Want To Design A Cake? I Need Ideas!
Decorating By aligotmatt Updated 5 Jan 2009 , 4:42pm by Someonesmommy
Okay,so I got a call from a big event planner in town, they had a cupcake sample of mine and wanted to hire me to do this surprise 40th b-day party. I was available because I scheduled the time off because I just had surgery. BUT, it's the first time they've called me, and I would like to get in with them, so despite it, I took the order. Mentally, I'm really struggling with it. they were so vague and wanted me to use my creative genius to design the cake, but I'm just not feeling it...
Here it is, they want a 10", 8" and 6" stacked cake - not topsy turvy. The colors are raspberry, orange, and silver. It's a surprise 40th birthday party for a woman. The overall theme of the event is the 1970's - most of the decorations will be tacky, but the husband does not want the cake to be tacky and gaudy, just pretty, but not like a wedding cake. Like a pretty cake, that not matches the theme without being tacky.
That's it! Any ideas?
Thanks in advance!!!
I am thinkging seventies big flowers and geometric shapes or tie-die. Fondant cut outs and flowers with some silver to highlight it.
Sounds like it would be fun!
Hope you are feeling better!
When you mentioned the colors, the immediately pictured some cakes that Emma, from Emma's Cakes and a CC member, has done. Here is a link to her site: http://www.emmascakes.co.uk/cakepictures.html.
He wants pretty but not necessarily themed, you could do something similar to the Indian Spice with silver accents instead of gold. I think I thought of Emma's cakes because of her wonderful use of colors and metallic accents.
I visualize a cake with raspberry and orange layers with accents of silver and bright colors using fondant scrolls and accents. Hopefully this can get your creative juices flowing. 
how about retro circles? i like everyone elses ideas too though lol! you could make some gorgeous flowers in those colours, cutters or modeled or iced on!
maybe gather up some ideas, and get back to the husband so that he can let you know which ones he thinks she would prefer.
xx
I just did a cake, in my photos, that has flowers around the sides in different shades and sizes. The orginal picture that I was sent was a round tiered cake. The top tier had different size circles with circles cut out of some, others over lapped. The middle tier had the flowers on it, and the bottom tier was strips.
You could do something like that. Using each different color as the base color on a tier then using the other two colors for the decorations.
I did a tiered (mine was a topsy turvy) that had the different colored tiers with swirls on the top layer, circles on one, and then strips.
Do any of these help?
http://www.cakecentral.com/modules.php?name=gallery&file=displayimage&pid=1185248
http://www.cakecentral.com/modules.php?name=gallery&file=displayimage&pid=54699
http://www.cakecentral.com/modules.php?name=gallery&file=displayimage&pid=1275840
http://www.cakecentral.com/modules.php?name=gallery&file=displayimage&pid=1253591
i like this one too
http://www.cakecentral.com/modules.php?name=gallery&file=displayimage&pid=929453
but these two came to me as a good idea as well - you could fit in your colours, make 70s flowers to fit the theme, or something else to not fit it!
http://www.cakecentral.com/modules.php?name=gallery&file=displayimage&pid=839353
http://www.cakecentral.com/modules.php?name=gallery&file=displayimage&pid=1297655
xx
Hey......look at this one I just came across:
http://www.cakecentral.com/modules.php?name=gallery&file=displayimage&pid=1277109
I instantly thought of your cake when I saw it.
Thanks everyone. I combined a bit of everything and here is the result http://cakecentral.com/modules.php?name=gallery&file=displayimage&pid=1299399&done=1
I really struggled with it and am so so glad it's over. they called and said it was perfect and beautiful and delicious, so yay! Thanks again!!
That is soooo cute. I really like the colors.
Excellent job! 
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