There are many delicious and colorful tropical cake decorating ideas you can do with everyday items. When you think about tropical icons and images, you can imagine vast Hawaiian coastlines, lush tropical forests and colorful sunsets. By visiting your florist, supermarket or dollar store, you will be able to find many items to decorate a tropical cake. Add this to my Recipe Box.
Icing Colors
Consider using bright cheery tropical colors such as lime green, pink, turquoise and lemon yellow for the main icing of the cake. These happy colors will evoke the flora typical of the islands.
Flowers
Visit your local florist or flower section of the supermarket to find live tropical flowers to place on and around the cake. Flowers such as orchids can be arranged around the base of the cake and also around the top rim of the cake. Larger flowers like bird of paradise or hibiscus can also be arranged around the cake. Wash palm fronds and arrange them around the base of the cake to serve as a green background for the colorful flowers.
Coconuts
Buy freshly grated coconut and scatter all over the iced cake. This will give it a fluffy and angelic look. You can even purchase real coconuts to arrange around the base of the cake.
Dollar Store Trinkets
You can go to a dollar store and find many tropical trinkets for your cake. Items such as drink umbrellas, mini palm trees and fake flowers can usually be found. Walk the aisles to find different ideas for inspiration.
Cake Decorating Supply Stores
If you like to craft a more detailed cake, you can use supplies from a cake decorating supply shop. There are palm tree cake forms and palm tree patterns you can use to design your own tropical cake. Ice the palm fronds green and the trunk brown. You can also find fish-shaped pans as well as pineapple-shaped cake pans you can decorate with colored icing. These stores also sell specialty toppers and candles in the shape of tropical themed items like hula girls and coral reef fish.
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