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Five Easy First Birthday Cake Ideas By Leefe Poche

First Birthday Cake Ideas

Do you need some first birthday cake ideas for a new baby in your life, or in someone's close to you? Well, here are some ideas for girls and boys. Take a couple of minutes to read this article and your brain will be whirring.

Number 1 Cake

You could always do the original thing and pour cake batter in a Number 1 cake pan and frost it blue or pink according to the gender, or you could be more elaborate and make a memorable first birthday cake. Accent the cake with other light baby colors and add balloons and a trim around the top and bottom of the cake.

Building Blocks Cake

Another popular first birthday cake is bright building blocks. Bake small square cake pieces, cool them on a baking rack for 30 minutes, then frost them each different bright and vibrant colors. A good one for girls are butterflies and flowers. Again when choosing frosting colors for these cakes pick bright eye catching colors because that is mostly what children of this age are drawn to.

How About Cupcakes?

Cupcakes are always a great first birthday cake. You can make personal cakes for everyone, adding sprinkles, different colored frosting, and if you want little pictures.

Car or Truck Cake

You can also make a car or truck cake for a boy. Frost it whatever color you would think is the best and simply decorate it with toy cars and trucks. Make sure when picking the cars and trucks out that their color flows with the color of the cake.

Princess Cake

And an old time favorite for girls is a princess cake. You can pick a Disney theme or you can make an original. One of the visitors to my site said that she usually just makes her princess cakes with purple frosting and she puts fake jewels and a crown on it.

I hope these ideas sparked your imagination and gave you some great ideas to make some picture perfect moments for your photo album.

cake decorating ideas

Creative Cake Decorating Ideas
By Shereen Oon

Special occasion will always call for special cakes. Most celebrations are incomplete without a cake specially decorated to fit the occasion. While there are bakeries for the purpose, a member of the family will surely feel honored to make the cake specifically for that purpose. Fresh ideas may be needed in the decoration if you are assigned to make cakes. Here are a number of cake decorating ideas:

-Characters: There are many known characters that can be used in cake decorating. Cakes can be made special by drawing characters like Blues Clues or Dora the Explorer. Cutting up the cake to make it as the whole character is another option.

-Themes: Sport theme, underwater adventure, 50's or modern themes of 20's are some of the themes that you can use. Think about the recipient of the cake and the guests' reaction for the theme that you are considering. A masquerade party will finely go with the theme that you are planning.

-Motor Cakes: Most boys will always be fascinated with motors like cars, trucks, fire engines, tractors, boats, airplanes or helicopters. The expertise that you have in cake decorating will help you make racing strip, firemen on the run, or a 3 dimensional tractor plowing in the farm.

-Animals: You can cut the cake to have an image of animal as your theme. It could either be one animal or a scene in a zoo featuring many kinds of mammals or birds.

-Food: The preparation of the cake will also depend on the occasion that you are going to have. If it is about opening of Italian restaurant, you can have a scene where you can see a building or an image portraying a chef at work. Again you can cut the cake to represent foods like hot dog, taco or burgers. When it comes to food theme, the cake decorating ideas are limitless.

-Holiday Themes: Holidays are special and it will be a great time to show off your creativity. Bunnies will be good in Easter, hearts during Valentine's Day, or cloverleaf on the feast of St. Patrick.

-Your Own Creation: A lot of practice in cake decorating will give you flair of your own designs. You can readily make any kind of styles of cakes on any celebrations. The cake that you create will always be center of attention during any celebration.

The satisfaction that you will get from the praises will be worth any of the effort you put in. Spending time practicing will pay rich dividends as your cake decorating skills are sure to improve. Ask friends and experts or search the web for ideas in cake decorating and use them to hone your creative skills.