Summer is already here and aside from outdoor barbecues, swimming on the beach, and sipping margaritas under the sun, one of the most fantastic ways to spend the summertime is by making summer cakes that you could bring during picnics or in any occasions.  This could be very fun especially for those people who enjoy baking and cake decorating as one of their hobbies or pastimes.

There are many ways to bring fun and sunshine to your cake decorating and you may be surprised that you could use simple candies that you could buy from drugstores, groceries, or any market to design your summer cake.

Sum It All Up

Instead of using the ever popular square or rectangle shape in making a cake, you could use the circle shape molder to give a sense of wholesomeness to your cake.  Also, having a circle shape cake for the sponge could well suit the cake decoration of a sun to make your summer cake decorating more appropriate for the sun’s shape and appealing.  By making the sun your center attraction for your cake decoration, it is important that you use shades of yellow and orange when making it outlined with brown icing.

If the cake decorating idea of a sun as the main attraction for your cake, you may use under-the-sea inspiration for your cake by putting starfish meringue, seashells meringue, or fishes to put on top of your summer cake.  You may use different colors to give brightness to the cake and it certainly would create an instant feeling of enjoyment while being attractive to the people.

Also, another idea for summer cake decorating is to get inspired by the tropics and you could show this through the use of different kinds of fruits.  Instead of using the under-the-sea inspired meringues, you may replace them by making meringues shaped like grapes, apples, banana, and oranges.  With their different colors and shapes, it is sure to make your summer cake attractive and mouthwatering.

Candies Will Do

If you do not have the time to do extensive cake decorating, one of the best ideas is to just get help from the trusted candies that may be readily available from your pantry that you are keeping for your kids.  M&M candies and gum drops are very great especially when put on top of the cake and you could very well be creative in making your different shapes that reminds you of summer.  Shapes like the rainbow, the clouds, the trees; sky is the limit when you have these little candies to make your decoration.