Cake Decorating Ideas For Adult Parties
Decorating IdeasCake decorating birthday cakes for adults differs somewhat from a kid's party. Decorating adult cakes isn't implying they must be uninteresting or ugly. It also doesn't require that you be an expert at it. You will need a few basic supplies that include piping bags, food coloring, assorted nozzles, and metal spatulas for smoothing the icing. Once your supplies are gathered, you can try the following ideas.
Over the Hill Graveyard
An over-the-hill party theme is a good idea for fiftieth birthday parties. Prepare and cook two cakes in a roasting pan. Turn the frosting gray by mixing two drops each of red and green food coloring with white icing. Lay the cake on a board and frost the whole thing. Make a sidewalk with thin, black licorice and set candy corn on the outer borders. Decorate rectangular cookies with gray frosting for headstones. You will be able to use the gummy skeletons from Halloween or make your own out of toothpicks with jelly beans for heads. You can make ghosts from cotton balls but be certain no cotton gets in the icing. You may want to glue them and the skeletons on a Popsicle stick.
Crunchy Rice Cereal Dessert
Make two batches of marshmallow rice cereal treats in two square baking pans going by the instructions given on the cereal box. After they are cooled, remove them from the pans as they are. Cover the bottom layer with frosting and chocolate chips and then another layer of frosting with sprinkles. Top it with another layer of icing. Set the second layer of treats on top and frost it as you would normally. Cover it with chocolate coated candy and even spell out the recipient's name with them.
Ball and Chain
This is a good birthday cake a husband and wife can make. Cook two circular cakes and allow them to cool all the way. Take the layers out of the pans and top it with the recipient's preferred fruit filling. Set the second layer on top. Purchase a box of small doughnuts and ice the as you did the cake. Set one of the donuts at the bottom of the cake and make a chain over the top. You can leave the dessert as is or decorate it with candies and sprinkles.
Regardless of which of these cake decorating ideas you use, the receiver will be grateful for all the trouble you went through. Don't forget to add candles and bring your cake server along with you to the party. These are just three ideas you can use. You are only limited by your imagination. Each time you make a cake, you are improving you skills. As the old saying goes, practice makes perfect.
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