I'm trying to find pictures for ideas on my first luau-themed birthday cake. More specifically, it's supposed to be a tiered cake for a quincenera. Help please!

I did cupcakes for my daughter's graduation cake - but each had a hibiscus flower on top on different colors - it was really pretty. Maybe just a simple tiered cake with lots of these surrounding in bright colors (see link)? If you like them, the flowers were Wilton petunias made in the large lilly nail using rose tip 104.

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Here's one I did for a birthday. It may give you some inspiration!

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Here's one I made for my grandparents anniversary.

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I am doing a stacked version of the blue hibiscus one in my photos.. his one: T

jackmo, Thanks!

I put the hibiscus onto the cake using the reverse mirror tech. I filled them in using a combination of BC and gel to give it contrast.

I just made a cake for my daughter-in-law's birthday (flip flops with daisies) and put the cake(s) on brown sugar. The brown sugar really makes a cute beach theme as the sand... make sure you include that in whatever design you are choosing! That was the talk of the party!

I made this for a luau/island themed party

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Here is a tired cake with a luau theme...you would change the topper, of course-maybe sugar paste hibiscus...

And a tip for "sand", I use ground Pecan Sandies-it makes a very realistic sand, and isn't sticky like brown sugar sometimes can be

Good Luck!

kjt: Wow! great cake but double "wow!" on the Pecan Sandies idea. I will definitely use that the next time. Thanks, thanks, thanks for that great idea.

This cake I did was a lot easier than I thought. Vanilla wafers for the sand (not as strong as brown sugar), piping gel and blue coloring for the water, white chocolate for the seashells, fondant for the number and surf boards (use cardboard cover in fondant), and royal for the flowers. Would be glad to help if you had any questions (this was my first cake after decorating classes - it was that easy and looked great).

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Anyone got any clever ideas for an inscription on a luau birthday cake?

I'm stumped.

Hau`oli la hanau! Happy Birthday in Hawaiian