Cake Decorating: How About Birthday Cakes For Adults

Cake decorating for adults are a bit different than those you would do for a kids party. It doesn’t mean they need to be boring or ugly. Below are some great ideas for adult cakes that are fun to make and fun to eat.

Crunchie Rice Cake

In 2 square cake pans, make 2 batches of rice cereal treats according to the recipe found on the back of the box of cereal. When they have cooled, do not cut the treats, take them from the pans like they are.

Cover the top of the first layer with icing, and then a layer of chocolate chips, and a second layer of icing, and then a layer of multicolored sprinkles, and a third layer of icing. Place the second layer of the crunchie cake on top and frost the whole thing as you would a normal cake. Place a layer of colored chocolate candy on the top. You can even put the name of the recipient in candy. This is a whimsical cake that can be used for adults or children.

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Over the Hill Graveyard Cake

Bake two cake mixes in a roasting pan. Make a gray icing with 2 drops of green and red food coloring and mixing it with white icing. Turn the cake out on a cake board ice the entire cake with this icing. Line a sidewalk with thin black licorice, and dot candy corn along the outside edges. Rectangular cookies can be iced with a darker gray icing. These can be used as gravestones.

You can find gummy skeletons at Halloween, or make your own out of toothpicks and use jelly beans for heads. Ghosts can be made from cotton balls, but you need to make sure no cotton gets in the icing you may want to make some out of construction paper and stick them on a popsicle stick. That might be a good idea for the skeletons too.

Ball and Chain Birthday cake

This is a great idea if commissioned by a husband or wife. Bake two round cakes and let them cool completely. Remove the cakes from the pans. Cover the top of one cake with the recipient’s favorite fruit pie filling. Place the second layer on top and ice the entire cake.

Buy a bag of small cake donuts and frost them the same as you did the cake. On the cake board place one of the doughnuts up against the bottom of the cake. Follow this with several other doughnuts to make a chain. You can add different decorations on the cake, or leave it plain, it’s up to you.

No matter what theme you choose, the cake decorating will be appreciated by the person having the birthday. Make sure you add candles and bring a cake server when you attend the party. Every time you make a cake and decorate it, you are honing your cake decorating skills and the more practice you get, the better you will be at cake decorating.

Creative Cake Dressing and Decorating Ideas for Wedding and Birthday

You were asked to bake a cake because of an exceptional function; you know you’re original and creative, just that you need a new theme to explore on. Every celebration includes a cake to be shared among the invitees and family members. It is a custom to have a cake baked by a bakery, or to have a relative bake a cake because the event.

Below are a few cake dressing ideas:

- Character reference: There are 100s of famous characters to use because cake dressing. You can make any cake special by drawing in Dora the adventurer, or Blues Clues. Or you may want to carve the cake to make the entire cake into a favorite character.

- Themes: perhaps you would like to go with a 50′s theme base, underwater adventure, sport base, or a roaring 20′s base because your cake dressing. Use your creativity and find a base that will thrill the person you are making the cake because, and the guests . You may prefer to have a masquerade party in that base. Whatsoever you choose, have fun.

- Motor Cakes: Boys are usually crazy about trucks, cars, fire truck, boats, tractors, choppers, or airplanes. Once again you can use your cake dressing expertise to make a farm with a 3-D tractor, a racing strip, or a scene demonstrating a fire being put out by firemen. Naturally it all depends on what the particular birthday boy is fond of.

- Animals: you are able to also use an animal base by cutting the cake to look like any animal, or attract a scene using animals. It could be a zoo scene with several animals or choose one animal and decorate the cake with other decorations demonstrating where it came from. Use your imagination.

- Food: perhaps you are making a cake because the opening of an Italian eating place. You could create a scene depicting the construction, or if it is because a chef opening the eating place, a scene of the kitchen with unlike Italian dishes would be fun. You’ll be able to also cut the cake to look like a hamburger, hot dog, taco etc… The sky is the limit when it comes to cake dressing using a food base.

- Holiday Themes: I remember when bunny rabbit cakes became popular at Easter, Wilton has pans and dressing supplies because all holiday cake dressing designs. A heart on Valentine’s day, or a 4 leaf clover on St. Patrick’s day is a wonderful way to say happy holidays.

- Your Own innovation: If you have been involved in cake dressing because quite some time, or if you are a novice with an pleasing flair, you can create your own cake based on the base or the celebration.

