Barrier Layer: Candy Melts
Dip the feet or bottoms of the toy in candy melts before placing on the cake
Barrier Layer: Fondant
Place pieces of fondant underneath the toys so they do not touch your frosting
Barrier Layer: Edible Paper
Place a piece of edible paper such as rice paper or sugar paper underneath the toy to prevent it from touching the frosting.
DO NOT use any paper or wrapping that is not edible! The only exception is doll cakes, where you can wrap the legs/bottom half before placing into the skirt
Barrier Layer: Straws
Cut small pieces of straws and hook them over the feet of the toy figures. The straws touch the frosting and prevent the non-food-safe toy from touching the cake
Basketball brownies
The baker piped frosting on top of the brownies and then decorated with fondant letters and designs to create these basketball-themed brownies
Batman brownies
The baker used a stencil and confectioner’s sugar to dust a reverse design of the Batman logo onto these brownies, and then topped it off with a cute happy birthday banner using Batman logo-shaped paper cutouts
Flower brownies
The baker turned this sheet of brownies into a rose garden by piping flowers on top. The happy birthday message is included via cupcake toppers inserted into a few of the brownies. These types of toppers can easily be made at home with a color printer, glue, and toothpicks
Graduation brownies
The baker decorated these graduation brownies with symbols of graduation - mortarboards and diplomas, and included the “Congratulations” message for the youth by printing the message, cutting it out, and sticking it to a mortarboard
Luau brownies
For these event brownies, the baker frosted them with blue and sand-colored frosting to make a sandy beach and then put various beach/luau-themed molded candy/chocolate on top
Minecraft brownies
The baker decorated these Minecraft brownies with frosting and included some 3D paper decorations to complete the Minecraft look. The happy birthday toppers with the youth’s name can be printed on a home printer, cut out, and attached to toothpicks to go into the brownies
Camping brownies
The baker baked the brownies in cupcake liners and then decorated them with frosting, pretzels, and marshmallows to make adorable mini camping-related designs on top
Pineapple brownies
For these graduation brownies, the baker cut out pineapple shapes from green and yellow paper to make toppers and wrote “Congratulations” on them
Cookie Monster cookies
The baker piped blue frosting onto cookies and added store-bought candy eyeballs to create these cute Cookie Monster cookies. The happy birthday message is included using a very pretty 3D cake banner
Disney's Descendants cookies
The baker transformed yummy chocolate chip cookies with Disney’s Descendants movie-themed cupcake toppers, which can easily be made at home with a color printer, glue, and toothpicks
Puppy cookies
The baker frosted adorable puppies onto these chocolate chip cookies and frosted the happy birthday message, too
Ariana Grande cake topper
The baker included a topper to fulfill the theme of Ariana Grande, with additional accents like hearts and rosettes, alongside the youth’s happy birthday message in fondant cutouts
Baby Shark cake topper
The baker combined cute ocean-themed decorations around the side and top with a Baby Shark-themed banner, and included the youth’s name in letter cutouts
Flower cake topper
The baker added a cute garden-themed cake topper to include the happy birthday message and placed it on top of a simple yet sophisticated cake decorated with roses
Fortnite cake topper
This cake features a large cake topper with the Fortnite logo and individual toppers showing various items from the game. The youth’s name is added using candy letters atop a simple frosted chocolate cake
Fortnite logo cake topper
The baker fulfilled the youth’s wish for a Fortnite cake using a large cake topper featuring the Fortnite logo with a “Happy Birthday” message on it, and included the youth’s name in fondant letters
JoJo Siwa cake topper
JoJo Siwa is a popular celebrity among preteens, and this cake features a cute pink ribbon that is part of JoJo’s signature image, as well as a home-printed banner with a picture of JoJo and a happy birthday message for the youth. The rest of the cake is decorated beautifully with a green gradient frosting, rose pink flowers, and green and pink star toppers
Paw Patrol cake topper
Paw Patrol is a very popular cartoon and theme request! The baker frosted paws and stars onto the sides of this cake, and then decorated the top with Paw Patrol-themed paper toppers
Rainbow cake topper
The baker created cute “clouds” of white frosting with colorful sprinkles on them and then included a personalized rainbow-themed happy birthday banner
Snopp Dogg cake toppers
The baker fulfilled this youth’s wish for a Snopp Dogg-themed cake by printing out photos of Snoop Dogg and attaching them to skewers so they could be inserted into the cake
Black Panther cake topper
This amazing cake was created last minute for a youth who loves Black Panther. The baker decorated the cake with sophisticated black and white sprinkles and swirled rosettes and then topped it with a paper banner of Black Panther alongside a home-printed banner wishing the youth a happy birthday
Spiderman cupcakes
The baker transformed chocolate cupcakes using cupcake toppers featuring Spiderman in action, and wrote the youth’s happy birthday message using frosting with one letter each on a cupcake
SF 49ers cupcakes
