Bela Bhatt is an event planner and owner of Bright Minnie mouse birthday cakes Events – a seven-year-old company that beliefs in crafting memories. Kalpana Nadimpalli graduated in English Literature and Psychology.
Her fascination for the corporate world made her do a Masters in Business Administration. First birthdays are a big affair. From the venue to decoration and food, a lot goes into planning the event. But one of the biggest challenges is deciding on a cake.
Should you go for a themed cake, customized cake, designer cake or just a simple cake of your baby’s favorite flavor? Choose the one you like the most. But you could customize your cake according to the birthday theme or pick a design based on your child’s favorite cartoon character or superhero. Drums birthday cake: Little boys love drums! This simple one-tier cake with a zig-zag fondant around it is simply charming. Top it with up two mega-sized lollipops or fondant sticks and you have a perfect first birthday cake for your little man.
Blue ombre cake: Ombre cakes are cakes or ruffles that have a darker color at the bottom, which graduates to white as it moves to the top, thus resulting in a striking look. You can choose your child’s favorite color, and design the cake with those shades. Chevron and mustache cake: This is a typical boys’ cake. This two tier cake can have the horizontal zig-zag on the first tier and vertical stripes on the top tier, with a bow in the center and mustache on the top. Mickey Mouse cake: The good old Mickey Mouse is a safe bet for first birthdays.
Go for this three-tiered cake with red fondant on the first tier and white on the second tier and top it with a black fondant and mouse ears over that. Spiderman cake: Simple and easy to make! All you need is a one-tier cake with red spiderman shape on the top and black icing for the mask and spider web. If you want a perfect Spiderman cake, then go for a three-tier cake with a red base and the spider web, a blue second layer with black buildings made of fondant, and a squared third layer that looks like a skyscraper. A Spiderman topper, spinning the web, completes this masterpiece.