A luau is fun theme for a kids' birthday party. Decorations for a luau party are readily available at party-supply and discount stores. Many fun options are available for a cake that fits the luau theme. These cakes can be decorated at home or provided to a professional bakery as the inspiration for your cake. Does this Spark an idea?
Island
Design the luau cake to resemble an island. Start with a two-layer round cake. Carve the edges and top of the cake to resemble an island that gradually slopes down to the water. Ice the cake, and cover it with crushed graham crackers to resemble sand. Cover the cake board with blue icing to represent the ocean. Add fondant palm trees, surfboards and other beach items.
Waterfall Cake
Stack three round cakes of different sizes to make a three tier cake. Use blue icing to create a flowing waterfall down the front of the cake. Decorate the remainder of the cake in green icing to represent a lush environment. Make rocks out of gray fondant, and place them along the edges of the waterfall. Add a fondant palm tree to the top of the cake.
Tiki Hut
A tiki-hut cake can be created using round cakes. Stack three round cakes of the same size with icing between the layers. Ice the cake with brown icing. Create a roof for the tiki hut using wooden skewers formed to a point. Add crushed graham crackers around the tiki hut to resemble sand on the beach. Make surfboards from fondant to lean against the tiki hut.
Lei Cake
Decorate a sheet cake with bright colors. Add a border of icing along the top and bottom of the sheet cake. Create a lei on top of the cake using flowers modeled from fondant. Another option is to purchase a plastic lei and place it on top of the cake. Add vines out of green icing.
Hula Girl
Use a cake baked in a glass Pyrex bowl or a dome-shaped cake pan to create the skirt for the hula-girl cake. Decorate the skirt with green icing to create the look of a grass skirt. Use a doll pick or a plastic doll to create the top of the hula-girl cake. Place the doll in the middle of the skirt cake with her torso and head sticking out. Use icing to decorate her shirt or bikini top. Add flowers for accents.
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