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You don't have to be an expert cake decorator in
order to make fantastic looking birthday cakes. Here are some cake
decorating ideas to help you to make your cakes extra special that
do not require exceptional cake decorating skills.
First, determine a theme for your cake. If the
cake is for an adult, what are the likes, hobbies or interests of
the birthday person? For example, if the person likes to fish, make
a fishing theme cake. If the person likes to golf, make a golf theme
cake. If they like to play the guitar, make a guitar cake.
You could also make the cake theme match their
profession as well. For example, for a mail carrier make a mail
theme cake or for a carpenter, make a carpenter theme cake.
If you are making a cake for a child, have it
match the theme of the party or the child's favorite character,
interest or even sport.
You get the idea, just try to make the cake extra
special for the birthday person by making it match their hobbies or
interests.
A really easy cake decorating idea for making
these theme cakes is to purchase cake toppers that match your theme
to place on top of your cake. These come in many different
varieties. However, if you happen to want to make a certain theme
cake for which you cannot find a cake topper to match, try the
miniature section of any hobby or craft store.
For the examples above, you can purchase things
such as a miniature fishing rod and net for the fishing cake, a
miniature golf bag and golf clubs for the golf theme cake and a
miniature guitar for the guitar cake. You can then place them on top
of your cake. For a mail theme cake, purchase miniature mail boxes
and make little letters out of card stock that you laminate and
place them on the top and sides of your cake. For the carpenter
theme cake, put miniature saws and other tools on the top of or on
the sides of the cake.
These are just a few examples. The ideas really
are endless, but hopefully this has helped to get you started
thinking of different and unique cake decorating ideas that will
make the next cake that you make extra special.
About The Author
Cristy Smith is co-creator of a birthday cake decorating website
that is packed full of creative and fantastic looking cakes and
explains how each one was made. Visit
http://www.easy-birthday-cakes.com for lots of great cake
decorating ideas that adults and children will love. |
