34 Amazing Rose Gold Cake For Every Celebration

There’s nothing more elegant than a beautiful rose gold cake. Be inspired by our list of the most amazing collection of rose gold cakes!

A Few Words About Rose Gold Cake

Rose gold cake is an elegant way to celebrate special occasions such as weddings, birthdays, or graduation parties.

The color is classic and timeless but also feminine. It’s no wonder that rose gold is often chosen as a color scheme for parties. If you are interested in making rose gold cakes, you can go through our list to see an array of amazing inspirations that you can try. From a multiple-tier cake to a simple naked drip cake, bakers of all levels can have something for them. These recipes also offer tips and tricks on achieving the best hue for rose gold. Go ahead and find the best design inspiration for your rose gold cake on our list!

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Rose Gold and Marble Cake

This classy cake is the perfect rose gold classy birthday cake. The cake is made of three tiers of vanilla sponge cake which you can customize with your favorite flavors.

The showstopper is definitely a beautiful design. The tutorial will show you how you can work with fondant to create an amazing marbling effect and achieve the beautiful rose gold color on the top tier.

Finish off the cake with the birthday girl’s name, pink roses, and a bow to tie around the cake. The result is a great rose gold marble birthday cake that will be the talk of the party.

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Rose Gold Pink Champagne Cake

If your birthday girl is a fan of the pink hue, then this rose gold pink gold birthday cake is just the right one for her. Made of three stacks of strawberry sponge cakes, this cake is the perfect companion as an elegant rose gold birthday cake.

The bright pink shows youthful hues, while the pink champagne is an added maturity to the cake. The cake is decorated with pink buttercream. Then the drip is from the white chocolate ganache.

The rose gold element is from the painted pearls that are scattered throughout the cake. Don’t forget to add the bottle of champagne as the finisher!

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Rose Gold Drip Wedding Cake

Here’s a wonderful inspiration for a rose gold wedding cake. The base cake itself is made from marble cake of chocolate and vanilla cake, stacked together with chocolate and vanilla buttercream in between.

The outside of the cake is then layered with white fondant to create a clean finish. The tutorial will then show you how to create a rose gold drip effect! The trick is to do it with a white chocolate ganache.

Then you start painting over it with edible rose gold. Finish the cake with classic white roses to give the cake more elements.

You can even switch up the white fondant to create a marbling effect if you’re interested in turning this into a marble rose gold drip cake.

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Naked Cake With A Rose Gold Drip

This cake is one of the most wonderful but effortless rose gold birthday cake ideas. It is also suitable for those celebrating intimate weddings as well. The “naked” cake here refers to the rustic feel of the uncovered layers of cake that can be seen from the sides.

That’s why it feels more effortless, as you can make the cake not covered entirely. The tutorial will show you how you can create this neat but unfinished look and also how you can incorporate the rose gold drip cake into the cake.

Finish off the cake with some pink and white chocolate pieces and macaron, and you’ve got a simple rose gold birthday cake that will still impress the guests.

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Winter Inspired White/Rose Gold Floral Wedding Cake

This white and rose gold wedding cake is a must-have addition to your celebration. A classical, traditional white cake with a twist, the cake has three tiers adorned with wonderful trims of laces.

The tutorial will show you how you can create these delicate embossed laces and also how you can color the roses so that it has a beautiful rose gold hue. Finish the cake with some sakura blossoms on the sides for a complete look.

Make this cake your own by choosing your favorite types of base cake, whether it’s chocolate, vanilla, or strawberry.

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Rose Gold Crackle Cake

Here’s a really cool idea for those who are looking for unique rose gold cake ideas. This cake features a crackle in the fondant, an effect you can achieve by burning the fondant on fire!

The tutorial will give detailed instructions on how to create the crackle effect. Aside from that, it will also show you how to utilize the rose gold color by layering it on top of the crackled fondant.

You need to choose a darker color fondant to create a better contrast between the base layer and the rose gold on top. Go for black or dark brown colored fondant, and you’ll get the best effect.

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Rose Gold Birthday Cake

If you’re looking for a nice girly rose gold birthday cake, this feminine rose gold cake with pink trimmings, and champagne bottles can be your choice.

The cake has two tiers, the first is adorned with pink ruffles, and the top is embossed and then decorated with edible pearls.

You will make a hole to show off the champagne bottle on the cake. It will also have several macarons and edible flowers as finishing touches.

The tutorial will show you how you can create the ombre effect on the pink ruffles and the wonderful embossed rose gold top tier.

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Rose Gold Chocolate Drip Cake

This feminine pink rose gold cake is also adorned with white chocolate drippings on the edges.

This rose gold modern birthday cake has one tall tier decorated with marshmallows, edible pearls, and a bottle of mock-up champagne. The tutorial will show you how to create this cake, from the base to the decorations.