The baker frosted cupcakes with a bright red frosting topped with gold stars to match the SF 49ers team colors, added toppers with the football team’s logos and other designs, and personalized it by including a happy birthday banner with the youth’s name
Congratulations cupcakes
For these cupcakes celebrating a group of youth’s milestones, the baker designed and printed up a festive message at home and affixed them to toothpicks. The homemade toppers are inserted into cupcakes with colorful confetti sprinkles
Cookie Monster cupcakes
These darling Cookie Monster cupcakes are made by piping blue frosting using a grass piping tip, adding store-bought eyes, and inserting a cookie into Cookie Monster’s “mouth.” The birthday message is included with homemade paper toppers
Pink cupcakes
These pretty in pink cupcakes are decorated with a light pink frosting with pink and gold sugar sprinkles, topped with cute flower toppers and a happy birthday banner spanning several cupcakes
Snowboarding cupcakes
The youth’s wish for green and black snowboarding-themed cupcakes is fulfilled with really cool black silhouette paper cupcake toppers on top of green frosting with dark green sprinkles. A happy birthday banner was included separately
Disney Princess cupcakes
The baker created skirts for each princess using a matching color of tulle, and then cut a happy birthday banner with the youth’s name using glitter paper
Fortnite cupcakes
These super cool Fortnite cupcakes are created by putting Fortnite character silhouette toppers into cupcakes covered in camo-color swirled frosting. The birthday message is included with homemade happy birthday banners
Fortnite cupcakes
Fortnite is a super popular theme these days, and cute Fortnite-themed cupcakes can be created using various piping tips as well as a mixture of store-bought and homemade cupcake toppers featuring items and phrases from the video game
SF 49ers cupcakes
This baker included a mixture of designs, including the team logo and happy birthday message on paper toppers, football helmets on food-safe cupcake decorations, and piped “SF” letters mimicking the font style from the team’s logo
Mardi Gras cupcakes
These pretty and unique Mardi Gras cupcakes are created by using a simple white frosting sprinkled with glittery green and gold pearls, topped with homemade toppers featuring fun Mardi Gras images on a glitter background
Mermaid cupcakes
These beautiful mermaid-themed cupcakes are decorated with pale pink frosting topped with pretty glitter toppers and a homemade happy birthday banner
LEGO cupcakes
LEGO cupcakes are easily created with homemade custom LEGO-themed images and happy birthday messages set atop cake pop sticks
Spiderman cupcakes
The baker decorated plain white cupcakes with white frosting with candy clay webs and Spiderman designs, and even included the youth’s happy birthday message with cute comic book style speech bubbles
Edible image: Avengers cake
This baker used an edible image of the Marvel Avengers team, accompanied by a hand-piped happy birthday message
Edible image: Fortnite
Fortnite cakes can be intimidating, but using this custom edible image surrounded by a border of rosettes , candy, and sprinkles creates a festive and amazing cake!
Edible image: Fortnite
This edible image features all the Fortnite characters with a custom happy birthday message for the youth
Edible image: Minnie Mouse
This adorable cake was created with an edible image of Minnie Mouse surrounded by white stars and bright red rosettes, topped with a fun birthday banner attached using colorful paper straws
Fresh strawberries chocolate cake
This baker dipped strawberries in chocolate before adding them to the top of the cake
Fresh strawberries Snoop Dogg cake
This baker dipped strawberries in chocolate and then placed them upside down on a dollop of white frosting
Fresh strawberries baseball cake
This baker cleverly nestled fresh strawberries in a bed of grass around their cute baseball cake
Baseball
This fun baseball cake is created using fondant only for the birthday message. The baseball is done using only frosting
Bumblebee (Transformers)
This baker recreated Bumblebee’s face using only a star piping tip!
Crayon Box
Using only frosting, the baker transformed this 9x13” cake into a box of crayons!
FC Barcelona Soccer
This youth’s wish for an FC Barcelona soccer-themed cake came true when this baker used various piping tips to bring the colors and logo of the team to life!
Hello Kitty
This amazing Hello Kitty was created using only frosting and no fondant! It’s a lot of work but results in an amazing design sure to bring a smile to this youth’s face
Paw Patrol
With plenty of frosting, cute cupcake toppers, candy paws, and a colorful birthday banner, this cake is a festive and fun sweet Paw-licious treat
Mickey Mouse
Mickey Mouse’s smiling face is created using only frosting, piped and spread onto a shaped cake
Optimus Prime
This cake is transformed into a stunning Optimus Prime cake using only a few piping tips and plenty of frosting
Peppa Pig
Popular Peppa Pig stands in a field of grass with a birthday hat on, crafted using only frosting
Paw Patrol
Another clever Paw Patrol cake decorated using only frosting and sprinkles is so colorful and fun
Golden State Warriors
Believe it or not, this cake is decorated entirely with frosting — no fondant here! The bridge is made using a ribbon piping tip and a small round tip, along with the basketball ridges around the sides. A border along the top and bottom, piped with a star tip, completes this amazing design
PJ Masks
A small amount of fondant is used in this PJ Masks design — just the whites of his eyes and the pink mouth and nose. The rest is piped and spread frosting