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.
