18th Birthday Cake for a male!

You need to ask what does he like in order to know what would make him say WOW!! I think you need more information. Is he into sports and what kind? What does he like to do? You need some ideas.  Maybe others will have better ideas than me. I am sure the woman will tell you what he is into which will help you to decide what kind of cake to do!!! Good luck/Mary
 

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.

Here's one that could be for a man.

http://images.search.yahoo.com/images/view;_ylt=A2KJkP7oC7hQCBYAvQ2JzbkF;_ylu=X3oDMTBlMTQ4cGxyBHNlYwNzcgRzbGsDaW1n?back=http%3A%2F%2Fimages.search.yahoo.com%2Fsearch%2Fimages%3Fp%3Dsquiggles%2Bparty%2Bcake%255C%26n%3D30%26ei%3Dutf-8%26tab%3Dorganic%26ri%3D34&w=912&h=682&imgurl=www.carolinescakes.com%2Fimages%2FCake_Designs%2FStripes-Squiggles-Happy-Birthday-Cake.jpg&rurl=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.carolinescakes.com%2Fcarolines-designs.asp&size=116.9+KB&name=Stripes-Squiggles-Happy-Birthday-Cake.jpg&p=squiggles+party+cake\&oid=96192811a16e5f4ccad6600816ef9d99&fr2=&fr=&tt=Stripes-Squiggles-Happy-Birthday-Cake.jpg&b=31&ni=96&no=34&ts=&tab=organic&sigr=11j79qgnq&sigb=1368ektel&sigi=12kmaub8m&.crumb=xyHieJzl7QN

Or you could do a hamburger cake. There are many to look at on the internet. Just a couple of ideas. Maybe someone else will come up with something better.

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.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/62668700@N03/6913388552/in/set-72157627847421964

http://www.flickr.com/photos/62668700@N03/7771589448/in/set-72157627847421964/

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/

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Originally Posted by mcaulir 

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.

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Originally Posted by MsGF 

 

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

I love the look of the argyle on cakes...

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Originally Posted by Dr_Hfuhruhurr 

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.