If you are planning a birthday party, it is important that you pay extra attention to the birthday cake. Next to the birthday celebrator, the cake gets the most attention. It shares the spotlight with the celebrator when singing Happy Birthday, followed by a wish and blowing out the candles.

Themed birthday cakes are gaining popularity for the extra excitement and surprise they create. Aside from the colorful icing and little sugar flowers, a lot of other decorations can be incorporated on the cake. Depending on the creativity of the pastry chef, your birthday cake may come in a fantasy-inspired theme, complete with magical woodlands and faeries, miniature roller coasters or decked with super heroes- perfect for kids parties. Its not true that only wedding cakes have the right to be multi-tiered. Birthday cakes can be as lavish and decadent too.

Birthday cakes arent just for children. Adults have the right to make wishes too. A good treat is to have a full color photo of the celebrator printed on the icing of the cake. If the birthday celebrator is a big sports fan, you can have a cake shaped like a basketball player about to dunk or a soccer player kicking a ball. You can also have a sports car-shaped cake. Or if the celebrator is a doctor, you can have one resembling a physician complete with a lab coat and a stethoscope. Imagine the delight of everyone at that! And these cakes are not just decorous. Not only are these cakes fun to look at, many are delicious eating as well. If you want to have great, fun party, be as creative with your cake design as you want. You can be sure that people will talk about it for days.