Why Birthday Photo Cakes Are a Great Cake Idea

Birthday photo cakes are indeed a great idea for all ages and tastes. They are original and simply can’t be a wrong choice. Contrary to some expectations, photo cakes do not strictly refer to photography in the sense of a photo showing the birthday girl or boy, but to any cakes that have images on them. It can be a personal photo indeed, a funny one if the birthday cake is meant as a surprise, or any other image that the celebrated one will like.

The images on the cakes are made with edible ink, which is one of the greatest things about these cakes.

It is said that an image is worth a thousand words, and so it is. If someone is a big Elmo fan, an Elmo birthday cake is simply perfect.  

The only thing needed to create a truly unique birthday cake is an image that can be taken from the internet and the skills and dedication of a specialist bakery. The result will be a fresh sponge cake, made with free range eggs, butter, milk and jam. The cake can be either square or round.

Photo cakes are a great choice for almost any occasion. Usually recommended as birthday cakes, they can become a nice surprise for any celebration. A special occasion cake is always welcome especially if there’s a suggestive image on top of it.

Children will love to see their favourite characters, Nemo or the Little Mermaid, while adults will smile to see their most peculiar habits or tastes transformed into an image on their cake.

How easy is it to make such a photo cake?

It should be the other way round – how difficult is it to make a photo cake? While at first sight photo cakes seem like easy to do, there is a lot of work behind what seems such a neat image. The equipment used has to be one of the best as the printed image has to be as accurate as the one printed on paper. No smudges allowed.  

The quality of the image that will appear on the photo cake depends on the quality of the image used. So rather use a different image, than stick to a certain one that will not turn out so great in the end.

Of course, it is only a professional bakery, like Dunn's Bakery  that can help you with your photo cake. Doing something like this at home is practically impossible. There are special inks and special icing used to make sure that the image is one of the best.

Use personal images

Why not have your image as the hero fisherman on a delicious cake? Have you thought of a funny face photo? This way you can be creative and have a truly bespoke photo cake.

There is no more need to explain why photo cakes are a great choice. And it’s always easy to buy cakes online.