Birthday Cakes For Girls

Novelty birthday cakes that are sugar and spice and all things nice....

Birthday Cakes For Girls

via Novelty Birthday Cakes by admin on 11/9/10

Birthday Cakes for Girls are a lot of fun to make and there are heaps of great ideas on what theme to use.  Of course, most girls like ‘pretty’ colours like pink, purple and pastel shades, but there are so many different options that it is always fun to try something new.

With so many ideas that it would be impossible to cover them all, but here are two tried and true themes that are based on age.  One is for younger girls, the other for older/teenager girls.

Animal Birthday Cakes for Girls

This is a great theme for little girls and can be based around their favourite animal – most little girls have at least one, if not many to choose from.  There are domestic animals (dog, cat, birds, fish), farm animals (ponies, horses, cows, pigs) and wild animals (monkeys, tigers, lions, elephants).

One great animal cake idea is a Panda Bear Cake and this video shows how to make it…

To make this cake you will need a 9 x 13 Inch Cake Pan and 2 x 8 Inch Round Cake Pans. The recipe and templates can be found by clicking here.  As they mention in the video this recipe can be adapted to any bear using different colours and features.

Fashion Birthday Cakes for Girls

Now we’re talking about the older girls who are likely to be fond of all things fashion – shoes, handbags, purses, jewellery and all sorts of accessories.  Here’s some ideas.

A Purse Cake…

Photo by Qfamily

…a Shoe Cake…

Photo by Apuch

…or the ultimate, a Barbie and Jewellery themed cake…

Most of the fashion cakes can be easily made using a Square Cake Pan and this Birthday Cake Recipe as the base.  The cake can then be iced and decorated as creatively and colourfully as desired.

That’s a few ideas to get things started on a special cake for your little girl.  If you have any ideas, questions or comments on Birthday Cakes for Girls, please leave them below.

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Movie Themed Cakes

A great theme for a party is a Movie theme and when it comes to novelty birthday cakes for this theme, popcorn is the obvious answer.

Check out a great Movie Themed Popcorn cake here.

You could also create Popcorn Cupcakes like these...

Photo by Kids Birthday Parties

 

...or these...

Photo by Sugar Daze 

Some great ideas for any movie themed celebration.

Cake Frosting and Icing

When decorating novelty birthday cakes, you need to make a decision on what type of icing or frosting to use.  There are many different options and these two articles will help you decide which will be the most suitable.

http://www.noveltybirthdaycakes.org/cake-decorating-techniques/cake-decorating-icing-the-different-types

http://cake-decorating.lovetoknow.com/How_to_Make_Cake_Frosting

Happy frosting!

Sunday Sweets: Farmed Out

Here are some great farm themed novelty birthday cakes.

Sunday Sweets: Farmed Out

via Cake Wrecks by noreply@blogger.com (The CW Team) on 17/10/10

[singing] Old McDonald had a farm...

Submitted by Alison L., made by Blue Cupcake

E-i-e-i-o!

And on this farm he had some animals:

Submitted Stacey L., made by her friend Beth

This shows that your cake doesn't have to be big, sculpted, or multi-tiered to be awesome. Love it!

E-i-e-i-o!

With a "baa baa" here:

By the always-amazing Bakerella

They're cake balls. Unbelievably cute, fluffy cake balls.

And a "cluck cluck" there:

Sub'd by Nancy D., made by Carolyn Mustopa

It's a wedding cake! How very City Slickers.

Here a "neigh:"

Made by Wrecks reader Joanne P.

There an "apple:"

Made by Heidi Miller

It was inspired by the song "Big Yellow Taxi." Gorgeous!

Everywhere a "barrel of ducks wearing cowboy hats with a bar of soap:"

Sub'd by Brenda, made by Cakes Unleashed

Before you ask, the "water" is pulled sugar covered with piping gel. Genius.

Old McDonald...

Made by Chocolate Pi

Oops... sorry. Sometimes I get my McDonalds mixed up.

Well, finally, here's a bonus Sweet for all you Farmville addicts enthusiasts:

By Flores & Aromas

I'm digging those carrots.

Get it? "Digging?"

Sorry; my sense of humor is firmly rooted in puns

Get it? "Rooted?"

