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Cardi B surprises daughter Kulture with massive towering Care Bears birthday cake


The custom four-tier creation featured rainbow details, hundreds of handcrafted flowers, and seven Care Bears in honor of Kulture's eighth birthday.


Cardi B at the Alexander Wang fashion show as part of Spring/Summer 2026 New York Fashion Week on September 12, 2025 in New York© Lexie Moreland
JULY 21, 2026 4:50 PM EDT

Cardi B went all out to celebrate daughter Kulture's eighth birthday. The 33-year-old Grammy-winning rapper marked the occasion earlier this month with a Care Bears-themed party, where a towering custom cake served as the celebration's centerpiece.

The 3.5-foot-tall, four-tiered custom cake was covered in rainbow colors, along with designs including more than 700 sugar flowers, white fondant clouds, swirling rainbows, yellow stars and glitter.

She described Kulture as her "sweet beautiful first born," praised her kind heart, and affectionately called her her "real life bestie." © Cardi B
She described Kulture as her "sweet beautiful first born," praised her kind heart, and affectionately called her her "real life bestie."

The cake was topped with the number eight in pink and featured seven Care Bear statues standing in front of the cake, spelling out 'Kulture'. It was designed, baked and sculpted by Florida-based cake artist Kristina Lavallee (who goes by The Cake Girl) – who has created desserts for the Bodak Yellow hitmaker during the last two years.

Cardi B surprises daughter Kulture with massive towering Care Bears birthday cake© IG: Cardi B
Cardi B's daughter Kulture celebrated her birthday with a Care Bear-themed cake

It was claimed that the cake took Lavallee 28 hours to make. She said in a statement, "It was an honor to be trusted with such a special occasion again this year. "I always enjoy working with Cardi to bring her dreams to reality. I know how special her kids are to her, and that is something I take very seriously."

Cardi B surprises daughter Kulture with massive towering Care Bears birthday cake© IG: Cardi B
Cardi B celebrated daughter Kulture's 8th birthday with a private jet, Universal Orlando adventure, and extravagant Care Bears-themed cakes in a lavish family celebration

A Look Into the Birthday Celebrations

Cardi gave her Instagram followers an insight into the festivities with a carousel of photos and videos.

In the post, Kulture who the Am I the Drama rapper has with her ex-husband Offset – is seen posing on a private jet in a baby blue dress with another Care Bear-themed cake.

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Cardi wrote in the caption, "Happy birthday to my sweet beautiful first born @kulturekiari...just the most kind hearted girl in the world. My real life bestie. Shout out to @universalorlando A TIME WAS HAD!! Ooo and of course @thecakegirl for the amazing cakes."

Kulture is 'very vibrant'

Cardi told E! News earlier this year that Kulture has a "very vibrant" sense of style. She said of her daughter, "She loves colourful things, like she loves graphic things. She likes rainbows. She likes flowers. She's a very vibrant, vibrant girl. She likes to dress like very pretty, very girly. She's like a girly girl."

Cardi B throws a colorful party for Kulture's 7th birthday © Cardi B
Cardi B throws a colorful party for Kulture's 7th birthday

Cardi's Parenting Approach

The I Like It singer revealed last year that she wants to raise her children to be "better than her".  Cardi, who also has son Wave, four, and daughter Blossom, 22 months, with Offset and an eight-month-old son with NFL star Stefon Diggs, told Jay Shetty's On Purpose podcast, "I want you to be, not perfect because you cannot make your kids perfect and you don't want you to put pressure on your kids (to be) perfect – but I want you to be a 100 times better version than me, and I'm gonna (instill) that in you."

Cardi B at the Alexander Wang fashion show as part of Spring/Summer 2026 New York Fashion Week on September 12, 2025© Lexie Moreland
Cardi B at the Alexander Wang fashion show as part of Spring/Summer 2026 New York Fashion Week on September 12, 2025

Adding, "and you're gonna be mad and you're gonna be crying, but you're gonna appreciate that one day because I wish the things that I put in my kids that somebody put in me when I was younger."