First published in 1980, The Australian Women’s Weekly Children’s Birthday Cake Book has been loved for generations.

After all, who doesn’t have at least one memory of poring over the well-thumbed pages, trying to decide on this year’s birthday cake?

Whether you remember pestering Mum to pleeeease make you the jelly swimming pool cake for your birthday or have fond memories of decorating these birthday favourites with your kids, these timeless classics are sure to give you a nostalgia hit. Or even inspire you for an upcoming birthday party. Duck cake, anyone?!

Is your cake the next Australian Women’s Weekly Icon? Your chance to win $5000

To celebrate 90 years of The Weekly, we’re asking you to create and share your own iconic birthday cake! The winner will take home $5000 cash and have their cake featured in an upcoming issue of the magazine, and the next edition of the famous Children’s Birthday Cake Book.

Entries close September 29, 2023.