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Topic Title: Need suggestions for decorations for a thirty year old man Created On Wednesday October 10, 2012 1:41 PM Topic View: Branch View Threaded (All Messages) Threaded (Single Messages) Linear

Jodie1914 Posts: 178	Posted: Wednesday October 10, 2012 1:41 PM My mind is a blank again. I need suggestions for a cake for a man who will be thirty. He has no particular hobbies or interests and I can't seem to think of any thing. Any suggestions? Thanks!
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DessertDiva82 Posts: 1111

Posted: Wednesday October 10, 2012 1:51 PM It's really hard when they don't have any interests or hobbies that you can go off of. What about colors? Or style? I had a girl that I just did a 17th birthday cake for and all she said was, "I like patterns and bright colors." I had to draw some more out of her. Patterns? Do you like polka dots, stripes, diamonds, hearts, flowers, etc? And I got her to name specific colors like turquoise, lime green, orange, hot pink, etc and I just went from there.

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ginnyl Posts: 6839	Posted: Wednesday October 10, 2012 3:22 PM What about a Barrel Cake filled with lots of candy and the number 30 on top. Simple and atttractive..or your basic chocolate cake with chocolate icing,,always a winner.. ginny
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kimodell Posts: 667	Posted: Wednesday October 10, 2012 5:32 PM How about a boob cake! I made one for my 30 year old son in law. Can send a picture if wanted.
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preetscake Posts: 3617	Posted: Wednesday October 10, 2012 5:55 PM Here are a couple 'neutral' designs for guys...I made these cakes for guys who were what you described,no special interests or hobbies..HTH. 2011-05-28_000011.jpg  (121 KB) 2012-02-17_000011.jpg  (132 KB) 2012-08-24_000012.jpg  (133 KB)
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kimodell Posts: 667	Posted: Wednesday October 10, 2012 6:15 PM Cute cakes! Guys are really hard to figure out something fun.
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cakedujour Posts: 16978	Posted: Wednesday October 10, 2012 6:41 PM I did an argyle design for a man.
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Jodie1914 Posts: 178	Posted: Wednesday October 10, 2012 7:07 PM All of you are wonderful!!!! I love all the suggestions. Now to decide which one to use!I'm going to save all of them. Thank you all very much.
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scubabaker Posts: 2735

Posted: Wednesday October 10, 2012 9:41 PM Here are a couple of non-specific designs I did for guy cakes. The stacked cake was for a surprise 30th birthday party for a pair of cousins. Another thought is to make a 'food cake,' if the birthday boy has a particular favorite. I'm including a couple of examples of those, too. The spaghetti cake is fun and super simple to make. Chocolate Circles small1.jpg  (108 KB) Chris30Darin Cake - Small1.jpg  (75 KB) Shawn Burger Small1.jpg  (54 KB) Spaghetti Small1.jpg  (72 KB)

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cakedujour Posts: 16978	Posted: Wednesday October 10, 2012 10:00 PM I love the food cake idea! And these look great!
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whoknew? Posts: 5784

Posted: Thursday October 11, 2012 1:38 PM The "package" with a "bow" is my standby idea for guy cakes. You can use guy colors like black and white, sage green and dark green, yellow and green, etc. You can make it as simple or as fancy as you want, use fondant or buttercream, etc. You can use any shape of pan, any configuration of "gifts" for tiered cakes. Here are examples from Wilton and an example of a sheet cake. http://www.wilton.com/idea/Swirls-Unfurled-Cake http://www.wilton.com/idea/Surprise-Packages-Cake http://spoonful.com/recipes/pretty-package-cake

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Reg926 Posts: 115	Posted: Saturday October 13, 2012 8:08 AM I've done a Red Solo Cup cake for a couple of guys before. Always seems to be a hit!
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whoknew? Posts: 5784	Posted: Saturday October 13, 2012 9:29 AM Reg926~~Do you have some photos of your red solo cup(cakes) for us to see? What a great idea.
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Reg926 Posts: 115

Posted: Saturday October 13, 2012 10:38 AM Sure! I've done two different ones. The first one posted was actually done by default...I was trying to do a 3D red solo cup and it kept falling over on me. :( Luckily, it was just for my brother-in-law, I really had the freedom to do whatever I wanted. The cup on top of the cake was actually a real cup filled with cake and frosting that I just stuck right in the round cake. My second one I figured out how to make the 3D one work...definitely my favorite of the two. red solo cup round.jpg  (61 KB) red solo cup.jpg  (70 KB)

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whoknew? Posts: 5784	Posted: Saturday October 13, 2012 1:14 PM Those are awesome cakes! I love the "name written in Sharpie" on the cups.
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Reg926 Posts: 115	Posted: Saturday October 13, 2012 8:39 PM Thanks!
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