Frank Carlson Library

Birthday presents for mothers are never right-they're always too big, too small, or the wrong color. So when a young girl's mother simply asks for a homemade birthday cake, the girl thinks her troubles are over. Her happiness quickly disappears, though, when she hears the name of the cake her mother wants. The girl knows she won't find a High Rise Glorious Skittle Skat Roarious Sky Pie Angel Food Cake recipe in The Joy of Cooking. It will take a secret...

If there's one thing Maybelle the cockroach can't resist, it's cake. So when Mrs. Peabody bakes her famous Ten Layer Tower of Taste for the school bake sale, Maybelle finds herself in the school lunchroom-and chaos ensues! Food fights, tarantulas, and the requisite car chase scene complete this hilarious new adventure for everyone's favorite cockroach character.

With his fine cat Tabby at his side, Mr. Putter bakes a Christmas cake for his neighbor Mrs. Teaberry.

Papa Bear uses his culinary skills and a little imagination to concoct a sand cake.

A cumulative tale about the chain of events surrounding the making of a cake by a farmer's wife, eventually leading to its consumption in surprising circumstances.

Unable to help himself, Cookie Monster eats the cake he'd baked to serve at his birthday party, but his friends come through with appropriate presents so all the guests can be fed.

A brother and sister lamb accidentally cause a major mix-up between a delicious cake and a beautiful hat.

When Cake is invited to his first birthday party, he goes out and buys a new hat so that he will look his very best at the party.

It is Willa's first birthday, and between big sister Starla Jean, her pet chicken Opal Egg, and her new neighbor Nate's pet kitten, there is bound to be chaos--especially when it comes to baking a cake.