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Birthday cake
10 pieces · 6 steps
A round platter, two sponge layers and a colourful candle make a cake for any pretend celebration. Choose a toy guest and build their birthday surprise.
Before you build
Match the shapes
Compare each part with its picture and count its rows of studs. A square brick has two rows of two studs; a long brick has two rows of four. Use the full parts list for the exact shapes and quantities.
Follow the colours
Match the shapes and quantities. The pictures show our colours. Colour names in the steps refer to the pictures. Keep contrasting colours where they help you recognise the model.
Count the studs
The bumps on top are called studs. Count them when a step asks for a gap or an overhang. Put the build on a flat surface and keep its front facing the same way as in the pictures.
Add a little at a time
New pieces keep their colour in each step. Earlier pieces look lighter so you can see what has changed. Each list tells you exactly what to add.
Build together
An adult can read the steps while a child finds the pieces. The counts are for this one model. For two models to stay built, add their parts lists together.
The candle and flame are made from bricks. This cake is for pretend play.
Gather pieces
Match the shapes and quantities. The pictures show our colours. Choose your own colours for the same parts; changing a part’s shape is a different substitution.
A wheeled base counts as one complete part, including its attached wheels.
1 × Tower cone (2 × 2 studs)
Orange
Part 47408
4 × Double curved brick (2 × 4 studs)
Cream
Part 98223b
1 × Round plate (4 × 4 studs)
Red
Part 98222
1 × Round plate (4 × 4 studs)
White
Part 98222
2 × Semicircle plate (8 × 4 studs)
Cream
Part 29304
1 × Square brick (2 × 2 studs)
Yellow
Part 3437
Shape-only checklist
- 1 × Tower cone (2 × 2 studs)
- 4 × Double curved brick (2 × 4 studs)
- 2 × Round plate (4 × 4 studs)
- 2 × Semicircle plate (8 × 4 studs)
- 1 × Square brick (2 × 2 studs)
Total: 10 pieces
Build
STEP 1 OF 6
Make a round cream platter from two semicircular plates. Set their straight eight-stud edges together, with the curved edges facing outward.
Add these pieces
- 2 × Semicircle plate (8 × 4 studs) (Cream)
Earlier pieces are lighter in the picture.
STEP 2 OF 6
Centre two cream double-curved bricks on the platter as the lower sponge layer. Turn both across the platter, one on each side of its middle seam.
Add these pieces
- 2 × Double curved brick (2 × 4 studs) (Cream)
Earlier pieces are lighter in the picture.
STEP 3 OF 6
Join the two sponge halves with the red round plate as a strawberry filling layer.
Add these pieces
- 1 × Round plate (4 × 4 studs) (Red)
Earlier pieces are lighter in the picture.
STEP 4 OF 6
Add a second sponge layer with two more cream double-curved bricks, aligned with the lower pair.
Add these pieces
- 2 × Double curved brick (2 × 4 studs) (Cream)
Earlier pieces are lighter in the picture.
STEP 5 OF 6
Cover the cake with the white round plate for icing. Centre the yellow square on it as a chunky birthday candle.
Add these pieces
- 1 × Round plate (4 × 4 studs) (White)
- 1 × Square brick (2 × 2 studs) (Yellow)
Earlier pieces are lighter in the picture.
STEP 6 OF 6
Finish the candle with the orange cone as a pretend flame. Leave its top stud free.
Add these pieces
- 1 × Tower cone (2 × 2 studs) (Orange)
Earlier pieces are lighter in the picture.
READY TO PLAY
Your little story
Choose whose birthday it is today.
Count down to a pretend wish.
Invent a birthday song with your guest’s name.
Sources and credits
Original assembly. Part geometry adapted from the LDraw Parts Library; attribution and source notices retained. Colours are illustrative.
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