Children have very good imaginations, so even if your cake doesn't look perfect, they will still know what it is supposed to be and generally are just delighted to have a cake made especially for them. No matter how satisfied (or not) you are with the cakes you’ve made, kids will always been wowed and excited by them.
The joy your child gets from their birthday cake is not related to the time and effort you put into making it - nor to how perfect the end result is. Just remember that the birthday cake will be special, no matter what!
Decorating the cake
If you have never used a piping bag to decorate a cake before, give it a go! It can take a little while to place blobs of icing all over the cake but it is actually really easy and the end result is generally far more satisfying than spreading the icing over the cake with a knife.Or if you’re feeling a little more adventurous, why not use one of our themed cake templates to help you to create a simple iced cake for your party. If you are looking for something a bit fancier, there are plenty of good cake decorating books available, as well as websites with lots of designs to choose from.
If your child wants to decorate their own cake, foster their creativity and let them!
Display it or keep it?
You can use the cake to create a centrepiece in the middle of your food table or you can leave it out of sight and away from little fingers until you are ready to blow out the candles and serve it up - the choice is yours.'Doing the cake'
Don't leave cutting the cake until too late in the party as you may have guests who need to leave early. It is also especially important for parties of littlies to cut the cake before they get too tired.Blowing out the candles
Children love to blow out candles and while this can be regarded as a special event reserved for the birthday child, you can also consider giving all the children the opportunity to do this.One option is to relight the candles on the cake as many times as necessary for each child to take a turn blowing them out. This is quite time consuming and does mean that your cake gets huffed and puffed all over by many children - a good way to spread germs!
An alternative then, is to allow each child the opportunity to blow out one candle on an individual portion. This could be their serving of the main cake, or it could be a small cupcake or lamington square. If you have enough adults, several children can have their candles lit at the same time, making the process quicker so that the other children do not have to wait as long for their turn.
Check out our other articles about kids birthday parties too!
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