Strawberry Shortcake Birthday Cake and Cupcakes

strawberry shortcake cake topperFor your Strawberry Shortcake birthday cake you can choose to purchase a cake at a local bakery or for a more personal and hands-on touch you can create your own. Here are a few ideas to consider for your Strawberry Shortcake cake.

Strawberry Shortcake Figurine Cake
Using a sheet cake of your choice, you can decorate the top to resemble a flower garden, using edible or silk flowers, a Strawberry Shortcake cake topper purchased from a store, and a little creativity on your part. Make an arrangement of flowers on one corner and trailing up and down the two adjoining sides, or make a scene on the top, with a garden path and fence and garden itself.

Strawberry Shortcake Cake
The neatest looking cake possible is an actual Strawberry Shortcake cake using a special cake pan. The tricky part with this cake is the actual icing part. However, if you take your time and use a few different shapes of pink, white and green you should able to create a Strawberry Shortcake cake.
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Strawberry Shortcake Hat Cake
For a party hat cake, make a 9-inch round cake, and a dome cake using a special pan or a heat-resistant mixing/measuring bowl in the appropriate size. Place the domed part on top of the round cake and affix using icing. Ice the entire cake or using rolled fondant (or icing), decorate to create the illusion of a ladies summer hat. Decorate with edible flowers or fruit, fondant, silk flowers, strawberries or other fruit.

Strawberry Shortcake Edible Image
Another very simple cake idea is to use edible images. Simply bake a cake, let it cool and ice accordingly. Then apply the edible image to the top of the cake. The cool thing about edible image toppers is that it creates a scene from the actual Strawberry shortcake TV show!
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Strawberry Shortcake Cupcakes
If you aren’t into creating a full cake then consider cupcakes for your party guests. Cupcakes are great as each child gets their own individual cake. In addition, decorating a Strawberry Shortcake cupcake is MUCH easier then a cake. Here are a few ways to decorate your cupcakes to create a Strawberry Short-cupcake
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