We all love cakes. Cakes are a must for many parties and special occasions. Decorating the cake is very important for marriages, Christmas parties and birthday parties.
Cakes can be of different sizes and shapes.
You can make a cake at your home or you can buy a readymade one from the market. In case you are unable to find the one you need you can order it to some specialized cake decorators. Decorating the cake means using layers of cake icing, which might be a combination of cream, sugar, butter, chocolates, colors, candy's, and different types of dry fruits etc after you have baked it and has taken it out the cake from the cake pans.
Nowadays there are many types of cakes that you can order to a professional cake decorator.
For a kids birthday bash an animal cake can be a big hit! You can have a talk with you little one and decide on the animal. A birthday cake can be made like a frog, a bear, an elephant, a rabbit or it can even look like a snake.
Another interesting variety may be a vehicle cake. You can order for a cake shaped like a car, a bus, a bicycle or a train etc.
A cake can also be shaped as a fruit. A fruit shaped cake must carry the essence of that particular fruit as well.
Then there are the theme cakes. These cakes follow a theme like, the 50's, tea party, space, dinosaurs, under the sea, and sports. The themes for the entire party and the cake theme must be the same. Like if you are using the jungle theme for a party a cake can look like a piece of land with greenery or it can be shaped as a waterfall. If you are organizing a party with an oriental theme the cake can look like a Japanese fan or a pagoda etc.
Another interesting way of decorating the cakes can be shaping them as famous cartoon characters. The cake can be shaped as the Mickey mouse, dora the explorer, Clifford, spider man, bugs bunny etc.