I am a May baby and I received such a sweet gift from my mom for my birthday. A personal birthday cake, in a special mug, just for me. Having your own individual cake makes you feel extra special! We all want to make our loved ones feel extra special. They are, after all, precious gifts from above!
You start with a box of angel food cake mix and a box of regular cake mix in any flavor. (We used a white cake mix.) Mix together in a sealed bag or container. This can be stored in a cabinet for making gifts or your own personal cakes.
Take 3 TBSP of the cake mix you just mixed up and put that into a small bag.
Print off one of the gift tags and the instruction tag. Just click on the tag you would like to use and you will be given the option to download or open a PDF file that you can print out.
Cut the tags out. Punch out the hole. I like to add a little ink around the edges of my tags.
Get a pretty mug that will be used for the gift. The mug pictured is from DaySpring’s Ever Grateful line.
Use a piece of ribbon or twine to tie the gift tag and the instruction tag to the mug. Put the small bag of cake mix into the bottom.
You can put a little something extra in the mug as well. The options are endless. I put a few fresh strawberries in this mug right before I gave it as a gift.
The instructions are really simple. You just empty the little bag of cake mix into the mug and add 2 TBSP of water. After mixing, it will cook in the microwave for 1 minute.
That is it! A perfect little, individual cake.
Cut the strawberries to put on top and top that with a spoon of whipped cream!
This is a simple and sweet reminder to those we love that we see them as a gift to us. A perfect gift from HIM to us. You can use this individual cake as a gift for any number of occasions or simply as a loving treat.
Every good and perfect gift is from above. James 1:17
What is a special birthday memory that you hold close to your heart?
By Jennifer, StudioJRU
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I love this!!! Thank you thank you thank you!
You are very welcome Amy!
This is such a sweet, easy idea. I like very much!
When I turned 50 my WHOLE family 2 brothers, one sister and all their kids drove 4 hours to surprise me. I was so graced and so loved.
Donna… that is so sweet! What a wonderful birthday memory!!
Love this! Thank you very much!
All good things!
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All good things!! 🙂
Two years ago, I was going through a huge dark period in my life where I’d experienced enormous loss. For my birthday, I scheduled a trip to visit my best friend, who lives near the ocean. Though I’m an adult, I’d never seen the ocean, and my birthday gift was going, ON my birthday, to see the ocean for the first time. God blessed me with the most beautiful warm, sunny day, and I spent the whole day walking in the sand, listening to the waves, and loving every minute. It was the most joy I’d had in weeks!
Oh Bekah… that is such a special birthday memory! I have been blessed to have seen the ocean. I live in the center of the country now, with no ocean in sight, I understand what an incredible gift it is to see!
this gives a whole new meaning to the words CUP CAKE … too sweet
That is too cute Sonya! lol
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What a great idea! With my daughter’s birthday coming up this weekend, it looks like a great party favor 🙂
Great idea to use as a party favor Heather! My birthday is this weekend too… happy birthday to your May baby! 🙂
Love it! What an awesome idea! 🙂 Thanks!
You are welcome Mindy! Thank you!
Love, love, love this! My daughter’s birthday is a week away. Thanks!!
Thank you Heather! Happy birthday to your May baby! 🙂
This is so fun AND today is my mom’s birthday….so doing this!!! Thank you!!
I love great timing like that, Deb! I hope she enjoys her ‘special just for her’ birthday cake! 🙂
Was given one of these years ago…they are really neat!! Love the cup.
These mugs have such a great shape, don’t they?! (From the DaySpring shop!)
Ohh… I have given these out as gifts before… LOVE THEM! I put an extra little package of “glaze” to be spread over the top of the cake. I LOVE your idea of cool whip and strawberries! I will no doubt have to try this!
Thank you so much for the printables! I adore them!
Such a great gift! I am so happy you like the printables… thank you!
Oh how yum and how special to receive!
Thank you Janelle! Yep, they sure are yum! lol
DO you have this in printed form? it’s such a great idea..love your writing.
Hi Jan! If you mean the entire post, than sorry, we don’t have a printed form available. But you are more than welcome to just copy the post right here from the site! The tags are already in PDF form, so if you want to copy those just click on it and your options to download or print will come right up! Thank you!!
That is so cute! What a great idea! And from one May Birthday girl, to another, Happy Birthday!
Thank you Angela! Happy birthday to you!!
So sweet, tiny gifts sometimes have the biggest meaning…..
They sure do Nancy. It is the thought that matters most!
This would make cute gifts for Bible study friends. Thanks for sharing.
I have a unique story…in 2003 I met a wonderful man and while dating I found out that we have the exact same birthday only 1 yr apart 03/05/1965 me 03/05/1966 him. We married and each year we do something a little special to celebrate our day together. This year we went to a motorcycle museum in NC & ate at a local deli! It’s fun to share time alone doing enjoyable things.
That is so sweet Beth!! What a great birthday story. Love that you can share that day with your sweetheart every year! 🙂
So sweet! I’m a May baby too! Love this fun idea.
Thank you Stacey! Happy birthday to you!!
