plate holds it all up.

The shapes are large and rounded, with no fine piping or tiny sprinkles, so the picture stays clear on a small gift tag and looks just as good stretched across a party sign.

Pieces and weeding

The solid file has 13 pieces and no cut-outs: the plate, three tiers, three bands of icing, three candles and three flames. Cut lines separate every part, so they need something to hold them in place: transfer tape for vinyl, or a backing card for paper. There is very little to weed apart from those lines. It passes our cut checks from about 2 inches wide.

Color layers

• Base and lines in deep indigo: a solid backing that shows as the lines and a thin edge
• Cream in warm cream: the icing on all three tiers
• Pink in bubblegum pink: the top tier and the middle candle
• Teal in bright teal: the middle tier and the left candle
• Purple in soft purple: the bottom tier and the right candle
• Gold in golden yellow: the plate and the three flames

Making a layered card

1. Set the width to 4 inches or more for a card front.
2. Cut the base layer from dark indigo cardstock.
3. Cut the tiers, icing and candles from their own colors, and keep each tier together on the mat.
4. Glue the three tiers to the base, then add the icing on top of each one.
5. Finish with the candles, the flames and the plate.

Need a stack of invitations by this afternoon? Print the color file on cardstock and use Print Then Cut, so the machine only follows the outer shape.

Party projects

• Birthday cards with the cake as a raised, layered front.
• Party invitations printed and cut in a batch.
• Birthday shirts in layered iron-on vinyl for the guest of honor.
• Gift bags and tags at a small size, in one color of vinyl.
• A party sign for the dessert table, cut large from card or wood.

This is a picture of a cake for paper, vinyl, fabric and wood. Keep anything you cut from it away from the food itself.

Size guide

Below 2 inches the icing drips start to close up. For very small stickers, stay with Print Then Cut.

Color ideas

• All pastels for a baby’s first birthday
• Black, white and gold for a grown-up milestone party
• The guest’s team colors on the three tiers

Our guide to changing SVG colors shows how to try these before you download.

Pairs well with

The Birthday Balloon Bunch fills out a card or a sign, and the Happy Birthday Cake Topper finishes the real cake on the day.