What about a theme cake for the month? Ex.- November (fall), December (Christmas). Or shades of blue or green polka dots/stripes with a huge 18 on top.
I can't believe the mom has no idea what her son would like. Kind of tough. Lets see pics of what you do! Good luck!
http://www.make-fabulous-cakes.com/birthday-cake-decorating-stripes-and-bow.html
This is nice and simple cake for a male. I only have son's so I struggle with girlie cakes.
My youngest son will be 20 a few days after Christmas. I am making him a chocolate sponge cake with peanut butter icing, the filling will will have the PB icing with Reese Peanut Butter Cup pieces added. I am pouring dark chocolate ganache over the top to drip down the sides, and finally I will take small Reese PB cups cut in half around the bottom border. He loves Reese PB Cups and the Chocolate & PB combination.
Something like that might work too. Or maybe he loves a different type of Chocolate bar or candy you could incorporate. Good luck and have fun with it. Boys aren't too hard to please when it comes to cake.
For the male members of my family I normally do a Kit Kat barrel cake, or a cake covered in ganache with chocolate drizzled over it.
I don't do any fondant for the males.
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Hmmm... I think a "girlie" cake is exactly what an 18-year old male would like.
Hmmm... I think a "girlie" cake is exactly what an 18-year old male would like.
I Agree! how about a version of this cake - you could include a pole to help her stand up or you could do it lying down- if you go for standing use chocolate buscuit cake and modelling chocolate it's actually really easy!
This is a mother buying a cake for her teenaged son. I doubt that the average mother would appreciate the cake maker providing a pole dancer for her to give to her son.
Here's some less girlie ones.
http://cakecentral.com/g/i/1786340/
http://cakecentral.com/g/i/2337473
http://cakecentral.com/g/i/2031107/
http://cakecentral.com/g/i/1997651/
This is a mother buying a cake for her teenaged son. I doubt that the average mother would appreciate the cake maker providing a pole dancer for her to give to her son.
I totally agree with mcaulir. I have 2 son's and would never present either of them with a rude cake. Got to love it when rude and immature people hijack your innocent post.
Good luck with your cake.
Go to www.wilton.com and look along the left side of the homepage for the link "pattern locator". There are many many patterns for all kinds of cakes that can be searched by theme. You can then use them as you think best--buttercream transfers go over well because they are completely edible.
But it won't hurt to ask for some guidance like favourite flavour, occupation, interests. Also ask about ALLERGIES.
I totally agree with mcaulir. I have 2 son's and would never present either of them with a rude cake. Got to love it when rude and immature people hijack your innocent post.
Good luck with your cake.
Wow. O.o
Sorry if I caused offense. I thought it was a funny play on words. Obviously, it wasn't serious.
Dr_Hfuhruhurr I was a bit offended, but no harm done. I apologize for the not nice words. As a mother I feel it would be highly inappropriate for a mother to give her son a cake like the one you suggested. Those types of cakes are best left to be given by friends. Since the OP was about a cake from a mother to a son your ideas made me uncomfortable. And I did just get your PM.
I apologize for my not nice words and I'm sure you were just kidding, it just took me off guard.
Take care
MsGF
Wow. O.o
Sorry if I caused offense. I thought it was a funny play on words. Obviously, it wasn't serious.
I found it rather amusing actually.
Based on LB cakes profile I think we can all rest assured that we're talking to a capable adult. I'm sure they're quite able to make a tasteful decision about what cake will be presented to the client in question regardless of any humor that might be interjected here.
Lets keep it nice and non-judgy, everyone. This thread has been flagged and I've gotten 2 separate PMs about it. I don't see the fuss, so if ya'all can't get along it'll just be deleted.
You could make him a 007 cake, or, a big #1 and a #8 on a covered cake board and make each number a different flavor with a different filling sort of like this one:
http://www.londoncake.com/images/002723%20Tom's%20Personalised%2018th%20Birthday%20Cake.jpg
Dr_Hfuhruhurr I was a bit offended, but no harm done. I apologize for the not nice words. As a mother I feel it would be highly inappropriate for a mother to give her son a cake like the one you suggested. Those types of cakes are best left to be given by friends. Since the OP was about a cake from a mother to a son your ideas made me uncomfortable. And I did just get your PM.
I apologize for my not nice words and I'm sure you were just kidding, it just took me off guard.
Take care
MsGF
Thanks for the apology. Not sure if it matters, but by "girlie" cake, I was referring to those giant cakes where the real girl pops out (which I think might only exist on TV). Hence, the funny. I didn't think anyone would mistake that for actual advice.
Anyway, lest I be accused of not offering anything helpful aside from (attempted) humor... There have been some great suggestions in this thread already. I particularly think a hamburger cake is pretty broad and likely to please. But, let me also suggest the possibility that there may be no living 18-year males currently located on the planet Earth that don't enjoy videogames. (For the record, that's a joke, too--there's probably one kid out there spending all of this time whittling, or something).
Seriously, though, I worked as a background investigator for over ten years, and when asking the friends of young men entering the military what their hobbies were, I heard "videogames" 99.9% of the time. It's reaching the critical mass of music or sports, truly. Anyway, if the mother is willing, see if she can just ask what her son's favorite videogame is. Or, take a look at his game shelf and find out the name of the game with the most beaten-up box. That could provide a really fun topic for a cake, particularly if you do sculpted cakes.
Just a thought. Good luck with it.
Thanks for the apology. Not sure if it matters, but by "girlie" cake, I was referring to those giant cakes where the real girl pops out (which I think might only exist on TV). Hence, the funny. I didn't think anyone would mistake that for actual advice.
Anyway, lest I be accused of not offering anything helpful aside from (attempted) humor... There have been some great suggestions in this thread already. I particularly think a hamburger cake is pretty broad and likely to please. But, let me also suggest the possibility that there may be no living 18-year males currently located on the planet Earth that don't enjoy videogames. (For the record, that's a joke, too--there's probably one kid out there spending all of this time whittling, or something).
Seriously, though, I worked as a background investigator for over ten years, and when asking the friends of young men entering the military what their hobbies were, I heard "videogames" 99.9% of the time. It's reaching the critical mass of music or sports, truly. Anyway, if the mother is willing, see if she can just ask what her son's favorite videogame is. Or, take a look at his game shelf and find out the name of the game with the most beaten-up box. That could provide a really fun topic for a cake, particularly if you do sculpted cakes.
Just a thought. Good luck with it.
And he probably whittles video game controllers wistfully while wishing he had a real one. :)
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