Toddler And Baby Help

Do you need some ideas for a fun birthday cake? Then check out the following ideas for five birthday cakes that are easy to make!

• Doll cake. One fantastic way to make a fun birthday cake for a girl who loves dolls or Barbies, is to create a doll cake. One of the best ways to do this is to bake a thick round cake, or even a bundt cake. Get the birthday girls favorite Barbie doll and wrap her legs in cellophane before placing it in the center of the cake. Cut a hole to insert her if you need to. Make the cake seem like the skirt of the doll by icing it in a matching color to the top the doll will be wearing. You may need to shape the skirt some by shaving off some of the cake. You can add sprinkles, and other things make it sparkly and more girly.

• Present cake. A super fun cake that really fits the birthday theme is a cake shaped like a present. For this you will need a rectangular shaped cake. You would ice the entire cake. Roll out some fondant, which can be purchased at a craft store or made from scratch, and cut a “ribbon” and “bow” to make the “present”. To make the wrapping paper seem like it has a pattern use icing or fondant to create shapes.

• Sports ball cake. For the sports themed birthday, nothing goes over quite so well as a sports ball shaped cake, and lucky for you these are some of the easiest cakes to make. Bake up a round cake, ice it in the color of the ball you wish to represent, and use a piping bag to give distinction. For example, if it is a baseball you wish to replicate, you would ice the cake with white icing, or cream icing, and then use red icing to pipe out the stitching of the baseball.

• Castle cake. To make a beautiful castle cake, you will need to bake a couple of round cakes. Make a larger on and a smaller one. Ice the cakes in white icing placing the smaller cake on top of the larger one. Take some ice cream cake cones and fill them with icing to weigh them down. Turn sugar cones upside down and place them on top of the cake cones. Now, arrange the spires you have created on top of the cakes. Then use candies such as Smarties, Necco wafers, and Dots to make the cake look more exciting.

• Animal lovers cake. This is a fun, yet simple cake to make. First, determine what pet your child loves best. Then, find crackers or cookies already shaped in these animal shapes. The first thing you want to do is bake a cake. It can be round or square. You can then ice it. To make the cake look like grass, ice it with green frosting. You can ice it messily so that it looks much like grass. Use pretzel sticks to create a fence around the edge of the cake and place the animal shaped crackers inside the “fence” area.