| Candles create excitement, whether with children, or | | | | candles in the shape of a number give impact on a |
| adults. Blowing candles out makes a special celebration | | | | cake, and children love them. They even go up to the |
| of any event. There are many types of candles on | | | | age of fifty! If there isn't any room on top of the cake, |
| the market, and many different colours. Always make | | | | candles can be placed on the board. Cut the spike off |
| sure the colour of the candles blends with the | | | | a candleholder and stick down with strong glue. Or, |
| decoration on the cake. Although candles aren't | | | | pipe a star shape in stiff royal icing and place the |
| normally seen on wedding anniversary cakes, red, gold | | | | candle into it. Run-outs (colourflow) candles can be |
| or silver candles on these cakes would make a talking | | | | either flat on the cake surface or upright. Make the |
| point. Make sure candles stay upright. Instead of than | | | | flame of yellow icing, and immediately flood in a small |
| pushing them into the cake surface, place them in a | | | | amount of red and swirl it around with a cocktail stick. |
| candleholder. Candleholders are available to match the | | | | Finally, another type of homemade candle, but this time, |
| colour of the candles. They are also sold in gold and | | | | one that can be lit. Mould a piece of marzipan until it is |
| silver. Candles look better if grouped together - it gives | | | | free of cracks and roll into a sausage shape. Cut one |
| them more impact, and make it easier to blow out in | | | | end at a slant and stick a flaked almond in. Because |
| one puff! And on a grown-ups cake candles look | | | | the almond contains oil, it will light. |
| more interesting if they are cut to slightly different | | | | Pat Lock is a cake decorating expert with over 25 |
| levels. Self-lighting candles give everyone a surprise, | | | | years experience who runs the excellent website. She |
| especially the person who is trying to blow them out, | | | | has won awards at the prestigious international |
| and finds the candles re-light themselves again and | | | | competition at Hotel Olympia, London and is also an |
| again! Twisted (spiral) candles are another choice. | | | | accomplished author. |
| They look best on a simply decorated cake. Chunky | | | | |