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If you’re planning a Twilight-themed birthday party, there are several fun, creative and beautiful cake ideas you can choose from.
Twilight Book Cover Cake
The image of the two hands holding the apple is a popular one for Twilight cakes. There are several ways to execute a twilight book cover cake, the image shows a set of 4 cakes, each modeled after a different Twilight book.
Twilight Photo Cake
If you have a photo printer (purchase from the left sidebar) you can print the image you want on your cake, then just lay it on the frosting. use a frosting bag to make a nice frame around it, like this Twilight photo cake, it has a picture of Bella and Edward on the left side and Happy Birthday Alyssa on the right.
Twilight Cake Wrecks
Can you spot the disaster in this cake? To be honest, I haven’t read any of the books or seen any of the movies, but I know one thing. The author’s name is Stephenie Meyers.
Fancy Fondant Twilight Cakes
This cake is beautiful, and much more appropriate for an upscale birthday, or a sweet sixteen. If you need help working with fondant, check out the Frosted Dreams ebook or the video tutorials at the Cake Decorating Club, plus I have fondant and gumpaste decorating information here.
Twilight Cupcakes
I think these are supposed to maybe be vampire teeth bites. They might be cheesy, but they’re definitely an easy Twilight cake decorating maneuver.
I think these are the best Twilight cupcakes I’ve seen. These would definitely be a conversation starter, especially as teens argued over who gets which one.
Funny Twilight Cakes
I think this one is hilarious, I just had to include it because I think it’s the funniest Twilight cake I’ve seen so far.
If you decide to bake a Twilight Cake, go ahead and email me a picture of it, I can post it right here and share it with our readers and even link back to your blog or website.
Decorating a cake can be so much fun. TV cake decorators make it look so easy. The bottom line is, anyone can create a cake that looks too pretty to eat.
The first thing you need is a good set of tools. Luckily, most of the tools you need for cake decorating are already in your kitchen.
One thing I’ve learned about buying fancy cooking tools is that you get a lot better prices online. Think about it, a gourmet cooking store must order 50 doodads at a time, then they sit on her shelf and she sells maybe one a month. She pays rent on that store, they take up space on her shelf. Her staff must dust off the packages and she paid for them when she first bought them.
An online vendor, on the other hand, has a wider base of customers, can go through products faster than the shopkeeper and, with a drop shipping arrangement, doesn’t even have to store any inventory.
When it comes time to order specialty tools and supplies for cake decorating and baking it’s best to shop online.
Healthy Birthday Cake Recipes
I found a few recipes for yummy nutritious birthday cakes, try this Peach Upside Down Cake that can be frosted. I’d recommend a cream cheese frosting, personally. There’s also this Gluten Free Carrot Cake, even if you’re not into carrot cake, you have to check out the picture, it looks so terribly delicious. Why, I wonder, do they always decorate carrot cakes with carrots? Finally, here’s a recipe for a Chocolate Zucchini Cake. The author says that the zucchini does something magical with the cocoa and.. I don’t know. I have to taste it to believe it.
Cupcake technology sure has changed a lot since I was a kid. I remember my mom bringing cupcakes to my class in first grade. Did you know that in a lot of places, parents aren’t even allowed to do that anymore? It was the equivalent to fifteen minutes of fame at the age of six. Everyone in class loved you just because you were having a birthday. if your mom decorated them really cool, then you got some added points in the coolness department.
Cupcake Stands
Have you seen these cupcake stands? they remind me of candelabras, only instead of flaming candles, they hold frosted cupcakes (just realized that flaming candles and frosted cupcakes have the same initials, so I’m wondering if any cupcake holder company calls their product a cupcake-abra) Anyhow, I like the Good Cook Cupcake Stacker the best, because of its shape, and also the 3-Tier Filigree Cupcake Stand , which is so beautiful, you could use it for other desserts or appetizers, too. heck, it would make a cute condiment/spice shelf. Hmmmmm maybe I’ll get one.
Cooking Cupcakes
Not only do cupcakes get served differently these days, but they’re cooked differently, too. You’ve seen those commercials or infomercials on TV for the pans that look like plastic, right? Actually they are some kind of funky space aged plastic. Anyhow, the Wilton Ultimate 3 In 1 Caddy allows you to bake, frost and transport the cupcakes all in the same thing. It’s a baking tray that’s made of that plastic stuff, then apparently they can cool in the pan (they don’t need a wire rack) and then you can frost them and then put a lid on it, it even has a handle. If you’re a bit freaked out by the plastic bakeware (some people are) then the Oneida 24-Count Cupcake Carrying Case might be a better idea for you. I’m not currently in the market for bakeware, but if I was I think I’d at least want to try that plastic, it seems like a fun novelty. I’m sure it won’t melt, but the thought alone seems exciting.
Giant Cupcakes
Finally, the Giant Cupcake Pan which makes (you guessed it) giant cupcakes. It’s a molded pan that makes a layer cake look like a big cupcake.  
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For less than the cost of a bakery cake…  Frosted Dreams is cool enough on its own, but even better with my fondant recipe
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