My good friend ask me to make a cake for her daughter that is turning 16. At first I was excited, Thinking "Sweet Sixteen" I can do that no prob! Then she tells me her daughter is EMO....whatever that really means, I'm not sure. Also, She is into anime, World of Warcraft, computers, cellphones, & music. The colors she likes are Black, royal blue, red, & white!

Any help from all you wonderful CC'ers would greatly be appreciated!

I would call her back and ask her what EMO means. I sure don't know.
Good luck
Jeanne

heheh "EMO" is used to describe an angsty teenager or those that dress like goths..
so in regards to a cake i would do lots of blacks and white... silver... just a dark cake all around.. nothing happy, sparkly or pink.

Check out "hot topic" in the mall.... a few minutes in that store and you should have a pretty good idea of what kind of designs might work!

this cake comes to mind...

Thiara is right, "Emo" is pretty much what we used to call goth when we were in high school except that the boys look more like the girls now.

If you've seen the movie Corpse Bride that would be a good starting point...maybe a royal blue topsy turvy with butterflies down the side and some black detail on the cake.

My sister did the whole emo thing but I didn't cater to it She just got regular birthday cakes from me during those years and she still liked them (although one year she let us all sing happy birthday to her and then took the cake down to her room to eat because she didn't want to celebrate with people who didn't understand her )

If you Google "Emo," you can view Emo images. You'll likely get some inspiration there.

Thanks, I've been looking online. I'll check out the mall next.

"Emo" is short for emotional. But yes..they are generally goth, like lots of black. The anime thing could be pretty fun. Do a couple of anime faces around a 2 tier cake, accent with a cell phone, music notes, something like that. Could be cute...in spite of the whole emo thing!

Emo is goth in tight pants with more crying lol