by admin | Jan 21, 2014 | 1st Birthday Cakes, 3D Cakes, Birthday Cakes, Birthday Party Ideas, Children's Cakes, Photo Cakes
Birthday Cake – Giggle & Hoot designs If you are planning a Giggle & Hoot themed party for your little one, we have some great ideas for the party and of course the birthday cake! The birthday cake is the main focus of the party – if you want to ‘wow’ your child on their special day, surprise them with a fabulous cake. This first design is finished in our creamy buttercream icing. Underneath the icing you’ll find 2 delicious layers of our signature butter cake – a moist sponge cake which adults and kids love. The picture on top of the cake is 100% edible – it’s a special icing sheet which we print (in food colouring) and lay over the frosting. You simply cut up the cake and enjoy! 1st birthdays are a special milestone in your child’s life and deserve a special celebration and of course a birthday cake! This design has been shaped into a number ‘one’ and features the 2 little owl characters – Hoot and Hootabelle. Here is another special 1st birthday cake with Hoot and Elmo having a picnic, created for twin boys: If your little girl is a big fan of Hoot’s owl-pal “Hootabelle”, she will be amazed at this 3D Hootabelle birthday cake: And finally to round up our Giggle & Hoot birthday cake designs is this colourful round cake complete with Hoot and Hootabelle, handcrafted out of sugar: We’ve found these seriously cute party accessories to complete your Giggle and Hoot party: these are from The ABC Online Shop.They come in pink too: And these from Etsy: Want...
by admin | Nov 20, 2013 | Adult Birthday Cakes, Birthday Cakes, Children's Cakes, Special Occasions, Weddings
Birthday Cakes – your questions answered: What is Fondant? Birthday Cakes can be created using many different types of ingredients. In this post we answer all of your questions about FONDANT icing. What is Fondant? Fondant is a type of icing used to finish wedding and birthday cakes. Traditionally it was only ever used for wedding cakes or Christmas cakes (usually a fruit cake) with a layer of marzipan (a dough made from almond meal) underneath. Here you can see the layer of marzipan underneath (yellow colour) and the fondant icing over the top. If you are interested in a bit more ‘wedding cake’ history here is a great article. Today fondant is extremely popular on both wedding and novelty birthday cakes for it’s perfectly smooth finish. It is literally a sugar dough which can be kneaded and rolled (much like playdough) and even sculpted into figures. It’s a very versatile medium that can be made into any colour. What is rolled fondant? Rolled fondant is what I use for my cakes.It is a manufactured product that is literally ‘ready to roll’ when you open the package. Once out of the packaging, the fondant is kneaded, rolled out with a rolling pin until smooth, placed over the cake, trimmed and smoothed. You can see on this cake the fondant is ready to be trimmed. What is fondant made of? The main ingredients in fondant are sugar and water. It also usually contains ingredients like gelatin and glycerin to make it soft and pliable. What does fondant taste like? Fondant tastes very sweet – like a soft sweet, chewy...
by admin | Aug 17, 2013 | Birthday Cakes, Children's Cakes, Cupcakes, Special Occasions
Kids Birthday Cakes by Robyn Bent Kids Birthday Cakes (on YouTube) is our very first video on our brand new YouTube channel. We now have a YouTube channel to showcase some of our cakes! This first video will show you some of our most popular recent kids birthday cake designs. As you will see, whatever type of cake you can dream of, we can create it for you. We have tried to show both girls and boys designs in this video to give you some ideas. You can view the Kids Birthday Cakes video here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gWI9LnMm0GQ Please feel free to stop by our channel and view our video (don’t forget to ‘like’). Press ‘subscribe’ so you don’t miss out on our next exciting video. Click this link to find our channel to subscribe: https://www.youtube.com/user/dreamycakes1 We have a lot of ideas for upcoming videos including more kids birthday cake design ideas, cupcakes, recipes and cake decorating techniques, character cakes and a whole lot more! We welcome your comments and if you have any ideas for future videos that you would like to see please let us know. What is YouTube? YouTube is a video-sharing website with over 1 billion unique visitors EACH MONTH! There is over 6 billion hours of video and 100 hours of new video is uploaded every month…mind boggling stuff. We look forward to welcoming you over at our new...
by admin | Aug 15, 2013 | Birthday Cakes, Children's Cakes, Special Occasions
The following tips will help you order the perfect cake from Dreamy Cakes with ease! If you have a kid’s birthday coming up and you would like to order the perfect birthday cake here is a couple of tips that will help you order the perfect cake for the birthday girl or boy! 1. Select the date you need the cake for. This sounds kind of obvious but the date you need to pick up the cake might not be the date of the actual party. For example, if you are planning an early morning party at the park and need to get there at the ‘crack of dawn’ to grab the best table and set up the balloons and streamers, you’ll need to collect your cake the day before the party. Consider also if you have to travel to a certain location for the party (maybe the beach, or an indoor play centre), or maybe you don’t have a lot of party ‘helpers’, make it easier on yourself and order the cake for pickup the day before. The cake order date is also important because certain times of the year are more popular than others and therefore book out more quickly. Once you have picked the party date make sure you call as early as possible to get your order in so you don’t miss out! 2. Decide on the amount of servings you will need. At most birthday parties the cake is the centerpiece of the party and definitely not the only food on offer so there is no need to over-cater in size for the cake. Factor in...
by admin | Mar 4, 2013 | Birthday Cakes, Children's Cakes, Special Occasions
Today’s featured cake is a unique design for a 30th birthday celebration. This cake features lots of little characters in different occupations… A pilot… A nurse…… A policeman… A florist… A teacher… A bank...
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