Celebrate the people you love with an individual jar filled with birthday cake.

What could be more Southern than a sweet treat made with love and served up in a mason jar?

Then, take it to the next level with a few strategic tweaks.

Southern Living Birthday Cake in a Jar ready to serve with candles on top

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Top with sprinkles for festivity and fun.

Here’s how they’re made.

The full recipe is further below:

How Long Does Cake in a Jar Last?

Southern LIving Birthday Cake in a Jar ingredients

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At room temperature, a birthday cake in a jar will last just a day or two.

Refrigerate it and itshould last up to four days.

Lightly grease 1 rimmed (18x13-inch) baking sheet with cooking spray, then line with parchment paper.

Southern Living Birthday Cake in a Jar ready to serve with a candle

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Bake the cake:

Prepare cake mix according to recipe instructions.

Fold 2/3 cup sprinkles into batter if using.

Spread batter into prepared baking sheets.

Southern Living Birthday Cake in a Jar adding the sprinkles to the cake batter

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Meanwhile, prepare Cream Cheese Frosting and place in a piping bag.

If all frosting does not fit in one bag, do this in batches.

Place cooled cake on a cutting board.

Southern Living Birthday Cake in a Jar spreading the batter into the pan

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Use a mason jar to cut 24 circles of cake; set aside.

Pipe frosting about 1/2-inch thick on top of cake layer, then top with a second cake layer.

Decorate with sprinkles, if desired.

Southern Living Birthday Cake in a Jar cake after baking

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Place lid on mason jar and repeat with remaining cake, frosting, and sprinkles.

Southern Living Birthday Cake in a Jar making the cream cheese frosting

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Southern Living Birthday Cake in a Jar cutting the circles of cake

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Southern Living Birthday Cake in a Jar assembling the jars

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Southern Living Birthday Cake in a Jar assembling the jars

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Southern Living Birthday Cake in a Jar finishing the jars with sprinkles

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