Cakes By Susanne

You don’t have to be an expert cake decorator in order to make great looking birthday cakes. Here are some decorating ideas to help you to make your cakes extra special that do not require professional cake decorating skills.

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 by covering the top of the cake with aqua blue colored frosting. Pull the frosting upward to form peaks to look like waves in the water.  Then add a toy boat with fishing gear.  If the person likes to golf, make a golf theme cake by frosting the cake with green frosting to look like a putting green. Make a flag pole with a lollypop stick and cut a flag out of construction paper. 

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.  I’ve done many pool party theme cakes by using the same aqua colored frosting technique described above, then add some chewy life savers to represent floating tubes and pipe little people laying on the tubes with flesh colored frosting.  This requires a little more skill….hope you’re up to the challenge! 

Cake toppers are available in many different varieties, to make your job much easier.  If you can’t find a cake topper to match your theme, try the miniature section of any hobby or craft store.  I’ve found items such as miniature fishing rod and net, a miniature golf bag and golf clubs, a miniature guitar, even magazines and flip flops for a beach theme cake.  The possibilities are endless!

You get the idea; just try to make the cake special for the birthday person by choosing a theme according to their hobbies or interests. I hope I’ve sparked your interest for unique cake decorating ideas that will make the next cake that you make extra special.

If you’re planning a birthday party, a wedding or an event that requires entertaining others for any reason, then you know what a challenge it can be to create a party that everyone will enjoy.

You know all the details that go into planning a perfect event, and you are well aware that you cannot plan a great party carelessly. Instead, you need to be cautious about the details and take your time with each aspect of party planning.

Choosing a dessert can be one of the most important yet hardest decisions that gets made for events, but you cannot go wrong by choosing a chocolate cake.

The thing about all parties is that people expect to come and be filled with good food. You can have the most special games and activities planned for your party, but without a great menu in place people will leave your party disappointed and regretful. That is why it is important to take your menu planning seriously from appetizers and drinks to entrees and desserts.

As a professional party planner, I often advise my clients to conside serving a chocolate cake for dessert. In twenty years of planning great weddings and other parties, I have learned that offering a chocolate cake is a decision that rarely goes wrong.

People of all ages love chocolate, this we know, so doesn’t it make sense that we would use chocolate for life’s most special events?

I am always in awe when people think that it is a good idea to make the menu for important parties entirely different from the things that people would normally eat. This is no way to keep people filled and satisfied. It is always wise to have at least a few things on a menu that people are familiar with and used to eating.

Surprises are great, but not when it comes to a significant piece of the menu like the dessert. This is why a chocolate cake is the choice for all celebrations. The whole point in planning great parties is for people to enjoy themselves. I guarentee that people of all ages and walks of life will enjoy a tasty chocolate cake.

Now I am not suggesting that you throw a couple of boxed cake mixes into the oven when you are planning your wedding, but I am suggesting that you make the best chocolate cake possible because you know that everyone will love it.

A delightful cake is all what we require celebrating an event. It not only adds flavor to our joy but also transcends us into a glorious world of food fashion.

No cake is complete without its decoration. In fact,  cake decoration makes the cake fancier and makes us more eager to have it. For decorating a simple cake or Wilton cake all you need is sugar for icing and a lot of imaginative ideas to create your perfect centerpiece! Read the rest of this entry »