Creative Birthday Cake Decorating Ideas from Extreme Cakeovers
From the book Extreme Cakeovers: Make a birthday kid smile with these adorable ideas that use store-bought ingredients.
Roller Skate Cake
This retro roller skate cake gets groovy with a rainbow of Twizzlers.
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Train Cake
Oreo wheels get this cake on the right track with its gumdrop accents and lollipop "passengers."
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Under the Sea Cake
Decorate sheet cake with jelly fish, colored frosting, and gravel made out of Fruity Pebbles cereal.
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Jewelry Box Cake
Use candy to dress up a frosted cake to look like a fancy gift box. As for those gorgeous faux pearls? Gum balls.
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Windmill Cake
Trick out a frozen pound cake with Nerds, Sour Punch Straws, and other candies to make this pretty picture.
Get More Birthday Cake Decorating Ideas
For additional cake ideas, plus design substitutions, instructions, and more, pick up the book Extreme Cakeovers.
Originally Published in Reader's Digest