Update: We last updated this article with details on how to feed Eloise cake in Grow a Garden on her birthday.
If you’ve been playing Grow a Garden, you’ve probably noticed the countdown timer in the top right corner showing “Eloise Birthday in 77 days.” Now that the timer has run out and we are finally celebrating the NPC’s birthday, you might have various questions. Who is Eloise? How to celebrate the event and get all the rewards? Well, this article goes through all these questions and answers them all in detail.
Who is Eloise?
Eloise is a shopkeeper NPC that you can find in the main world of Grow a Garden. She runs the gear shop where players can spend their sheckles to buy various equipment and items. You can easily spot Eloise by her distinctive appearance. She’s a woman with blonde hair who wears a leather hat decorated with a star-detailed ribbon. Her outfit consists of a dark blue sleeveless shirt paired with overalls, giving her a work-ready look that fits her role as a shopkeeper. Her shop specializes in gears, which are important items that players can purchase using sheckles (the game’s currency).
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What is the Eloise Birthday Event in Grow a Garden?
As stated, the developer ran a countdown to Eloise’s birthday in the game, which came down to zero on September 19, 2025. You must now celebrate her birthday by offering her cake. Doing so will get you free rewards, making the process worth the hassle. But, how do you get a cake for Eloise in Grow a Garden? Well, you must first obtain the required ingredients and use the recipe to make the cake.
It is worth noting that cake comes in various rarities, depending on what ingredients you use and what mutations the items have. Below, we have mentioned all the recipes for cooking this dish.
| Rarity | Recipe Ingredients |
|---|---|
| Uncommon | 1 Strawberry + 1 Tomato + 1 Corn + 1 Apple |
| Uncommon | 1 Strawberry + 1 Carrot + 1 Corn + 1 Apple |
| Rare | 2 Watermelon + 2 Corn |
| Rare | 1 Corn + 1 Watermelon + 1 Tomato + 1 Apple |
| Rare | 1 Corn + 1 Daffodil + 1 Peach + 1 Apple |
| Legendary | 1 Corn + 1 Tomato + 1 Banana + 1 Sugar Apple |
| Mythical | 1 Bone Blossom + 1 Coconut + 3 Banana |
| Mythical | 2 Sugar Apple + 1 Celestiberry + 1 Pineapple + 1 Banana |
| Prismatic | 3 Bone Blossom + 1 Sugar Apple + 1 Banana |
| Transcendent | 3 Bone Blossom + 1 Beanstalk + 1 Banana |
For those unaware, you must follow these instructions to successfully cook a recipe in Grow a Garden:
- Obtain the Cooking Kit in the game. This can be done by completing all the Common, Rare, or Mythical achievements.
- Use the Cosmetic Inventory to equip and place the Cooking Kit in your garden.
- Equip the ingredients one by one while being near the kit.
- Press E to submit the ingredients.
- Click the Cook button once all the ingredients are in the pot.
How to Feed Cake to Eloise
Once you have the cake in your inventory, it is time to feed it to Eloise and make her happy. You can do so by following these steps:
- Head over to the Gear Shop in Grow a Garden.
- Open your inventory and click on the cake to equip it.
- Go near Eloise and press and hold E to feed her the cake.
- Wait for her to reward you.
Now, depending on the rarity of the cake, you can get anything from a sprinkler to a Level Up Lollipop. Being the Gear Shop NPC, you can expect her to give various such items, allowing you to obtain something pretty rare.
