An Elegant Sheet Cake For 90Th B-Day
Decorating By peacockplace Updated 6 Jul 2006 , 3:45pm by JulieB
I have a cake to do this weekend for a 90th birthday. All I have to go on is that she likes the color blue and they want a big 90 on it. It is going to be a full sheet cake. I hate a big empty looking cake. Do you all have any suggestions, or better yet.... pics?
#1...numbers look like pearl necklaces layed down on blue background. flower accents
#2...numbers are made for boquets/sprays for flowers...deep blue flowers one pastel background.
#3... large central oval w/ numbers piped. rest of cake covered in two-tone lattice (expanded basketweave)..deep blue backround under lattice, white lattice. reverser for oval-- white background w/ blue letters, flowers scatterered.
#4...wedgewood look w/ raised lettering and numbers.
I am doing a big sheet cake this weekend that will have white icing on top and sides and then a greenish oval in the middle. I think that helps break the stark white look. Hope this helps.
Wow Doug... now if you'd just come make one of those for me that would be great! LOL Great ideas. I just hate doing sheet cakes lately. alicia_froedge, I agree that does cut down on the giant white slab look.
Do any of you have picture of a cale with lattice work on the top?
some examples:
http://www.sweetcakes4u.com/index.html (click on Adult cakes...way at bottom center)
http://www.thecakery.com/groomscake.html
http://www.cakecentral.com/modules.php?name=coppermine&file=displayimage&meta=search&search=lattice&cat=0&pos=32&search=lattice
http://www.cakecentral.com/modules.php?name=coppermine&file=displayimage&meta=search&search=lattice&cat=0&pos=40&search=lattice
http://www.cakecentral.com/modules.php?name=coppermine&file=displayimage&meta=search&search=lattice&cat=0&pos=53&search=lattice
http://www.cakecentral.com/modules.php?name=coppermine&file=displayimage&meta=search&search=lattice&cat=0&pos=38&search=lattice
made a sheet cake for an 80th this past w/e. cornelli lace was easy and took up a lot of the white "space".
I did an elegant 9 x 13 for our 90th grandpa b-day a couple of years ago in ivory BC that was modeled after a Wilton square wedding cake, wish I had the pic scanned in--it was very pretty!
I did sotas on top and carried it down about 1/3 on the sides, then did alternating upright rows of shells and dragging pearls every 1-1/2" along the sides. Did the lettering and 90 in delphinium blue. Turned out very nice.
If you reeaaaallly want to see it, I can scan it in and post it. It didn't look blank, but it wasn't a giant sheet either...
Doug will you come to San Antonio and make my anniversary cake? you have so many great ideas!
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