
This is a cake that I made for my granddaughters 4th birthday! She wanted construction stuff so I found a back loader to use as the main decoration. Orange gumdrops made cute construction cones. The dirt was made by grinding up chocolate cookies.
You can bake a cake, frost it, and then put on the same decorations you'd get if you purchased your cake. Online retailers offer a huge selection of cake toppers and supplies. They carry a larger selection than you can find at local stores.
Use shaped cake pans for matching your cake with a party theme. You can bake rectangular sheet cakes, heart shapes, or any number of character cakes. Cakes should be fun and with shaped pans you can easily do it yourself.
Popular cartoon character figurines, dolls and even small toy trucks can be used as cake toppers. If they can fit on the top of the cake, they can be used.
This is a Dora cake decoration that can be used more than once or turned into a small toy after the party. Click the picture if you want to see more information on that particular cake decoration.
Sugar shapes are like cake jewelry. Use the flowers to decorate a garden party cake. Soccer balls can decorate a soccer party cake. The varieties of shapes available will amaze you.
If you can apply a fake tattoo, you can use graphic toppers. Just frost your cake, peel off the backing of the graphic and lay it onto your cake. You become an instant cake artist! So simple and easy to use.
Birthday cakes
Candles as cake decorations.