Cake Decorating: Discover How To Light Up Your Special Celebration Cake

Candles create excitement, whether with children, orcandles in the shape of a number give impact on a
adults. Blowing candles out makes a special celebrationcake, and children love them. They even go up to the
of any event. There are many types of candles onage of fifty! If there isn't any room on top of the cake,
the market, and many different colours. Always makecandles can be placed on the board. Cut the spike off
sure the colour of the candles blends with thea candleholder and stick down with strong glue. Or,
decoration on the cake. Although candles aren'tpipe a star shape in stiff royal icing and place the
normally seen on wedding anniversary cakes, red, goldcandle into it. Run-outs (colourflow) candles can be
or silver candles on these cakes would make a talkingeither flat on the cake surface or upright. Make the
point. Make sure candles stay upright. Instead of thanflame of yellow icing, and immediately flood in a small
pushing them into the cake surface, place them in aamount of red and swirl it around with a cocktail stick.
candleholder. Candleholders are available to match theFinally, another type of homemade candle, but this time,
colour of the candles. They are also sold in gold andone that can be lit. Mould a piece of marzipan until it is
silver. Candles look better if grouped together - it givesfree of cracks and roll into a sausage shape. Cut one
them more impact, and make it easier to blow out inend at a slant and stick a flaked almond in. Because
one puff! And on a grown-ups cake candles lookthe almond contains oil, it will light.
more interesting if they are cut to slightly differentPat 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 andcompetition 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