Celebrity birthday cakes are nowadays a very big deal for fans. Thanks to an intrusive media, technology, and an unquenchable thirst for celebrity gossip, fans have such an unprecedented insight into the lives of their stars that even birthday cakes become huge topics for discussion.

Rihanna is a truly global superstar. She is such a global superstar that when she recently celebrated her 24^th birthday there was a huge amount of interest in everything about it, including the birthday cake. However Rihanna is just once celbrity in a long line who have had high profile birthday parties featuring some very exciting cakes. Other examples of popular celebrity birthday cakes include: -

Miley Cyrus

Nicki Minaj

Nicole Scherzinger

Barack Obama

It would appear that if you're a celebrity, the general rule is that you must have some kind of extravagant cake for your birthday, either at a restaurant or nightclub, unless your the president of the United States in which case the event is a little more formal. What might have at once seemed a little bit ridiculaous it now seems that celebrities are in an attritional battle to out do each other in the cake department and long may it continue!