Have a Sweet to nominate? Then send it to Sunday Sweets [at] Cake Wrecks [dot] com.

Cake decorating basics

http://www.wwlp.com/dpp/mass_appeal/taste/cake-decorating-basics
Some great basics for decorating all types of cakes including novelty birthday cakes.

Birthday Cake Pan -Which One?

After deciding a theme for any novelty birthday cake, the next step is selecting the right birthday cake pan.  

Photo by Bill HR

 

Here are some great tips on how to go about this and make your creation fantastic...

http://www.noveltybirthdaycakes.org/birthday-cake-design/birthday-cake-pan-3

Have fun!

VW Beetle Cake

Cars are always popular for novelty birthday cakes and this video gives a great guide on carving and icing a VW Beetle Cake. Check it out.

 

Pretty neat huh? Using the techniques in this video you could adapt the carving and colouring to whatever style of car you want.

Have fun.

Princess Birthday Cakes

For little girls, their dream is often to be a princess and princess birthday parties are always popular.  With any princess party of course their needs to be a princess birthday cake.  There are four types of novelty birthday cakes that can be easily created to fit the princess theme:

1. Princess Doll Cake
2. Princess Castle Cake
3. Disney Princess Cake
4. Your Princess Cake

Check out some great examples for each of these here.

Some cakes for the men - Instant Manliness®!!!

Well, I'm not sure how manly they are with flowers. You decide.

Instant Manliness®!!!

via Cake Wrecks by comments@cakewrecks.com (Jen) on 5/10/10

Are you tired of girly cakes? Does the sight of icing flowers disgust you? Are you afraid all of your birthday cakes are doomed to look like this?

WAH wah waaaah...

"If only my cake was more manly..."

Well, worry no more, sad Keanu! Introducing the new "Instant Manliness Cake Decoration Kit®!!!"

With the "Instant Manliness Cake Decoration Kit®," any cake can be a MAN'S cake!

Just look at the difference!

Bam!

Now that's manly!

Also try our "Instant Manliness Father's Day Cake Decoration Kit®!"

Can you feel that?!?

That's chest hair. And it's growing. Booya!

Thanks to Bradley G., aka the "Manly Brad-inator." [Crushing beer can against head and burping] Wreck on, dude.

To Infinity and Beyond

The Toy Story movies are children's classics and the release of the last installment earlier this year has created a new round of Toy Story frenzy.

Of course, novelty birthday cakes are not exempt from this and there has no doubt been a resurgence in the requests for Toy Story Cakes.  My son has requested a Buzz Lightyear cake for his upcoming birthday and I've started to do a little research.  Here are some of the ideas I came across...

 

Here's a great 'scene' cake...

Photo by simplebitsdan, available under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-NoDerivs license.

 

Buzz on top...

Photo By kirstin_a, available under a Creative Commons Attribution-NoDerivs license.

 

And the ultimate Buzz Lightyear cake...

Photo by donbuciak, available under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-NoDerivs license.

 

Some great ideas here.  Any others I should know about?

Lightning McQueen Birthday Cake

I created a Lightning McQueen Birthday Cake for my little boys 4th birthday.  It was a huge effort and the biggest challenge of all the homemade novelty birthday cakes I've done.  This was the final result...

You can read all about this cakes was created, step by step by clicking the link below...

http://www.noveltybirthdaycakes.org/childrens-birthday-cakes/lightning-mcqueen-birthday-cake

Hope you enjoy reading about it as much as I enjoyed making (and eating) it.

Lego Birthday Cakes

Lego is one of those timeless toys that all kids enjoy.  So why not use it as an inspiration for novelty birthday cakes.  Here's a few ideas to get you started.

• Use upturned tea light holders to give perfect round lego knobs - see it here
• You could build large individual lego blocks like this...

 

Photo by Squiggle, available under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-ShareAlike license.

• Or simply recreate a 'Lego Scene' using real lego pieces like this brilliant cake...

 

Photo by NutMeg Confections, available under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported license.

So what great lego designs can you think of?  Hope this gets your ideas flowing.

This is some cake!

I'm lost for words on this novelty cake...

http://blog.makezine.com/archive/2010/09/200lb_octopus_cake.html

What do you think?

