Birthday Cake Suggestions for a 6 Year Old Boy
Make a cake worthy of the title of party centerpiece by turning the cake into one of the birthday boy's favorite things. Forgo the traditional two-layer cake with floral decorations and customize the cake with the gross, slimy or mythical things that will bring a smile to a 6-year-old's face. Does this Spark an idea?
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Animals and Insects
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For a little boy who loves all things that crawl, creep and slither, consider an animal- or insect-themed birthday cake. Make a cake in the shape of a crocodile, panda bear or tiger by carving the shapes from a rectangular sheet cake. Alternatively, turn a sheet cake into a safari, jungle or underwater scene with a buttercream icing background and fondant animal and fish figurines. Make a pot full of dirt cake with a round, oven-safe bowl to bake the cake and top it with chocolate cookie crumbs and candy insects and worms. For a dinosaur enthusiast, make a cake in the shape of his favorite dinosaur or turn the cake into a dinosaur dig with a chocolate cookie crumb topping and half-buried cookie dinosaur bones.
Make-Believe
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For a miniature knight in shining armor, make a cake in the shape of a shield or create a party centerpiece with a multi-tier castle decorated with gray buttercream icing and cake pillars with cone-shaped forms on top for the castle lookouts. Alternatively, make a medieval battlefield scene cake with plastic trees for forest, cupcake horses and sugar cookie knights, or a ferocious-looking dragon cake. For a boy who prefers to be the dashing pirate rather than the chivalrous knight, make a cake in the shape of a Jolly Roger pirate flag, a pirate ship or a treasure chest topped with gold foil-wrapped chocolate coins.
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Sports
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Parents can make a cake in the shape of a baseball cap with a dome-shape cake and a fondant brim for the hat. Cake decorators can also turn a cake into a sporting event scene. To make the scene, decorate a rectangular sheet cake to look like a football or soccer field and add fondant or plastic figurines of the players. Make a cake in the shape of a three-dimensional sports ball, such as a basketball or volleyball, or turn a round cake into a football helmet. For a boy involved in a Little League sport, make a cake in the shape of a trophy or a banner in his team's colors.
Vehicles
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Make a cake in the shape of a little boy's favorite car and decorate the cake in his favorite colors. Parents can also turn a cake into a racetrack with a rectangular sheet cake, a fondant racetrack and fondant or plastic car figurines. For a boy who prefers the kind of vehicles that fly through the air, make a cake in the shape of an airplane, helicopter or even a rocket ship. For a little boy who has just learned to ride a bicycle without training wheels, consider making a bicycle cake to celebrate his birthday and his success.
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