You can customize this cake with your favorite flavor, but the decorations are mainly made of white chocolate ganache. It’s a simple cake beginner bakers can make if you follow the tutorial.

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Glittering Rose Gold Icing Flower Cake

This is another unique rose gold birthday flower cake idea, but this can also be used as a rose gold wedding cake. The cake features a very glamorous glittering effect around the first tier.

The cake is covered in fresh pink buttercream, and the color is made differently, with the top tier being a little bit faded and lighter, which makes for an interesting color combination.

The effect of glitter is achieved by incorporating pink-colored sugar into the bottom tier. Then stack the cake together before finishing them with ribbons, decorative flowers, and leaves. The color scheme also makes this cake a perfect rose gold 16th birthday cake.

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Rose Gold Drip Cake

Here’s another amazing cake with a pink and rose gold color scheme. The cake is made by stacking four layers of sponge cake, so even if it only has a single tier, the cake still presents impressive visuals thanks to its height.

The maker combined chocolate and vanilla sponge cakes as its layers, but you can definitely adjust this to your liking. Cover the entire cake with pink buttercream.

Make sure that the buttercream layer is very neat and sleek, as we’re going to use that as our final layer.

Then use a darker pink chocolate ganache as the drip, and incorporate the rose gold color by dipping your decorative macaroons and topper into edible rose gold glitter.

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Simple Rose Gold Splatter Cake

This is a gold rose cake that’s very simple to make and suitable for all beginners. Even if it’s simple and easy, the cake has the splatter, raised edge, and fresh floral to still have a nice aesthetic.

There are not a lot of details in the cake, the cake is two-tiered, and both are covered in white buttercream. So for those who dislike fondant, this cake will be the perfect choice for you and your family.

Then all you need to do is finish up with some splattered rose gold paint that you can do with a paintbrush. Finish off with some fresh roses and a topper, and you’re ready with the birthday cake or wedding cake rose gold. 

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Rose Gold Glitter Cake

Another recipe that can help you embrace the rose gold trend. This one is the perfect rose gold girly birthday cake because it has glamorous glitter on the top tier.

The glitter is from edible glitter that you can grab from baking shops. The regular glitter is not rose gold colored, but the maker will explain how to incorporate the rose gold powder into the glitter to create the color.

Then all you need to do is gently scoop up the glitter mixture and tap on the cake that’s covered in buttercream. A very simple cake that is still impressive to look at, this is a cake you can make if you want an easier one.

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Old Rose Wedding Cake Rose Gold DIY

This is a small rose gold cake that still packs a lot of impressive designs into it. The cake is a rose gold wedding cake made from a wonderful dark chocolate sponge cake layered with chocolate ganache and vanilla cream.

This cake is single-tiered, so for those looking for a simpler option, this is another one you can do as a beginner. Cover the cake entirely in white buttercream, then start layering the cake with pink buttercream on the bottom to create an ombre effect.

The maker incorporates the rose gold color by painting the edible letters in rose gold paint and using rose gold-colored edible pearls.

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Rose Gold Drip Cake

An impressively tall cake in a single layer, the maker will show you how you can decorate a double barrel cake using a rose gold drip.

She uses vanilla sponge cake as the base cake, but you can definitely use other base cakes just make sure that the texture is light so that you’ll be able to stack the cake easily without them toppling down.

Then cover the cake with some Swiss meringue buttercream, it’s not overly sweet and very smooth, so it’s nicer for the older audience.

Then the cake is finished off with some rose gold colored by using a drip made from confectioners sugar and lemon extract that is colored with rose gold edible paint.

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Rose Gold Honeycomb Cake

This is a unique and interesting cake for those looking for a challenge and wanting to create a different rose gold girly birthday cake. This female rose gold birthday cake features an almost “naked” cake and rose gold honeycomb.

You create the honeycomb by mixing white candy melts with pink colors and then pour them over onto some packing bubbles, creating wonderful patterns!

Don’t forget to wash off the packing bubble first because we want the decoration to be safe for consumption. Then start stacking your cake and cover them in buttercream, and lastly, finish by decorating them with honeycombs.

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Vintage Rose Gold Cake

Another very simple cake that any beginner can make. This vintage rose gold cake features a single-tier cake made of simple vanilla sponge cake layered with vanilla buttercream and strawberry jam.

But you can definitely adjust that to your liking. Then start layering your cake with white buttercream before you layer them again with some rose gold-colored buttercream.

The tutorial will clearly show you how you can achieve the vintage watercolor effect from buttercream. The cake is then topped off with some beautiful pink roses.

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Pink Rose Gold Cake

Here’s a very intricate birthday cake, rose gold. The cake has very elaborate detailing on the side, so make sure you have a steady hand to create all the decorations. The cake is made very simply with a vanilla cake covered in pink buttercream.

