I have a cake to do for a family party for 4 people
and I need Ideas


my mother turning 57( likes sewing and scapbooking)
my daughter turning 7 ( likes pollypockets and petshops and the color purple)
my other daughter turning 4 ( likes barbies, dressup and the color pink)
my nephew turning 7 ( like transformers and lego)

I would love to do edible photos but don't have access to a printer that will do them .

any ideas will be great

Could you do smaller, separate cakes for each person? Perhaps put them on three-tiered cake stands, the fourth cake can sit directly on the table.

You could also make cake stands out of bowls with plates on top of them. Then just have a display of a grouping of cakes. That way you could move each cake directly in front of the birthday person when you sing. Some people glue the plate to the bowl (or glass) onto the underside of the plate. I just set the bowl on the table, then set the plate on top. I've never done it with something slimmer than a bowl, so for that, you might need to glue it.

http://www.wilton.com/store/site/product.cfm?id=40209802-423B-522D-F9543F9095A6ECED&fid=FF352DA4-423B-522D-F43BE252C94A5414

http://www.wilton.com/store/site/product.cfm?id=8F3A993E-1E0B-C910-EA8B848186B475ED&fid=8F3A994D-1E0B-C910-EAC6E769D607A05D

http://www.happybirdscraftinghaven.com/search/label/Cake%2FPastry%20Stand%20Gift%20Tutorial

http://www.makeandtakes.com/cake-stand-tutorial

thank you that a great idea but would you tailor their interest to each person ?

If you want to do just one cake, how about a square cake with one side for each person decorated acording to their interests and the top with the Happy Birthday Greetings to all of them or a sheet cake with the top divided into 4 parts each part being a page in Grandma"s scrapbook again each page dedicated and decorated to each birthday person's interests.