Ideas for Special Birthday Cakes
A birthday is a special time to celebrate. It is the first day of another 365 days journey. Birthday celebration is a tradition which is observed almost in all cultures of the world. Birthday cakes, birthday songs, candles, decorations, music, dance, party and feast- all these make the birthday celebrations exciting and memorable. You can also present a cake as birthday gift ideas.
Tradition of birthday cakes: It appears as if the tradition of cakes in general had developed in the Great Roman Era. Like, wedding cakes the custom of birthday cakes had its origin in the Ancient Roman age. The tradition of birthday cakes as a significant part of birthday celebrations in the Western culture could be traced back in the middle of the 19th century. Gradually the other customs such as the lighting of candles and singing of birthday songs were followed and accompanied the birthday celebrations.
Today a birthday celebration without a birthday cake is almost unimaginable. In western countries, a birthday cake is served with ice cream. In India, the cake is served with sweets or sometimes as a starter.
Sizes and shapes: Birthday cakes come in various sizes and shapes. These can be single-tiered or multi-tiered depending on the number of the guests and the choice of the host. If the birthday celebration is a family affair, then a single-layered cake can be ordered.
The usual shapes of cakes are round, square, oval, heart-shape etc. The recent culinary developments and innovation in the field of cake baking has yielded brilliant results as regards the shapes of birthday cakes. The cakes can be baked in the shape of a Disney land, a Mickey, a garden, Rubiks cube, Poker's table, football field, Philadelphia flyers shape, hat, guitar, giant Ladybug etc.
Flavor: Birthday cakes come in various flavors to satisfy the tongue of every cake-eater. The common flavors are banana, cherry chip, pumpkin, vanilla, strawberry, chocolate, raspberry, coconut, apple spice etc. You can also opt for a yellow cake with lemon flavored pastry filling, a white cake with vanilla Bavarian cream filling, a pink cake with strawberry mousse filling, a chocolate cake with Bailey's Irish ice cream mousse, a Domino cake with classic vanilla French buttercream, a moist cake with creamy cheese mousse fillings etc.
Icing can be done with French buttercream, chocolate buttercream, white Rosette, chocolate Ganache, fudge etc. To make the cake more delicious the cake is baked with fruit fillings of cherry, banana, apricot, blueberry, pineapple etc. A birthday cake baked in this way will definitely look great and taste heavenly.
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