The intricate part is in the decoration, which involves creating leaves-shaped stencils that are stamped in rose gold. Then also, you will create pink and white buttercream roses on the sides.

If you’re looking for an easier option, skip the buttercream roses because the stencils are quite impressive. It’s a cake that needs attention to detail, but the result will be very worth showing off!

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Rose Gold Drip Cake

This is a simpler version of the birthday rose gold cake. The cake is a single-tiered cake with layers of red velvet sponge cake. If you don’t like red velvet, you can definitely switch up the recipe and try other flavors, such as chocolate or vanilla.

Then you will have to use white buttercream to cover the entire cake. This is where you want to be very neat, as it will be used as the outer layer. You’ll also be shown how to create a steady platform for your mock champagne that will sit on top.

You can also switch up the decoration and maybe create a rose gold crown birthday cake by using a crown instead of champagne.

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Rose Gold Drip Cake

Another simpler version of a rose gold drip cake.  This cake is a single-tier cake. The base cake is made with moist chocolate cake layered using chocolate and hazelnut ganache.

If you’re worried about the allergy, you can definitely skip the hazelnut ganache and opt for a neutral vanilla instead. Then the cake is covered with chocolate ganache. Then the cake is decorated with some white chocolate ganache.

The color rose gold is made by mixing pink and gold edible dust. Then the white chocolate ganache is painted with rose gold dust. Take note that you might need three layers of paint before the rose gold is even, so be patient!

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2 Tier Rose Gold Drip Cake

If you’re not into painting layers and layers of rose gold onto white chocolate but still want to create a drip cake, then this cake is for you. The cake is more impressive, with two layers covered in pink buttercream.

The drip is only from white chocolate ganache that you will put on the sides of both tiers. Then decorate the cake with some buttercream piping, but for those who want to keep the cake looking modern, you can definitely skip this.

Then place decorations on top, which are rose gold dipped strawberries and also macarons. Simpler and easier to make, but you still get your drip cake.

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Debut Cake Rose Gold

This is called a debut cake, a cake made for those turning 18 years old. But you can definitely still use this design and idea for other occasions such as graduation or wedding.

The base cake is made of dark chocolate, but you can switch it up and use vanilla or other flavors. Then cover the entire cake with buttercream and chocolate flakes.

The rose gold effect is made by spraying the entire cake with edible rose gold spray paint!

This makes for a very impressive but very simple to-do technique. Then start decorating the cake with your favorite toppings.

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Rose Gold and Pink Floral Cake

If you’re after a very clean look for your rose gold birthday cake, then this rose gold cake with pink floral is for you! The cake is a single-tier cake that’s made with several layers of vanilla and covered with some pink chocolate ganache.

The design is sleek, modern, and clean, so make sure that you cover the cake neatly, as it’s also a part of the design. Then start decorating the cake with some macarons and roses.

The rose gold comes in the form of splattered paint across the macarons and the pearls scattered all over the top of the cake.

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Rose Gold Rosette Cake

This Rose Gold Cake is a very special cake for those who are obsessed with rosettes, as well as the color, rose gold. The base cake is made with regular vanilla sponge cake, but you can switch it to any flavor you want.

The cake is very simple. It’s single-tiered and does not feature a tall layer. The maker herself divided one single cake into three layers and then put them together with vanilla cream and strawberries.

The challenge would come when you decorate the cake to create the rosettes. The rosettes are rose gold colored and piped individually onto the cake’s side and top, so you’ll need a very steady hand to do this.

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Fondant Ruffle 3 Tier Cake With Edible Rose Gold

If we’ve been focusing more on buttercream and ganache layered cake, this is a different technique using fondant. This rose gold cake is three-tiered and very colorful.

The bottom layer is decorated with dark blue ruffles, the second layer is left white, and the last layer will be covered entirely in rose gold. You will be shown how to create a beautiful ruffled layer using fondant, which is just ribbons of fondant that are bunched onto the sides of the cake.

Make sure you make enough of the blue-colored fondant because the ruffles will need to cover the entire bottom cake. Then the rose gold color is achieved by painting a white fondant with a rose gold colored airbrush or paintbrush.

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Orange Cake With Rose Gold Drip and Piped Roses

This cake is for those who love the color orange and rose gold. The cake is very simple and is made out of layered vanilla sponge cake. The showstopper in this Rose Gold Cake is the beautiful buttercream piped roses made individually to decorate the top of the cake.

So for those not comfortable creating piped roses, you’ll probably need to practice a lot for this. The rose gold comes in the form of drips of white chocolate ganache.

This, too, will be a laborious process as it might need several layers of paint to create an even-colored drip.

