Kids Birthday Cake Ideas
You can come up with plenty of kid’s birthday cake ideas for your child. As long as you are a doting parent, you will know just how to make your kid smile and clap excitedly as he or she sees the birthday cake you have decorated for him or her.
In coming up with kids birthday cake ideas, the world is your oyster and your child is your inspiration. You do not even have to become a fancy pastry chef in order to create a quality and professionally made cake. You can learn as many whimsically unique and spectacular cakes made right out of your kitchen.
Here are several things to remember in bringing out an idea for your kids birthday cake:
The most vital birthday cake idea for your kid is choosing a party cake concept that will fit with the party theme he or she likes to have. For starters, have a sheet cake that is simply topped and decorated all over with your kids’ most beloved figures or toys.
You need not settle for the standard circular, rectangular or square cake. You can hide any small disasters in the cake form you produced by piecing it together to form something totally unique. You can shape it up like your kid’s favorite animal, cartoon character or action figure.
Some example of fantastic kids’ birthday cake ideas:
1. Construction birthday party cake – is your child a lover of construction vehicles and motor vehicles then this cake idea will be a big hit. You can top it with several tiny toys shaped like bulldozers and dump trucks shoving mountains of chocolate chips or candies. You can also have the cake itself to look like a frosted dump truck loaded with candies and chocolates.
2. Train birthday party cake – your kid cannot go over with anything connected with trains? Then it would be terrific idea to present him with a birthday cake topped with a miniature train with candy trimmings and running on tracks made of licorice. You can also make a big enough train made from several frosted and brightly colored loaf cakes. Line up these loaf cakes to form train cars. Adorn with candies and chocolate bars for windows.
3. Luau party cake – is your kid a lover of all things Hawaiian? Then you can present her with a totally luau kid birthday cake made of a simple sheet or round cake festooned with silk flowers for leis. You can also have several cupcakes decorated with frosted flowers and stringed together with long brightly colored marshmallows or licorice. The product would appear like a “cupcake lei.”
4. Doll birthday cake – as a base, bake your cake placed in a glass bowl that’s oven safe or a special 3D pan shaped like a sports ball. This will make your cake turn out a perfectly round ball shape. You can top it up with your kids’ favorite doll.
5. A fabulous castle cake is also a spectacular idea of a kid’s birthday cake fit for a princess.
When choosing the perfect birthday cake for your kid, think of the best design that would suit the decorations you will be adorning it. You may like to create cakes according to how you would want to form or shape it up into a figure. Round, loaf, sheet, or little round cakes are very flexible shapes of cakes. You can also combine these different types to form one desired figure.
Frosting and icing are decorations that are much appreciated by kids. Here are several frosting ideas for your kids’ birthday cake.
- Homemade Frosting
- Tube and Canned Frostings
- Fondant Frosting
“Finishing touches” for a more whimsical looking cake:
- misty spray colors
- luster dusts
- stampers for cakes
- stencils for cakes
- edible color markers
- Edible decorations like flowers, moon, stars, sun, etc.
- decorative candles
- themed cake toppers
- edible glitters
Do not limit yourself for your kids’ sake! Have fun and get creative there are many other kids birthday cake ideas waiting to get out of your imaginations.