Draw a great looking Easy Cartoon Cake with easy, step-by-step drawing instructions and video tutorial. Great for kids and beginner artists!
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"Cake! Everybody loves cake! Cakes have layers!"
- Donkey, Shrek
Would you like to learn how to draw an easy cartoon cake? This food-themed drawing tutorial is here to help you master the easy cartoon cake outline.
Donkey was right when he said everybody loves cake. Various types of cakes - by definition, sweetened breads - are found all over the world.
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Layer cakes like the one in this illustration are especially popular across Europe and North America and have been for hundreds of years.
Wedding cakes are one example of this. Though various cakes and pies have been served at weddings since ancient times, the modern wedding cake made its debut at the wedding of Prince Leopold of Britain in 1882. Wedding cakes are often tiered and decorated with flowers.
The cake in our illustration also has a candle on top. This is common on birthday cakes around the world.
The celebrant may be invited to blow out the candles and make a wish. This might be traced to candles honoring the goddess Artemis in ancient Greece.
Whatever the occasion, it's time to sketch a tasty cake and enjoy a slice!
If you liked this tutorial, see also the following drawing guides: Fruitcake, Chocolate Cake, and Cupcake.
Step-by-Step Instructions for Drawing an Easy Cartoon Cake
1. Begin the easy cartoon cake outline by drawing a pair of straight, vertical, parallel lines. These will form the sides of the base layer of the cake.
2. Draw a curved line connecting the vertical lines at the top. This forms the top of the cake layer, but keep in mind that you'll be erasing part of this line to make way for more layers.
3. Draw a curved line connecting the vertical lines at the bottom, fully enclosing the base layer of the cake.
4. Draw a curved line across the top of the cake. It will give the top of the cake a three-dimensional, rounded appearance. Note that this line doesn't connect to the edges of the outline.
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5. Draw a large oval surrounding the bottom of the cake. This is the plate, platter, or cake stand on which the cake is resting.
6. Draw a series of scalloped, wide "U" shaped lines across the top of the cake. This indicates the icing and decorations. Note that the lines follow a larger line/smaller line pattern.
7. Draw two more layers of cake, erasing as necessary. First, draw two parallel lines, connected at the bottom by a curved line. Connect the lines at the top using a series of "U" shaped lines.
Above this layer, draw two more parallel vertical lines, and connect them at the bottom using a curved line. At the top, connect the vertical lines using a series of large and small "U" shaped lines.
Then, finish off the top of the cake with a curved line.
Connect the sides of the middle layer to the bottom of the top layer with curved lines.
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9. Complete your easy cartoon cake outline by drawing a candle on top, erasing as necessary. Use straight lines for the sides of the candle, and connect them with a curved line at the bottom.
Then, use curved lines to enclose the melting wax at the top. Draw a teardrop shape within a larger teardrop shape to indicate the flame.
Color your simple tiered cake. Wedding cakes are often white, but your cake can be any color you wish!
For more great Things to draw tutorials, see the 100 Step-by-Step Things to draw Drawing Guides post.
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I like it so much
Tasty? 😀 Thanks!
It’s so hard and I’m only 9
1 share = 1 help
Would you like to try this cupcake drawing? https://easydrawingguides.com/how-to-draw-cupcake-really-easy-drawing-tutorial/
its ok sarah
Tak
🙂
it looks hard to draw
Did you try to draw it? It's not too hard. 🙂 Or you could try the Cupcake drawing guide mentioned in an earlier comment above. It has fewer drawing steps.
The cake I drew looks really good! Thank you!
Happy to hear that, Cookie 🙂 !
It easy and hard.
It will get easier the more your practice 🙂
sooo fun
I'm glad you had fun drawing this cake, Rebecca ❤️
so easy and I'm ten
I'm happy you had fun drawing this, Ashley ❤️
thanks easy
I liked it.Wow!
❤️
wow it is just so cool
Thanks, Sophia. Would you like to draw something else that's sweet as a cake? How about checking out my tutorial on how to draw cute cupcakes?
I did draw sum like this but its not the same! But I like it SOOOO much!!!
❤️ glad to hear, Yazmine! Did you have fun?