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Semi Naked Rose Gold Drip Cake With Floral Arrangement

Another simple semi-naked cake that’s covered in rose gold colored drip and floral arrangement. The feel will be more modern and rustic as it’s a semi-naked cake.

The maker uses chocolate cake with white buttercream, but for those who want to create a simpler and cleaner color scheme, you can use vanilla sponge cake instead.

The rose gold is painted using an airbrush, but those who do not have the equipment can use a paintbrush instead, although it will take longer. The floral arrangements are made from fresh roses, so this is a simpler cake that is beginner friendly.

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Rose Gold Cake With Wafer Paper Flowers

This is a three-tiered cake with different designs on each layer. The bottom layer of the cake in this tutorial is made of a dummy, but if you’re using real cake, they told you to instead cover the entire cake using rose gold colored buttercream.

Then the second and third layer is covered in white fondant, then decorated with rose gold paint. Stop in the middle of the cake to create a modern effect.

Then the cake is decorated with wafer paper flowers that are stuck onto the cake using buttercream or chocolate ganache. A fairly simple cake as long as you have all the ingredients.

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Rose Gold 2-Tier Rosette Cake

Another rosette cake is not for the faint-hearted because it features a lot of techniques and decoration color schemes. The base cake is made of chocolate sponge cake that you can switch up with your favorite flavors.

This Rose Gold Cake has two tiers, but if you’re not very handy with baking, you can also make it into a single-tier birthday cake. The cake is then covered in pink drips, buttercream, and rosettes.

This is where you will need a steady and artistic hand. Incorporate the rose gold color by using splatters of rose gold paint all over the cake.

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30th Rose Gold Birthday Cake With White Chocolate Ganache

This is a wonderful cake for your loved one’s 30th birthday. This Rose Gold Cake features a pink-colored cake that is covered with rose gold drip all around.

Remember that this Rose Gold Cake is totally customizable in color, so you can switch colors with your birthday girl’s favorite color instead. The cake is entirely covered in pink buttercream.

Remember to steady your hand; we want a clean finish for the outer layer. The cake is then decorated with white chocolate ganache and a white fondant ribbon. The rose gold is incorporated by painting the fondant ribbon.

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Rose Gold Theme Cake Using Boiled Icing

Here’s a different technique that you can try: it’s a rose gold cake using boiled icing. The tutorial will show you how you can make a 2 tier cake using boiled icing.

The cake is entirely covered in pink boiled icing, creating a cleaner-looking layer on the outside. Then you will be making some piped roses, this needs technique and patience, so it will be a bit hard if you don’t have artistic skills.

But you can skip it and instead decorate the cake using rose gold pearls. A wonderful cake that you can customize, this is one you should try if you’ve never tried decorating with boiled icing.

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Rose Gold Buttercream Birthday Cake

Another simple cake you can make on your own, even if you’re a beginner baker. This Rose Gold Cake cake is a single-tiered cake covered in rose gold buttercream and then decorated with meringue cookies and macaroons.

The cake is vanilla-based, but you can definitely use others. The maker uses an airbrush to create the rose gold effect on the bottom of the cake, but if you don’t have it, you can still use a paintbrush.

Then pipe buttercream on top, and alternate with macarons to create an interesting topping. A very simple cake that’s beginner friendly.

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Rose Gold Cake

This Rose Gold Cake is a single-tiered cake that’s decorated with vanilla buttercream, so for those who do not like fondant, this cake is a good option.

It’s a fairly easy cake to make because all you need to do is work with the buttercream to create the outer layer and then decorate it. The decorations they use are rose gold pearls on the cake’s bottom edges and some simple piping on the top edges.

They also incorporate balloon toppers and fresh roses on top, but it’s definitely very customizable. Switch it up with number candles or their initials as a good element for the cake topper.

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Rose Gold Vegan Cake

If you’re vegan, then this Rose Gold cake is something you need to try making. This is a rose gold vegan cake made entirely out of plant-based ingredients. The tutorial will show you how to decorate the cake using vegan buttercream.

Their color scheme is rose gold and yellow, but this Rose Gold Cake is definitely customizable, and you can choose other colors that suit your taste.

It does not need a high technical ability since you’ll only be required to cover the cake, then decorate it with some edible flowers and macarons that are air splattered with rose gold and rose gold edible pearls.

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Rose Gold Drip Cake

This last Rose Gold Cake is a great cake for a birthday party. This features a tall single-tier cake covered in white buttercream. The cake is quite tall and unstable, so we suggest you use skewers or straws to keep it intact.

The rose gold itself comes when you drip it all over the cake after mixing it with melted sugars. Then pipe on some pink rosettes on top of the cake. Decorate the cake with other rose gold items like rose gold spheres and pearls.

Don’t forget to incorporate the birthday girl’s initial and age number on the side of the cake for a personal touch.

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