Before purchasing a cake for your 30 year old, consider decorating your own cake. Decorating a cake allows you to make the cake personal, and it will provide you with a rewarding experience. Turning 30 is a milestone age that many people do not look forward to because they fear that their youth is slipping away. Decorate the cake to show the 30-year-old how much you love and appreciate them, and make the cake the focal point of their big day. Add this to my Recipe Box.
Instructions
1. Decide on a cake size before decorating your cake. Knowing the dimensions of the cake, and how many tiers the cake will have is essential to decorating the cake. A square cake pan will allow you write out a message clearly, whereas a 3-tier cake provides you with more decorating space.
2. Know his interests and hobbies. The key to decorating a cake for someone is to use his hobbies and interests to your advantage. If the 30 year old enjoys hunting, incorporate a camouflage theme into your cake. Since this is a milestone age, it is important to decorate the cake with a lot of thought and creativity.
3. Choose an appropriate mood for the cake. Turning 30 is a big deal for some people, and you will need to find the appropriate mood for your cake. Decide if the cake will be funny, emotional or fun. If you choose a funny as the mood of your cake, then it will become easier to decorate the cake appropriately for a 30 year old.
4. Apply the base icing to your cake. Before you can decorate a cake, you will need to apply icing to the cake. Sometimes the icing is the main decoration for the cake. Decide if fondant, royal or sugar icing is appropriate for your cake, and apply the icing to decorate the cake.
5. Incorporate the number 30 on the cake. Place the milestone age on the cake, and make it the focal point. Achieve placing the number 30 on the cake by using numeral candles, making numbers out of fondant icing or using colorful icing to hand-write the number on the cake.
6. Add additional icing decorations to the cake. After you apply the base icing, and you add the focal point to the cake, use icing to add accents to your cake. Use icing as an accent by drawing a border on the cake, creating flowers with a piping bag or drawing various geometrical shapes.
7. Place embellishments on the cake. Once you finish adding icing to the cake, additional decorations will help add life to your 30-year milestone cake. Decorations such as candy, flowers, toys and sprinkles will complete your masterpiece.
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