Birthday Cake, Homemade or Store Bought? Which is better?

homemade always well i think so but i really enjoy making cakes from scratch we love pounds of all kind around here.

It used to be that homemade cakes and cookies were so much better than store bought, but I think that today you can't beat cakes baked in some of the larger grocery chains. We have TOPS markets and Wegmans here, and both have awesome baked goods. This is good for someone like myself, who doesn't really enjoy the fuss and bother of baking. If your family wants a store bought cake, then go for it! It frees you up to do something else.

That would totally depend on if the person knows how to decorate a cake.
My family, not me indluded, knows how to decorate cakes. It seems that they all took a class of some sort that I never wanted to take. And because of this, I normally buy my cakes from a store.
However, they go all out and make these special cakes. My sister even made my beautiful wedding cake! I may have a lot of patience...but I do not have enough patience to sit there and do all those decorations. I can't imagine how their hands must cramp up!
But...I also like the homemade cakes better. I do not usually like the frosting they make at the store. But since I am no longer allowed to have it, I am not going to sweat the small stuff and just buy the cake from the store to save me time and grief.

Homemade not only for birthday cake but for anything are better.When you cook not only with your hand but with alot of love from your heart there is nothing can conpare it.

First of all, happy birthday to whichever person in your family is having a birthday of his/her own. To the point anyway, I always trust store bought cakes in this situation, simply because they're fairly professional and never fail on these occasions. I know how to cook some cakes myself, but am no expert when it comes to this, so I guess my choice is just natural.

They are both good but I think that store bought cake is better than homemade. Store bought cakes are baked by proffesionals. They know exactly what they are doing.

There are only a few places I would buy a cake from. There's are two vegan organic bakeries nearby, one called Benevolence and the other Pattycake. They use all natural ingredients and their products are so yummy. One other bakery is Asian and they sell a light cake that's dairy-free and cholesterol-free with a whipped frosting and fresh strawberries...delicious.
Otherwise, I prefer homemade. You know what's in it and you can make it look however you want to fit into a party theme.

i always enjoyed baking cookies, i always thought that nothing comapres to homemade cakes, but lately i started to think that it's too much waste of time (and money sometimes) when u can have very good cakes already made. if u know any good cake confectioner sometimes u might even make a money saving by buying something already made. and like i said if the brand is a good one it might even taste better. and u also loose the stress of thinking if u are over baking it or if the recipe fails

Actually I like both. Sometimes Im in the mood for the store bought I like their icening. But homemaid is much cheaper

my brother bakes cakes and he does it well. so, i love him baking cakes for us. but sometimes, he's lazy so there are times when i go to cake shops just to have a cake for that day for my craving.
well, i think if you can bake a cake, it's better that way. but if people around you won't appreciate it, then, go and buy one. i always believe that cakes baked at home are better than those in stores.