Special Birthdays This collection of celebration cakes really can be used for any event or any age of birthday. Take a look at these for some inspiration.
18th  This cake is perfect for someone who loves a flutter! We have covered the 3 tiers in different coloured sugarpaste, the middle being covered in grey sugarpaste and then sprayed with silver edible lustre spray to give a little glamour. The main decoration on this cake is the playing card patchwork cutter set which includes a plain & king card cutter, a hand of 5 cards, spade, diamond, club and heart cutters in different sizes and number embossers. It is best to use either florist paste or a mix of florist and modelling paste for this cutter as you need to roll the paste very thin in order to capture all the details on the embossers. After cutting out and embossing all the designs, leave to dry and then paint the cards (copying the colours from a real pack of cards is always best) using food paste colours mixed with some water or rejuvenator spirit. These cards and shapes have been lightly sprayed with edible lustre spray to give a lovely finish. You can decorate your cake further with non-edible trinkets to portray the person's interests; here we have used our cute little scooters and a beer mug filled with edible gold dragees. This person was a rugby fan so he has a rugby ball candle. The lovely wording was created using modelling paste (rolled out very thinly and then left to set for 10 mins) and Clikstix script cutter with ejector set. For an extra special occasion, cover your board with black sugarpaste or you could use one of our black round cake drums.
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21st
Cut random strips of black sugarpaste and arrange on your white covered cake to make a funky zebra print design. These can then be complemented with the zebra print edible sugar sheets we stock. You can cut them into any design you wish using scissors or any shaped metal cutters. To give the cake its bling, fix black ribbon around the base of the cake and layer with clear diamantes on a silver chain. Edible silver balls look great in a plastic champagne glass and the wording on this cake was made with the funky alphabet cutter set. The cake topper is made by curling black metallic wire and then placing them all in a plastic pick that is set into the top of the cake. These metallic wires come in a variety of colours to suit most colour schemes. The cute cupcakes are a perfect partner to this cake, don't you think? ___________________________________
30th - 40th
These 2 cakes can be used for any age and are unisex. The edible streamers are made by rolling modelling paste very thinly and then cutting the paste into strips. They are then wound around something like a cake dowel and left to dry until hard. Gently release them and spray with edible pearl lustre spray for a glimmering effect. These streamers could be made with sugarpaste but would take much longer to dry. We have a great range of themed ribbons for any event and these can be layered over either a pink or blue ribbon to show whether a male or female. Decorate with one of our many beautiful feather sprays or sparkly diamante numbers on wires.
___________________________________ 50th If you are having a huge celebration with many guests, you may even need a 3 tiered cake! This is a great way of feeding your guests some dessert as well so you could be adventurous with your sponge flavours. I used the extra large patchwork letter and number cutters and florist paste which I rolled out very thinly. A good tip is to roll out the florist paste and leave it to go slightly hard for approximately 15 minutes before cutting out the letters and numbers as it makes cutting them out much easier. To create bold colours, always use coloured florist paste as near to the glitter colour as you can. If you use white florist paste and then glitter it with blue non toxic glitter, it will not have the same effect as when you use blue florist paste. When the letters and numbers are completely dry (leave for at least 2 hours or overnight if possible) spray them lightly with edible glaze spray or paint over with a thin layer of edible glue, place on to a piece of silicone or baking paper and completely cover each letter and number with non toxic glitter. You may appear to only get a couple of letters covered out of one little pot but once you have shaken off the excess and carefully poured all the glitter back into the pot, you will realise that you have hardly used any at all! One pot of glitter will easily cover at least 8-10 letters or numbers. When all the letters and numbers are glittered, spray another light layer of edible glaze spray over again to secure the glitter and stop it dropping over your cake. As you can see, we have also glittered our stars which were made with the set of 4 star cutters. To make the star topper, insert blue metallic wires into the cut out stars, let them dry and arrange in a small cake pick. Once everything is dried attach to your cake using a small amount of royal icing and leave to dry before transporting. This model was made using modelling paste and left to dry before fixing onto the cake with royal icing and again, left to dry before transporting.
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60th
 Were you disco dancing in the 70's? This groovy 60th cake is perfect for anyone who reminisces about those good old days! This cake design is based around the disco dancers patchwork cutter set and it is extremely good value for the amount of cutters you get. The figures have been made using exactly the same method as with the extra large patchwork letters and numbers. The multi-coloured glitter effect was achieved by using different coloured non toxic glitters in lines over the edible glaze sprayed cutout and then quickly flicking it off, ensuring that the colours don't blend. Spray again with edible glaze spray to set. You can adorn your cake with all sorts of non edible decorations as I have. The black feather cake top with small plastic pick works really well with this cake.
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