Happy Birthday! What better way to celebrate someone’s special day than by making them a spectacularly gorgeous cake? Store-bought cakes work, but these ten options below contain no animal products, no icing with artificial food coloring, and no unhealthy oils or preservatives, as some store-bought cakes do. Some of these are even raw, and thus, don’t have to be baked (yum, ice cream cake!) Besides, making and decorating these yourself adds a special touch to show you truly care. Of course, if you don’t have any upcoming birthdays to celebrate, you can always make these for a just-because occasion. Check out these 10 exquisite vegan birthday cakes:

1. The Ultimate Unprocessed Vegan Birthday Cake

Who needs refined sugar and artificial ingredients? That’s not a way to celebrate someone’s day of life. Instead, try your hand at this awesome, ultimate unprocessed vegan birthday cake.

2. Vanilla Birthday Cake With ‘Buttercream’ Icing (Vegan)

Choose cinnamon, pink Himalayan salt, and applesauce for this dairy-free cake.

3. Vanellie Birthday Cake

This cake features a blackberry cashew cream and a strawberry cashew cream, as well as white chocolate buttons and a cake layer made of almond milk and coconut oil.

4. The Best Homemade Vegan Chocolate Birthday Cake

Make this birthday cake for any chocolate lover and you’re bound to expect an awesome cake in return on your own special day.

5. Raw Lemon and Fig Cheesecake

The sweet, fruity flavor of the figs pairs delicately with the lemon in this cheesecake, which is balanced by a lovely cashew cream.

6. Raw Chocolate Chunk Cheesecake With Peanut Butter and Coconut

This cake is like having a giant candy bar for a birthday cake, since it contains a mouthwatering combination of banana, chocolate and peanut butter.

7. DQ-Style Vegan Ice Cream Cake

Sometimes, birthday parties mean swinging by Dairy Queen for one of their famous ice cream cakes. For a raw, cruelty-free version, try this DQ-Style Vegan Ice Cream Cake.

8. Blueberry Cheesecake

The delectable cheesecake is made with a chewy date and pecan base that is topped with creamy vegan blueberry cashew cream cheese. It’s raw, vegan, gluten-free and paleo, so it can please almost anyone.

9. Special Dark Chocolate Vegan Cake

This rich, moist vegan cake is sure to please any chocolate lover. Choose whole wheat, oat or almond flavor and your choice of non-dairy milk. When it’s complete, top with your choice of fresh, seasonal berries to make it even more wow-worthy.

10. Raw Layered Banana Ice Cream Cake

This colorful cake features several layers – chocolate, beet, vanilla, mint and a coconut maple drizzle.

Lead image source: The Best Homemade Vegan Chocolate Birthday Cake Ever!