First Birthday Cake Singapore: 361 Designs, From $100

Tings Bakery has been making first birthday cakes in Singapore since 2019, from our own SFA-licensed kitchen at The Adelphi in City Hall. With 361 designs, this is the largest first birthday range on our site. We can reduce the sugar, lighten the cream and design without hard non-edible decorations when the cake is going in front of a one-year-old. Tell us it is for a baby and we will adjust it rather than waiting to be asked.

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What Is a First Birthday Cake?

A first birthday cake, also called a 1st year birthday cake or a first year birthday cake, is the cake for a child’s first birthday party: usually themed, usually photographed heavily, and usually eaten by adults rather than by the child.

That last point shapes everything. A one-year-old will taste a spoonful and put their hand in the rest. The guests, who are mostly grandparents, aunties, uncles and the parents’ friends, are the ones who actually eat it. So a good 1st birthday cake has to do two jobs at once: look right in the photographs, and be appropriate for a baby to touch and taste.

What we can adjust for a first birthday cake:

• Reduced sugar and a lighter cream
• Fresh cream instead of fondant
• A softer sponge
• A separate small smash cake for the baby

Why Singapore Parents Choose Tings for a First Birthday

361 Designs

The largest first birthday cake range on our site, covering animals, characters, rainbow, safari, pastel and photo-print themes, or send us a photo of the party theme.

We Adjust It for a One-Year-Old

Reduced sugar, lighter cream, softer sponge, fresh cream instead of fondant. Tell us the cake is for a baby and we make those changes as a matter of course.

A Published Size and Servings Guide

First birthdays have the most unpredictable guest lists of any celebration. Our size guide gives the guest count for every option, from 5 to 45.

Honest About Allergens

Tings Bakery accommodates dairy-free, vegan, gluten-free, and nut-free requests on a case-by-case basis when you ask in advance. If your child or a guest has a diagnosed allergy, contact us before ordering and we will tell you honestly whether we can safely take it.

Made in Our Own Licensed Kitchen

Every cake is made at our shop address under SFA Food Shop Licence CE20L85J000, which you can verify yourself on the Singapore Food Agency’s Track Records portal.

We Make Full Month Cakes Too

Both Singapore milestones, twelve months apart, from the same kitchen.

Trusted By

Tings Bakery holds a 4.8 star rating from over 360 Google reviews, with seven years of Singapore celebration cakes behind us.

How It Works

Step 1: Choose a Design or Send Us the Party Theme

Browse our 361 first birthday designs, or WhatsApp +65 9169 9195 with a photo of the theme, your date and your rough headcount.

Step 2: Tell Us It Is for a Baby

Say so when you order and we will reduce the sugar and lighten the cream

Step 3: Decide on a Smash Cake

Tell us if you are doing a cake smash photoshoot, because the design choices are different. Softer frosting smashes and photographs better than fondant.

Step 4: Confirm and Pay

Full payment secures the slot, because the date is not held until payment is received. PayNow to UEN 53394429E.

Step 5: Delivery or Collection

We deliver in a 12pm to 3pm or 3pm to 6pm window, or you collect free from The Adelphi. If the party is at home around a nap schedule, the 12pm to 3pm slot is usually safer.

First Birthday Cake Prices

Our 361 first birthday designs run from $100 to $320. Price reflects design complexity rather than size.

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What Size Cake for a 1st Birthday Party?

First birthdays have the most unpredictable guest lists of any celebration: both sets of grandparents, aunties and uncles, the parents’ friends, and a handful of other babies who will not eat any of it.

All measurements are the diameter of the cake, not the height. Three practical notes:

• Babies and toddlers at the party will not eat a full slice, so count them as half
• A first birthday cake is photographed more than it is eaten, so if you are choosing between two sizes for the look, the larger one photographs better on a table
• If you are also ordering a smash cake for the baby, size the main cake for the adults only

Is It Suitable for a One-Year-Old?

The honest answer to the questions parents actually ask.

Sweetness

A standard cake is sweeter than most parents want for a one-year-old’s first taste. We can reduce the sugar and lighten the cream on request, at no extra charge. Tell us the cake is for a baby when you order and we will adjust it rather than waiting for you to ask.

Fondant

Fondant is sugar. It is not harmful, but it is very sweet and it is not the part a baby should be eating. If you would rather avoid it entirely, we can finish the cake in fresh cream instead. Fresh cream also photographs better in a cake smash, so for a photoshoot it is the better choice on both counts.

Decorations and Choking Risk

Some of our designs use styrofoam or wire for structural support, and some use toy figurines as toppers. Those parts are not edible and are not safe for a small child to handle. We will tell you which pieces to remove before serving, and if the cake is going in front of a baby, tell us and we will design without hard non-edible elements on the surface.

Allergens

Tings Bakery accommodates dairy-free, vegan, gluten-free, and nut-free requests on a case-by-case basis when you ask in advance. If your child or a guest has a diagnosed food allergy, please contact us directly before ordering rather than relying on this page. We would rather turn an order down than get this wrong with an infant.

Full Month Cakes and First Birthday Cakes

Two Singapore milestones, twelve months apart, and both worth marking properly.

A full month celebration happens at one month old and is traditionally about announcing the baby to the extended family. The cake sits alongside red eggs, ang ku kueh and glutinous rice, and the designs lean traditional.

A first birthday is the child’s own celebration, and the designs shift from traditional motifs to characters, animals and colour.

We make both. If you are ordering a first birthday cake now and a full month cake is still ahead of you, or the other way round, tell us and we will keep the design language consistent between the two. See Full Month Cakes.

Top-Up and Add-On Options

Fondant name on the cake (+$10). A piped chocolate message on the board is included as standard.

LED lighting (+$5). Useful for an evening celebration.

Flavour upgrade (+$10 to +$25). Six of our eleven flavours carry no surcharge. See Customise Your Own Cake for the full list.

Add a pinata cake for older siblings. A chocolate dome with a free wooden mallet gives the bigger children something to do while the baby has the main cake. See Pinata Cakes.

Add a full month cake. If both milestones fall within your planning window, we will keep the designs consistent.