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.

Birthday cake recipes

A birthday party simply isn’t complete without a birthday cake. Whatever your taste may be there is a perfect cake out there for you.

At Dunns Bakery, our award winning bakers have the ability to make any cake you can think of. We are often asked to make specific cake recipes and unique designs for anniversaries, children’s birthday cakes, adult birthday cakes, religious cakes and corporate cakes.

The different recipes

There are all kinds of cake recipes to choose from at Dunn’s Bakery, from the traditional to the more quirky.

Victoria Sponge Cake

One of the most popular cake fillings is the classic Victoria sponge recipe. The simple but delicious cake filling is popular around the world and is guaranteed to be well received by your guests. A typical Victoria sponge cake consists of raspberry jam and whipped cream or vanilla cream which is sandwiched between the two sponge cakes.

Chocolate Cake

Chocolate cakes are hugely popular the world over and can come in a number of varieties. Whether you want a chocolate layer cake, a chocolate truffle cake, a black forest cake or chocolate fudge cake for your birthday party, wedding or anniversary party it is sure to be hugely enjoyed.

Carrot cake

Carrots might seem like an unlikely ingredient to put in a cake but since the birth of the carrot cake in the 1960’s in America it has gone on to become of the most popular cakes on both sides of the pond. For many carrot cake lovers one of the things they love most is the topping of white icing or cream cheese icing.

Fruit Cake

Fruit cakes have been around for a very long time and are now popular all around the world, in particular the United States, the UK and Europe. Dating back to the Romans, fruit cakes have changed a lot. The biggest change is the availability of sugar and its fruit preservation qualities.

At Dunn’s bakery we have a closely guarded, secret family recipe for a rich dark fruit that has become highly popular at the bakery.

Celebrity birthday cakes are nowadays a very big deal for fans. Thanks to an intrusive media, technology, and an unquenchable thirst for celebrity gossip, fans have such an unprecedented insight into the lives of their stars that even birthday cakes become huge topics for discussion.

Rihanna is a truly global superstar. She is such a global superstar that when she recently celebrated her 24^th birthday there was a huge amount of interest in everything about it, including the birthday cake. However Rihanna is just once celbrity in a long line who have had high profile birthday parties featuring some very exciting cakes. Other examples of popular celebrity birthday cakes include: -

Miley Cyrus

Nicki Minaj

Nicole Scherzinger

Barack Obama

It would appear that if you're a celebrity, the general rule is that you must have some kind of extravagant cake for your birthday, either at a restaurant or nightclub, unless your the president of the United States in which case the event is a little more formal. What might have at once seemed a little bit ridiculaous it now seems that celebrities are in an attritional battle to out do each other in the cake department and long may it continue!