Birthday Cake Shortcut

I saw the most amazing pirates birthday cake today. No one could believe it began its life as a store bought blue generic birthday cake with big icing roses in the corners. While it still took some time to decorate and there was a bit of icing reshaping involved, the birthday boy’s mom was able to save about an hour and didn’t have to deal with a lot of messy bowls and pans right before the party started.

pirate cake

So what did she do? She carefully scraped off the flowers and smoothed out the corners. Then, she used some of the icing from a yellow rose to create a sand dune. She thoroughly washed some Playmobil pirate characters, accessories and sharks. Then, she used them to create a scene and added a ship “off shore” for the pirates to head to.

The whole thing really didn’t take long and this sand and surf look would be easy to use with other themes. Littlest Pet Shop characters or Polly Pocket characters could head to the beach for a party. Lego characters could surf.

Do you have any ideas for creating a great birthday cake using a store bought cake as a base?

Photo: K Thomas

Post from: Blisstree

Birthday Cake Shortcut