Whatsoever type of cake you make will be the center of attention as cakes usually are at a celebration. It has become custom to have an outstanding cake at every celebration. Knowing that you are the one who is pleasing enough to make this cake, and the praise you will receive from others, will give you a bushel of gratification.

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How To Decorate Cakes – Creative Decorating Ideas For Special Occasions

You need to bake a cake for a special occasion, you know you are creative, but you need a fresh idea to work with. Every celebration includes a cake to be shared among the guests and family members. It is tradition to have a cake baked by a bakery, or to have a relative bake a cake for the event. If you are the designated cake decorator, you may be looking for a new idea for your next creation.

 

Below are a few cake decorating ideas:

 

* Characters: There are hundreds of famous characters to use for cake decorating. You can make any cake special by drawing in Dora the Explorer, or Blues Clues. Or you may want to cut up the cake to make the entire cake into a favorite character.

 

* Themes: Maybe you would like to go with a 50′s theme, underwater adventure, sport theme, or a roaring 20′s theme for your cake decorating. Use your creativity and find a theme that will thrill the person you are making the cake for, and the guests . You may want to have a masquerade party in that theme. Whatever you decide, have fun.

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* Motor Cakes: Boys are usually crazy about trucks, cars, fire engines, boats, tractors, helicopters, or airplanes. Again you can use your cake decorating expertise to make a farm with a 3-D tractor, a racing strip, or a scene showing a fire being put out by firemen. Of course it all depends on what the particular birthday boy is fond of.

 

* Animals: You can also use an animal theme by cutting the cake to look like any animal, or draw in a scene using animals. It could be a zoo scene with several animals or choose one animal and decorate the cake with other decorations showing where it came from. Use your imagination.

 

* Food: Maybe you are making a cake for the opening of an Italian restaurant. You could create a scene depicting the building, or if it is for a chef opening the restaurant, a scene of the kitchen with different Italian dishes would be fun. You can also cut the cake to look like a hamburger, hot dog, taco etc… The sky is the limit when it comes to cake decorating using a food theme.

 

* Holiday Themes: I remember when bunny cakes became popular at Easter, Wilton has pans and decorating supplies for all holiday cake decorating designs. A heart on Valentine’s day, or a 4 leaf clover on St. Patrick’s day is a wonderful way to say happy holidays.

 

* Your Own Creation: If you have been involved in cake decorating for quite some time, or if you are a novice with an artistic flair, you can create your own cake based on the theme or the celebration.

 

Whatever cake you make will be the center of attention as cakes usually are at a celebration. It has become tradition to have a outstanding cake at every celebration. Knowing that you are the one who is artistic enough to make this cake, and the praise you will receive from others, will give you a bushel of satisfaction.

Edible Cake Decorating – A Fun And Delicious Hobby!

As a new mom I tried for a long time to find hobbies that I could enjoy with my children and find time for.  Edible cake decorating is the perfect past-time.  Not only is it fun to do with the kids, but I have birthdays every year that drive me to improve my skills.

The easiest way to start this hobby is to purchase some boxed cake mix, buy a basic cake decorating kit at the store, and browse the internet for ideas.  The first cake I made was an Elmo cake for my daughter’s first birthday.  I made a plain yellow cake and then using some information about edible cake decorating I found online, I made red, black and orange frosting with the Wilton’s gel food color.  The cake was a big hit and delicious as well.

Since my first cake, I have tried more difficult cakes.  This past year for my son’s first birthday party, I made a six car train cake complete with edible cargo (M&Ms and gummy bears).  The kids loved the cake and I loved making it!  I used a simple box chocolate cake and made six small loaf cakes.  I then used canned frosting and added different color food dyes to make a variety of colors.  I frosted the cakes with a crumb coat and let that harden in the refrigerator for a few hours.  After that, I was able to frost again and top each “train car” with Kit-Kat side bars and candy cargo.  I covered a piece of wood with wax paper, drew tracks with black icing and laid down the train.  This session of edible cake decorating was my favorite as I was able to sample the left over cargo.

One of the best places to shop for decorations and supplies is the local craft store.  In my area I go to A.C. Moore or Michaels and using a 40% coupon am able to pick up things like food dye, spatulas, frosting tips and candy toppers. 

