Birthday Cake Ideas for Kids' Parties
Birthdays are special to everyone especially young children. Cakes in different shapes and varieties can spice up the birthday parties. If you are throwing a birthday party for a child, then the best person to seek ideas regarding the cake is from the child itself. The child may want a particular themed party or may have some kind of a cake in mind. I agree that you may want to surprise the child with a party but if you were to choose between the element of surprise or giving something that he or she wants, then for a young child, always give what they want. The element of surprise works well for adults. Here are some birthday cake ideas for you.
Ideas for Birthday Cake
Sports Ball Cakes: These cakes are ideal for a children in the age group of 8 -14. The balls can be used to depict their favorite game which could be football, basketball or baseball. Fruit rollups can be used from displaying the patterns, seams and stitches. This variety of cake is also ideal for team celebrations.
Toy Story Cakes: These cakes are ideal for children in the age group of 6 - 11. Here, on a vanilla or chocolate frosted cake, you can arrange your child's favorite story's characters. If the characters are relatively easy to make, then maybe the bakery close where you place the order can help, else you can place plastic toys after cleaning them properly and remove them as soon as the cake is cut.
Gift Wrapped Cakes: These cakes can ideal for children belonging to all age groups. In these cakes, colorful fruit ribbons are wrapped over a frosted cake. The children can unravel the ribbons and discover their favorite colors underneath the frosting.
Dinosaur Cakes: These cakes are ideal for children up to 10 years old. These cakes can either be designed like a dinosaur or you can have a plain frosted cake with dinosaur figurines on top of it. I would always recommend the former one as I can absolutely guarantee that the children will roar in delight at these pre-historic designed cakes. To make the cake even more appealing, you can make the frosting purple in color.
Legos Cakes: These cakes are ideal for children who enjoying the building blocks of logo. These types of cakes are also relatively easy to make and all you need is a few layers of cake with bright colored frosting like blue, pink and red. To can also add different flavorings to each color if you want to delight the children a little more.
Pizza Cookie Cakes: These cakes again are suitable for children of all ages and in adult birthday parties too. The best part of these types of cakes is the very tasty cookie crust dough. If you plan on baking the cake at home, then you can get the child to help you garnish the cake like a pizza with red and yellow frosting to represent the sauce and the cheese.
Number Cakes: These cakes are very common. They are usually shaped to represent the years that the child has turned on their birthday. Although they are not very unique, you can make them in a variety of flavors and icing to suit the tastes and preference of the child. Also, when you look at the photographs after a few years, you will not have to think too hard as to which birthday your child was celebrating.
Music Instruments Cakes: These cakes are ideal if your child is really into music. Cakes can be made in their favorite music instruments like the guitar or the drums. Like the sports ball cakes, these cakes too can be used to celebrate a team achievement.
Along with these, there are also themed cakes that go along with a particular theme of the party. For example, you may throw a blue themed party where you can ask all the guests to be dressed in blue. Here, the cake too can be made blue using blue frosting.
Whatever be the cake, the main aim of a party should be to have fun and if you are the host, then your main aim should be that everybody has a blast!