How to Make a Football Cake

This video shows how you can use cupcakes to make novelty birthday cakes in quite a different way.  The cupcakes are iced as a group, rather than individually...great idea.

 

This idea could be applied to a whole range of themes and patterns.  Have fun trying this idea.

Using store bought 'decorations'

Click on the link below to see a great example of using store bought bits and pieces for novelty birthday cakes

http://www.coolest-birthday-cakes.com/coolest-toy-story-birthday-cake-design-33.html

 

Lollies and candy are also a cake decorators best friend.  Read more about that here...

http://www.noveltybirthdaycakes.org/cake-decorating-techniques/cake-decorating-techniques-candy-lollies

 

So don't think of buying 'decorations' and props as cheating when making novelty cakes, they are a great way to actually make it better, more individual and unique.

Time Lapse: Making a Treasure Chest Cake

I love the way the cake gets 'painted' - creates a great effect. Another idea for your novelty birthday cakes.

Time Lapse: Making a Treasure Chest Cake

via Cake Decorating Ideas by on 7/09/10

So, my birthday was last week, a couple of my friends are graduating college and I will too a couple month after them, my ‘brother’ published his first book, I had a good semester, we had a great season at work (selling out over 85% of our shows), and I am just loving life so I decided to have not just a party, but a PIRATE PARTY to celebrate!!!! What’s a pirate party without a chest full of booty?! I decided to make one and it turned out AMAZING. Its has vanilla on the bottom and chocolate on the top, coated with organic homemade buttercream icing, homemake fondant, and organic sugar sand at the bottom. The cake was made with about 70% organic ingredients. It took me three days to complete and about 20 hours of hard work. I am very proud. Btw, this was only my 3rd cake I have ever made in my life! I am the master!!!!

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Time Lapse: Making a Treasure Chest Cake

Not All Cakes Are 'Baked'

Watching the below video immediately made me think how not all novelty birthday cakes need to be baked.

 

Baskin-Robbins - Baskin-Robbins Birthday Cakes - (2010) :15 (USA)

Of course...novelty birthday cakes can be made from ice cream as well.  It would be more about 'moulding' than baking - maybe not as daunting for some people.  Also no need to fiddle around with icing.

Maybe you could try using ice cream for your next novelty birthday cake.  Or have you already tried this?  Please let us know.

Creepy Realistic-Looking Yoda Cake

Continuing on the Star Wars theme, check out this fantastic Yoda cake. Definitely a shame to eat this one.

POTD: Creepy Realistic-Looking Yoda Cake - /FILM (blog)

via cake decorating - Google News on 8/31/10

POTD: Creepy Realistic-Looking Yoda Cake /FILM (blog) I'm currently taking the beginner cake decorating classes and hoping to land a job at a bakery. I decided to try making my first sculpted cake and chose ... and more »

Star Wars Death Star Birthday Cake

A very cool cake any Star Wars lover would be delighted with.

Star Wars Death Star Birthday Cake - Geeky gadgets

via birthday cakes - Google News on 8/30/10

Geeky gadgets

Star Wars Death Star Birthday Cake Geeky gadgets This fun Star Wars Death Star Birthday Cake was created by Lisa Smiley for her sons birthday, and as you can see from the photo, this is one of the coolest ...

Coffee Lover’s 60th Birthday Cake

Here is a great example of thinking laterally for novelty birthday cakes. It shows that the best ideas can often come from knowing what the birthday girl or boy (or man or woman) really likes.  So take some time to do your homework on the guest of honour to come up with some great ideas for your cake.

Coffee Lover’s 60th Birthday Cake

via Pink Cake Box Wedding Cakes & more by Anne on 29/08/10

We have a very special birthday cake here. It’s for my father-in-law’s 60th birthday. It features “Papa Jesse” sitting on a coffee cup. He loves Dunkin’ Donuts and we put all of the things he likes to do flowing out of the coffee cup including golf clubs, a tennis racket, a history book and chocolate chip cookies.

On top of the cake it says Heapin’ Donuts. Happy Birthday Pappa Jesse!

Here’s a video of the cake I shot at the shop:

www.youtube.com/watch?v=xOxXFTdQFh8