The best part about this hobby is I have more fun and get better at it with each cake I make.  I’ve now made four cakes and each one trumps the one before it.  I’m just hoping I can keep up at this pace!  With a three year old and a one year old, I have many more years of edible cake decorating ahead!

3 Common Cake Decorating Mistakes – And Their Easy Solutions

 

Have you ever been decorating a cake and everything was going smoothly, then all of a sudden you notice crumbs in your beautiful icing mixture? When this happens you can ruin the whole effect of your cake. There is a way to combat the dreaded crumb problem when decorating your cake; the method is called a ‘crumb coat.’
A crumb coat is a thinner mixture of the exact same icing that you use on your cake. You can thin the mixture down with whatever liquid you have used to make your icing, for example water or milk. The icing has to be thinned down just enough to cover the surface of the cake with a thin layer.

Once you have applied a crumb coat to the surface of your cake you will then need to let it set awhile. Place your cake in the refrigerator and let it set overnight, or for at least an hour or two. Don’t be overly concerned if crumbs get into your crumb coat, as the crumbs will become “glued” into the surface of the cake. Once set the surface will be ready to decorate.
By following these instructions you will win the war on crumbs!

Beating Bulging Cakes

Often people who decorate cakes are faced with the problem of their fillings bulging out of the sides of their cake. Luckily there is a remedy for this little cake decorating disaster. Below are some helpful tips to stop the dreaded cake bulge.

o By baking your cake in advance, for example the day before, you will firm the cake up, and give it time to settle down. Freshly baked cakes tend to be unstable and won’t hold fillings as well as settled cakes.

o Another procedure that can be used to stop fillings from overflowing or bulging is to use piped icing to create a dam. This will act as a barrier and keep your fillings from bulging out the sides of the cake.

o After you have created your icing dam, you can then cover the whole cake with a crumb coating; a thinned down version of the icing that you intend to use to decorate your cake with.

o Once you have done a crumb coating of the cake you will find that refrigerating the cake overnight, or for at least 2-3 hours will help the icing to firm up. This will reduce the likelihood of bulging also.

o Once the cake has had time to firm up in the fridge, the dams that you put in place and the crumb coat will stop the cake from bulging.

Follow these steps and you’ll be well on your way to having beautiful bulge-free cakes!

Freezing Cakes To Save Time

Finding the free time to prepare a specialty cake can be a frustrating task. Thankfully, the practice of freezing cakes has become an invaluable tool for the novice and professional alike. Just think, you can have a cake baked and ready for decoration weeks before the special occasion.

Some cake makers shy away from freezing cakes due to the fear that their creation might dry out. If the proper method is not utilized, that fear will be justified. The key lies in how you wrap the cake. It’s also important to postpone the decorating process until the cake has fully defrosted. Icing tends to “sweat” and become gooey when a cake is left out to defrost.
Air and moisture will eventually ruin a cake. To keep the air out, wrap three layers of sturdy cling wrap around the cake. Then just prior to freezing, wrap one layer of aluminum foil over the cling wrap. This storage method helps keep the moisture and flavor from escaping.

Allow the cake to slowly defrost at room temperature for 1-2 days before the event. Do not decorate the cake until it has completely thawed. By following this method cake decorating should be easier and quicker, especially if you are put on the spot to make and decorate a cake at the last minute.

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Cake Decorating Ideas

You plan to bake a cake for a special celebration but are all out of ideas. You are creative but would like some fresh cake decorating ideas and themes. Every special occasion wouldn’t be right without a cake. If you have been chosen to make the cake here are some ideas and hints for your next cake baking adventure.

Animals: Animals make terrific cake decorating themes especially for children. You can cut the cake into the shape of an animal or purchase cake pans already shaped like the animal you want. You can do a zoo theme or select one animal with other decorations. Use your imagination.

Transportation:: Males are more inclined to like trucks, tractors, airplanes, fire engines, boats, and buses. This theme is useful if the cake correlates with their occupation and hobbies. For example, if he is a firefighter, decorate a cake with a firefighter putting out a fire. If they are race fans, decorate the cake with a racing strip.

Holiday Ideas: You can find most any shape of pan for holidays. Wilton has about everything you can think of for cake decorating with a holiday theme. Use a heart -shaped pan for Valentines or use a bunny-shaped pan for Easter. For patriotic holidays, bake the cake in a square and decorate the cake in red, white ,and blue stripes.

