Need Help Placing "happy B-Day" On Cake

Decorating By imartsy Updated 13 Feb 2007 , 3:27am by tobycat

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imartsy Posted 10 Feb 2007 , 5:48am
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Okay I think my cake right now looks good - kinda elegant in fact - but the person I'm making it for wants it to say "Happy 30th Birthday Susie". Any ideas on what I can do? I have Wilton's cutout letters and I tried to do that on top - it looked so cheesy and really took away from the cake.... I want the cake to still look nice but to have those words on it. Oh yeah and he doesn't want any words on the shoe......

Any ideas???

I'm having a lot of trouble w/ my computer's printer right now so I'm not sure about printing anything out to copy....

I need help!!!
LL

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cakecre8tor Posted 10 Feb 2007 , 5:55am
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Could you maybe do a gift tag out of gumpaste or fondant and just write on in - in fancy writing with food writer makers....then set it next to the cake by the bottom. I agree that letters would detract from the cake....Your cake is fabulous by the way!!! thumbs_up.gif

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imartsy Posted 10 Feb 2007 , 6:02am
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hmmm that's an idea... does the cake look incomplete on the top though? And does a gift tag make sense? I don't think it's a bad idea... it's really good - I'm just trying to get it to make sense with the cake - since it's not a present type of cake..... but maybe I'm thinking too much.....

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Liis Posted 10 Feb 2007 , 6:09am
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i am not fond of writhing happy birthdays on the cake but if your customer wants it, then you have to do it.
in this case i would get small black fondant cutout letters and put them on top.

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leily Posted 10 Feb 2007 , 6:49am
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what about doing a simple bow then writting H B-day on the ribbons coming from the bow? Can lay it on top of the cake or next to the cake.

HTH

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tobycat Posted 10 Feb 2007 , 6:55am
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If you have any candy melts handy, you could pipe the message and then place it around the edge of the cake or somewhere towards the bottom. I love doing messages this way because you can place them anywhere.

Sarah

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dewia Posted 10 Feb 2007 , 6:57am
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Or maybe you can make somekind of plague from white chocolate or fondant or gumpaste... and write on top of it... then you can put it on top of the cake... Maybe it will looks like an expensive shoe display? or "best shoe" trophy?

Just a thought.. icon_rolleyes.gif

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cakenutz Posted 10 Feb 2007 , 6:58am
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Could you print happy birthday down the inside of the shoe like a manufactures label?

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mademoiselle Posted 10 Feb 2007 , 7:03am
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I like the shoe label idea or if you pipe it or cut it out like others suggested maybe put it around your silver base.

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katharry Posted 10 Feb 2007 , 7:31am
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I think you cake looks fabulous just the way it is, what a shame they want writing on it. I like the gift tag idea or writing it around the base on the board.

Great job its a stunner, they will flip when they see it!

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torki Posted 10 Feb 2007 , 9:39am
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I love your cake...it is fantastic!!


If your printer isn't working and you need lettering, just stick your tracing paper on the monitor and lightly trace.... I do it all the time icon_lol.gif

I hope you don't mind .....I edited your cake pic to see what the lettering would look like..let me know if you want me to post it.



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imartsy Posted 10 Feb 2007 , 4:52pm
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sure torki - why didn't I think of that??? I'd love to see the picture you made.

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torki Posted 11 Feb 2007 , 12:52am
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here ya go....just an idea!!! icon_lol.gif
LL

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imartsy Posted 11 Feb 2007 , 1:03am
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Thank you! I totally forgot to post what I ended up doing - I did chocolate letters around the bottom. I piped them on wax paper and then picked them up and put them on w/ a bit of melted chocolate...... much easier said than done! Thank you all for your help!!!!

Here's the final pic :
LL

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tobycat Posted 13 Feb 2007 , 3:27am
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Hey, I think that came out looking great! Really classy! Perfect choice of block lettering too. Good job!

icon_biggrin.gif Sarah

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