Birthday cakes are usually a focal point of many birthday celebrations. Although frosting and flavor become more important as people age, children tend to be impressed by the ultimate design of the cake. There are many ideas for cake designs, but they need to be age and gender appropriate. Finding the right birthday cake idea for a six-year-old girl may be especially difficult.
Flowers
Designing a cake around a flower theme is a safe bet as there are many different avenues the decoration can take. With plenty of flowers to choose from such as roses, violets, daisies, sunflowers, carnations and lilies, there are quite a few options for the design. Here, the cake may be much simpler with the flowers decorating the borders, or situated on top beside a happy birthday message. Finding out the birthday girl's favorite flower is a great way to personalize it.
Fairy Tales and Princesses
A fairy tale or princess cake may be both beautiful and fun. There are options for customization here as well. Disney princesses such as Belle, Cinderella, and Sleeping Beauty are good choices for this category. Creating a sheet cake with a scene from the birthday girl's favorite movie might be the way to go. Fairy tales such as Rapunzel, Little Red Riding Hood, and Hansel and Gretel are selections that would be fun for a birthday cake too.
Tea Parties
For a more elegant feel, a tea party themed cake might be the way to go. Make the cake into a tea pot and serve cupcakes shaped like tea cups or perhaps design a sheet cake with an entire tea party scene. With this cake idea, the whole party for the six-year-old girl and her friends can be built around a tea party.
Animals
Baby animals remain popular with young girls. Kittens, puppies, and horses are common choices. The animals can be made from cake, modeling chocolate, or plastic. For each of these, you could shape the cake into the animals, or you can create a scene with the animals in it. Kittens playing with a ball of yarn, horses grazing in a green pasture, or a puppy sitting inside a cake shaped like a basket are just a few scenarios for the animal concept.
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