What a perfect little gift for any occasion. I have already assembled the tags to place on my Mothers Day gifts. Thank you for sharing.
I am so happy to hear you are using the tags for Mother’s Day! You are very welcome, thank you Melinda!
PERFECT GIFT! Tags are precious. Happy Birthday to you SWEET Jennifer! What DAY is it?
Thank you Shan! My birthday is the 13th… Mother’s Day this year! 🙂
I have some special ladies I wanted to bless for Mother’s Day…thank you sharing this timely gift idea.
Oh yay! So happy to hear it is a timely gift idea for you Wanda. So thoughtful for your special friends!
TOOO much fun. Love this darling little cake!
Thank you Lisa-Jo!
On my 40th birthday, all 25 members of my extended family joined me on a tour of the local fire station, and then a trip and tour of our Sonic – with an open tab so our guests could order treats at will! It was just like being in Girl Scouts all over again! Loved it!
LOVE this little cakes idea. Have share already and have the Angel Food Cake Mix on my shopping list to buy so I can try it! Just such a happy gift! Thank you!
Debbie… that is such a wonderful and sweet birthday memory!! Love it! Thank you for sharing!
Thank you for sharing this precious idea. I will do it this week as just a random act of encouragement!
A random act of encouragement… oh how I love to hear that Dianne! That is awesome!
This is a terrific idea! Will be making these for sure!
Yay! Happy to hear that Erin!
Oh this is just too fun!
Love it!
Thank you Linda!
OH I love this!!!!!!!!!!! Maybe use this idea as a Christmas gift this year!!!!!!!
They would make such a great Christmas gift!! Oh you could have fun with the mugs! 🙂
I love it!
Thank you Liz!
love it! thank you!!! God bless! Angie from the blessed northeast!
Thank you so much Angie from the blessed northeast! 🙂
Love this, Jennifer! Such a great gift to give!
Thank you Jen! Fun to give too! 🙂
A super charming, and ‘perfect’ gift — indeed! Amen!
“Perfect” gift… lol. Thank you Leslie!
So neat! And just a little *taste* without the temptation for more. So personal. So thoughtful!
Yes, that is what is so great about it! You don’t have a huge cake to finish! lol Personal gifts are so great. Thanks Amy!
What a wonderful idea! I will have to try this… I also recently made a “mug rug” that would to perfectly with a gift like this.
Oh my goodness… including a ‘mug rug’ would just be precious with this! Great idea Lindsay!
Thanks for sharing Jennifer! Hope you had a great birthday!
It is coming up this weekend! Thanks Anita!
LOVE it!!
Thanks so much for sharing!! I can see this being something I use a lot!!
(by the way, the pics in the post are SO great!! LOVE that mug!!)
You are so sweet Marina. Thank you. The mug is from the DaySpring shop… it is cute, isn’t it?!
This has to be one of the neatest little ideas ever. It’s gonna be pinned…and re-pinned…and pinned again!!! Thanks so much for the gift idea1
You are so very welcome Deb! Happy you can use it!!
Such a sweet gift, Jennifer.
Sweet and simple! 😉
My mother introduced me to Cake in a Mug as well, Jennifer. Love them!
Moms are just the best, aren’t they?!
LOVE. Thanks for the fresh idea!
You are welcome Lyn!
WOW – What a great idea ! Looked do nice with the cup and tag!!
That is something i would enjoy receiving, too. Good work!
Anonomous above, is me !! Went right to the comment box, duh…..
Thank you Connie! It is one of those things that is great to give *or* receive! 🙂
I want to make this for all the women in the Bible study group I lead. I’m the youngest but as their minister’s wife, the group teacher! A little way to show my appreciation of them
That is a great idea Kelly! I am sure they will appreciate your thoughtfulness!
What a great idea! My friend is having a birthday this Saturday and she just isn’t looking forward to celebrating…I’m going to surprise her with this sweet treat!!
I am sorry to hear your friend isn’t looking forward to celebrating her birthday. You are a sweet friend to surprise her with a gift!
Love it!!!
I love your title! “Gift from Above” is truly inspiring. I agree that whatever gift is given to us by the people who are close to us especially our mom, it’s given out of love.
What an awesome idea! It’s so precious…and delicious. Thanks for sharing.
Happy Birthday {late} Jennifer! I love this idea – so neat and I am for sure going to use it!
What a great idea, Jennifer! I may have to do this for Teacher Appreciation week! 🙂
Happy, Happy Belated Birthday, Jennifer!! My hubby’s was the 2nd and my Dad’s was today. Good folks those May babies!! LOVE this special little cake gift! Thank you for sharing it with us. blessings ~ tanna
I just did a little dance I was so excited about this! thank you for sharing — love it and have shared it on my FB fan page and am actually going to do it, not just pin it! 🙂
This is fantastic!! 🙂 thanks for sharing!!
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Thank you for sharing – encouraging – inspiring… so nice of you! God bless you today and everyday – what a beautiful soul!
What a lovely, sweet idea! Thank you!
This is so incredibly cute. I love this idea!! Simple, cheap but very thoughtful (the BEST gifts always are!).