Mickey Mouse Birthday Cake - Fun And Fabulous Ideas For A One Of A Kind Cake

You've decided a Mickey Mouse birthday is a perfect choice for your little one, however, if you are still scratching your head for a cake idea, perhaps the following will help. No need to fear, you don't have to have a doctorate in cake decorating in order to turn out a masterpiece.

In order to get you started, the first decision you need to make is how you are going to come up with your canvas so to speak. You can opt to make the cake all from scratch using your favorite recipe. In the alternative, you could cheat a little, and who would know, and use a box mix. If you're really short on time, go for a ready-made sheet cake and get ready to embellish it to pieces.

TYPES OF CAKES

Super Easy Mickey Mouse Birthday Cake - Top your cake off with small plastic toys and figurines to coincide with your theme. You can jazz up the plain surface using things like cake sparkles, sprinkles, colored sugar, crunches, edible glitter and confetti, just to name a few.

Shaped Cakes - Use a cake pan that is shaped into something that coincides with your theme. For example, a Mickey head or Mickey body shaped cake. Then all you have to do is pipe out various colored frosting to bring the picture to life.

For added fun, spray some edible color onto the cake or mist a little color on using an airbrush.

Mickey and Sports Cake - If you are thinking of having your theme be Mickey playing a sport, the cake can help bring the two together. Make your cake in one of those 3-D ball cake pans or use an oven-safe glass bowl. Then all you have to do is decorate your cake ball to coincide with the sport. For example, frost it white and pipe on red strips for a baseball. Frost it orange and pipe on black strips for a basketball. Add a plastic Mickey topper, preferably playing or dressed in that sport attire.

Number Cake - Make the cake using a number pan and decorate it in your party colors. Top it off with fun Mickey candles to bring the theme home.

Mickey's Train Cake- Make extra mini-sized cakes and frost each one a different color. Create a train track using licorice. Use a heavy piece of cardboard or plywood and wrap it with foil. For the engine, use a real toy engine and a toy Mickey as the conductor. When serving time comes, each child shall be given one of the train cars, or you can split them between two kids.

Pre-Made Cake Topper- This type of cake looks great whether you use fondant to cover the cake or frosting. Then all you have to do is top it off with your Mickey cake topper which will cover the bulk of the top of the cake.

Cake Kit - These kits come with everything you need in order to transform a simple white cake into an extraordinary spectacular-looking cake. They come in both round and rectangle designs.

Edible Image - For instant pizazz that looks like it was professionally done, just top that baby off with an edible sugar art image. These too come in round and rectangle shapes. They are full of color and a picture that looks like you spent all day creating it.

Mickey Cup Cake Ideas - If you have decided to go the cupcake route, you can opt to jazz up your mickey mouse birthday party a bit by using decorative cupcake liners or wrappers. Then top them off with theme picks, rings, or sugar decorations.