Ideas Please! Need To Make One Cake For 6 Different People.
Decorating By hula1974 Updated 1 Oct 2012 , 3:18pm by Jeannem
A friend of mine has asked me to help her out with a cake for party that will celebrate 6 birthdays. I suggested 6 small cakes but she would prefer one larger cake (stacked is ok but it really only needs to feed 30).
Has anyone ever made a cake where you mixed and matched themes? Here is what I have to go on. I'd love some help with ideas please!
Thank you!
Boy Age 4 CARS 2
Girl Age 14 Green Day (the band)
Grandmother Age 99 - She is originally from Puerto Rico so I would say island oriented?
Boy Age ? Pittsburgh Steelers
Grown Man Age ? - technology and traveling
Grown Woman Age ? - nothing to go on with this one 
I saw a cake where it was in half (one side a man turning 40, the other side a sister turning 50 I think) so why not make them each a "slice" of cake with their theme on that slice? (I'd just do flowers on the grown woman's slice) It could be a large round cake decorated in 6 wedges.
I think a 10" would feed 30 people. You could get quite fun with colours etc.
Wow! For the cars cake u d have to purchase a figurine from a licensed vendor ( it s illegal to do characters on cake and sell them: copyright violation).
Can u do a small three tiered cake, like 10 inches, 8 inches and 4-6 inches pans?
On the top tier design related to the Pittsburg steelers with the cars 2 purchased topper.
On the middle tier, design related to green day in puerto rican famous place.
On the bottom tier design related to technology meeting traveling and a little girly suitcase or traveling bag ( w girly items) to include the grown woman.
The only time I've made a cake like this was for 6 children. I made a 12" square & marked the 6 portions out like a jigsaw. I then put each child's design on the 'jigsaw pieces'.
ONE cake for six people sounds like a cheapskate doing the ordering. Six small cakes on one large board would respect the individuals, and the board can also be decorated to tie all these people together.
Hi Hula! A few years ago when my husband turned 30, I couldn't decide on any one theme, so I made "comic book" vignettes to go around the side of the cake, depicting some of his favorite things. And on top I did "holy s@!? You're 30!
Maybe something like this where each square represents each person... You could add that to the hexagon idea then on top put a thought bubble with happy birthday in it?
Hope it turns out great!!
BakingIrene, I totally agree with you. Off the subject, I had a lady request a 1/2 sheet for her 2 kids birthday. She wanted 1/2 for 1 and 1/2 for the other. Different themes AND and edible image picture of each kid on thier side. I quoted her for 2 individual 1/4 sheets and she had a fit! Cheapskate!
I just did a split cake (in my profile) you could do three tiers split so everyone gets half a tier. Just a thought
Angie, your cake is darling! Thanks for sharing.
hula1974~~I made a buttercream hexagon cake for an elementary school teacher. It is the perfect way to have 6 distinct panels for each birthday. This cake was made using the Wilton 12"x2" hexagon pan. I used three, 2" high layers. The finished cake was 12" x 6". The Wilton wedding serving chart says that a 12" hexagon pan that is 4"-6" tall serves 40. (The cake will not serve 40 if you cut a wedge as shown in my photos below.)
Using the 6" height provides a nice square shape for each hexagon. If you only make it 4" tall, the shapes will be rectangular.
I used a 16" ceramic tile from Home Depot as my base. I covered the tile with fondant and put a 1/4" ribbon around the edge. I also put foam "feet" on the scratchy bottom part of the tile so it would not scratch any surfaces.
Here are different views of the same cake:
http://christinascakes.shutterfly.com/pictures/311
http://christinascakes.shutterfly.com/pictures/311#313
http://christinascakes.shutterfly.com/pictures/311#314
http://christinascakes.shutterfly.com/pictures/311#312
http://christinascakes.shutterfly.com/pictures/311#310
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