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For another type of look, you can also sprinkle on some edible glitter or confetti. Convert your normal cake into a fruit cake with delicious fresh fruits. With the fresh berries and fruits placed on the top of your cake, your cake is guaranteed to turn into a lip-smacking beauty.
You only need a couple of frosting tips, some googly eyes, and a kid who understands the allure of a grumpy do-gooder. This birthday cake is probably the most labor intensive of the bunch and, fine, would take some patience and tools. But can you imagine how thrilled your two-year-old would be to see the lion of their dreams come to life?
Make a Christmas tree stump cake
Roll out your fondant into thin strings and then shape them into knitted mittens to top off your Christmas cake! This is probably one of the more technical Christmas cake ideas int his round-up but with a bit of practise you can create the effect of knitting with your icing! Thnaks and image credit to cakesdecor.com for the idea – head over to their post for more pictures and inspiration for this cake.
“My tip for working with icing sugar is to put it in a food processor rather than sifting it – much less messy and does the job. Additionally when making buttercream in a stand mixer, cover the mixer with a damp tea towel to catch all of the icing powder,” says Naomi Boles. She'll roll up her sleeves to try any new recipe in the kitchen—from spicy Thai dishes (her favorite!) to classic Southern comfort food (OK...also her favorite).
Spider Cake Pops
My mother used to make our cakes when I was a child and her recipe became a firm part of our Christmas celebrations. There are many different ways to decorate a unicorn cupcake that can be enjoyed by anyone on their birthday. One option is to put a unicorn on top of the cupcake or to put some frosting in the shape of a unicorn horn. Packed with pecans, cranberries, and seasoned apples, this Christmas fruit cake recipe is showy and sweet. We can't blame you if you never go back to the original. Bourbon and coffee crystals add depth of flavor to this super moist, adults-only Christmas cake recipe.
If you're up for a more in-depth cake decorating project, consider making a wallpaper-inspired cake. Many bakeries can create an edible print using special paper and ink, which you can then cut to fit your cake. Make your cake even more indulgent by topping it with freshly whipped cream, which is always the perfect base for popping on chocolates or fruits. Cream is super easy to work with and can be spread or piped onto your cake depending on its thickness.
Take It One Step Further With Chocolate Ganache
This fox-face cake keeps it super simple, though, and if you can cut up Fruit by the Foot and draw a triangle, you are good to decorate it. I realize this is a bow on a brownie but imagine a cake frosted in a darker tone, including chocolate, with a powder sugar design on top. It's like skipping all the work of detailed frosting decoration. Ree used Nordic Ware's Jubilee Bundt Pan to take a simple pound cake to the next level.
Fondant can also be stamped into or crimped for a different style of decoration,” says Kate Tynan. It’s nearly the big day and your nerves are in tatters at the mere sight of your to-do list. Keep things simple-ish yet impressive by decorating your cake with an icing pen to write out a festive message. First add marzipan and icing to a shop-bought fruit cake and then practise first before writing out your wishes. If the full Merry Christmas is a few letters too many, think of an easier alternative (Ho Ho Ho, anyone?).
Consider investing in a revolving cake stand so you don't have to spin the cake manually. You can also cut out designs, from stars to love hearts, in the icing, or fashion it into all kinds of shapes (even the person or people the cake is for!) for the top of your cake. “A simple drizzle of caramel over a cake can really make an impact. Just make sure your caramel is at the right consistency before you decorate – it should drizzle slowly off a spoon and not be too runny or too thick,” says Kate Tynan. You can also mould decorations, like characters and animals, out of coloured marzipan, for the top of your cake. You can cover the whole thing in finely chopped nuts, including the sides, or sprinkle chunkier nuts on top of your buttercream.
All of the cakes are suited to beginner bakers and decorators, or easily adapted to suit. Help fondant icing decorations stick to your fondant-based cake by dusting them with a little water. This will activate the sugars in the icing and help them to stay stuck. Or use a spot of frosting or buttercream to 'cement' them in place – be careful not to use too much or it might escape and be visible underneath. Baked in a Pyrex bowl or shaped cake tin to create the igloo shape, get to work with the sugar paste to create the snow bricks and the super cute penguins.
The fact that they don’t need to be precise, and can be swirled in the candy melts make them a very easy option for beginners. My Cake School created a step-by-step video tutorial to show you just how to create this monster sheet cake. Don’t panic, creating a pumpkin shaped cake is not as difficult as it seems. Taming Twins shows you just how to create your very own, using two bundt cakes sandwiched together. We love this jack o’lantern cake from Sprinkles for Breakfast and it couldn’t be any more perfect for a Halloween get-together. What a centrepiece this graveyard cake from My Recipes would make!
Filled with favorite holiday flavors like nutmeg, cloves, and cinnamon, this perfect-for-a-crowd dessert serves 12. Designs can be made using two or three colors only by pasting red gems on half of the cake and blue on the other half, which is simple as well as attractive. It is obvious that there should be the cream on the surface of the cake so that these can stick to the cake. The other simple pattern would be to place the jellies or candies or both of different colors in different rows on a cake. Royal icing is perfect for getting that snow white effect at Christmas time and is the ideal topping for a rich fruit cake .
Decorations that wont budge if you have to bring a cake on the road. For us everyday people we sometimes lack the skills necessary to decorate cakes. Here are some easy cake decorating ideas you can try at home. This is a marvellous technique for covering up any flaws on your cake.
If you are a beginner baker or looking for something to feed a crowd, try one of the Halloween sheet cakes that can be decorated in really fun ways. Use cake decorating tools to help you out – a cake decorating turntable and icing smoother are the perfect utensils to help achieve a perfectly polished look with your icing. An adjustable cake leveller allows you to trim off any raised lumps and bumps that the cake grew in the oven, for the perfect base for your Christmas decorating creations. A slight riff on the traditional recipe, this one goes heavier on the sweet-yet-tart cranberry flavour. It needs to be fed with sherry or brandy – a good way to really help that soak in is to prick the cake all over with a skewer after baking.
Sometimes a single snazzy candle is the perfect complement to your birthday cake. It works best on a layer cake so show off the thick stripes of buttercream or chocolate ganache filling. Without the typical outer coat, the interior of the cake is completely exposed to showcase all the yummy frosting inside—like what you’ll find with this Malted Chocolate Stout Layer Cake. Kristin Prough of BlissMakes put together this adorable marshmallow-clad birthday cake using Lucky Charms and a whole lot of creativity. Check out the step-by-step instructions, and get more cake decorating ideas and DIY projects, at BlissMakes.com. Begin painting with the liquid food coloring to create your design by painting onto a cake that has been frosted.
They would make great treats for a Halloween party or just fun homemade goodies to enjoy at home. This Devil’s food cake from Tesco Real Food really lives up to its name with this fun spin for Halloween! Use a pack of ready-to-roll red icing to create the snaking tail and pointy horns – the kids could get involved in this part. Sign up now and get our FREE newsletters packed with fun ideas and things to do with the kids, family-friendly recipes, expert advice, parenting tips and great competitions. This recipe uses a ready-made Victoria or madeira sponge because, frankly, you’re going to need all the time to create this showstopper of a decorative topper.
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