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Need Ideas For A Birthday Cake

Decorating By deb12g Updated 8 Mar 2007 , 12:45am by kayscake

deb12g Posted 1 Mar 2007 , 7:30pm

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I got an order for a 9 x 13, 2 layer filled cake. It's for a birthday for a college aged girl. Mother left it all up to me. Any ideas?

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tincanbaby Posted 1 Mar 2007 , 10:48pm

post #2 of 7

Since college kids love to party, make a nite club party scene for the cake with people dancing.

mendhigurl Posted 2 Mar 2007 , 8:32pm

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Any idea how old she is? I wouldn't necessarily say that just because she's in college she "loves" to party (I certainly didn't) so maybe it's safer doing something like a present or something generic for a girl? I could call mom up and ask a little about her, interests, etc, and maybe you could work from there. Otherwise maybe something colorful and trendy may be the way to go...pink and brown or pink and green concentric fondant circles, or polka dots or something.

tincanbaby Posted 2 Mar 2007 , 9:48pm

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True, maybe the student is a bookworm. If that is the case, a stack of books would do.

bambuf Posted 2 Mar 2007 , 10:01pm

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I saw a cake posted earlier today that had a girl's Sorority colors and letters on it. Very cool cake. Perhaps you could do something like that if she is in a sorority or a service organization. Good luck!

Britton Posted 8 Mar 2007 , 12:21am

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Quote:

Originally Posted by mendhigurl

Any idea how old she is? I wouldn't necessarily say that just because she's in college she "loves" to party (I certainly didn't) so maybe it's safer doing something like a present or something generic for a girl? I could call mom up and ask a little about her, interests, etc, and maybe you could work from there. Otherwise maybe something colorful and trendy may be the way to go...pink and brown or pink and green concentric fondant circles, or polka dots or something.

As a college girl myself, I agree with Mendhigurl. I think trendy and colorful is the way to go. Combos like pink/brown, pink/lime green, orange/pink, sky blue/lime green/pink sound good to me. The website www.paperbuzz.com has some good designs under "Snappy Stationery." Here are some images from there.