Characters: There are many possibilities using familiar characters in cake decorating. Dora the Explorer and Blues Clues are popular themes. Walt Disney characters will satisfy just about anybody. You can draw the character right on the cake or cut it to look like the character.

Cake Decorating

Cakes are made for various occasions and they come in various types. These could be cupcakes, wedding cakes or birthday cakes. Cake decorating can be fun if done in the right way. Decorating a cake with no tier at all is easier as compared to a cake with several tiers. Different cakes come with various types of decorations. Decorating cupcakes could be different from decorating a wedding cake or a birthday cake.

Cake decorating could be done using rose flower designs. These designs could be made separately and then carefully embedded on the cake or they could be made directly on the cake. These could be made from different colors and flavors. The petals to the rose could also be made of various colors to kill the monotony. Other ways of decorating these delicacies is by use of chocolate.

Cake decorating can be made fun by experimenting with the various food colors in the kitchen, as long as they do not spoil the whole thing.  This leaves beautiful colors on the cake. However, one should consider the theme color of that particular occasion. If not so, the occasion could end up with too many contrasting colors. Chocolate colors are normally widely used for cakes though this has become too monotonous.

If the cake is being made for a particular occasion it would be wise to look for other matching colors that would not spoil the theme of the particular occasion. Children can add a lot of fun to the whole activity. They could also learn from the whole process. They should be encouraged to do this if the cake is just to be consumed at home. Better still, it could be a bright idea to involve the family.

Cake Decorating Equipment: Whip A Cake With Ease

Whipping up the best cake in town is an achievement for most known bakers. But generating the perfect less threatening decorative look for a cake is a short goal achievement for those who are amateurs in the art of baking. Whether you are and expert or not, you still need a couple of hands to be able to bring forth the perfectly tasty and great looking cake in the planet.

Cake decorating equipment can help you in so many ways. With such tools your cake baking experience will end to be a more satisfying achievement in your life. Let us look at some of these amazing helping aids. For the basic equipments you must have a baking pan or two of different sizes to be able to come up with cakes of various sizes as well. You may also need to own a spatula to provide a perfect and evenly application of frosting on your cake. The next best thing that you should have is a mixer. It will take you numerous hours to whip ingredient manually thus it is preferred if you have a good mixer at your side. With such less effort and time is being put into and more energy there is to reserve one for the most crucial part of cake presentation: the decorating part.

In reaching the decorating part of your amazing I – baked – a – cake – experience, you also need some of the decorative basic tools at hand. These include the following: piping bags, tips, coupler and collar. The bag provides you the opportunity to actually hand make the designs for the frosting in your cake. This is possible with the different pattern shaped tips that are inserted into the bag through the coupler as its guide and the collar that would secure the tip in place.

Next, if you move on to another phase of cake baking, you need to spice up your decoration by actually incorporating sugar paste designs and other hard shapes. With such goal at hand, one needs a good roller pin, flour sifter, shape cutters and modeling tools. These tools may help in the actual manipulation of gum paste for generating designs as they harden. Small painting brushes are also needed for one to add up colors in the hardened design form. Paints or colors that are used in doing such task should of course be edible for health safety purposes.

For expert touches in the passion of baking cakes, cake equipments such as turntable would allow one to actually turn the cake so easy access to the frosting foundation can be designed and one does not have to circle the cake around to achieve this task. With such cake decorating equipment the cake is being turned instead of the person. As for fondant lovers and cake bakers, you may need fondant paddles and pizza cutter to perfectly shape and work on such delicate resembling bread dough icing.

The list of cake decorating equipment would go on and on. No one is quite satisfied with one’s work without the help of these well trusted handy tools. Whether you are an amateur or an expert to such crafty passion, these tools will help speed up the process of your creations and the eventually enhancement of your learning as well.

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Next Generation Of Cake & Cookie Decorating

You start flipping through that dusty collection of cake decorating books sitting on your shelf, but the answers you need aren’t close at hand.

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At this point you’re probably feeling the same stress and frustration shared by countless other cake and cookie decorators, both beginner and professional.

You’re not alone. Like you, we’ve spent more time than we care to admit browsing through cake decorating websites. It’s not only time consuming, but really frustrating.

You have to visit one website to learn where you can buy your supplies. You have to visit another site to find instructions on how to make different types of icing. Then you email several websites hoping someone experienced will tackle your questions.

And how often have you been offered detailed instructional videos you can watch online right away?

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