Say goodbye to piping bags and fussy frosting! These DIY birthday cake toppers take any dessert to the next level, including tiny pennant garlands to pom-poms and personalized candles.
Raise your party flags for this teeny-tiny cake decoration! Paired with shimmery gold tassels and fringe, it ends any celebration -- birthday party or else -- on a guaranteed sweet note.
A cake adorned with silk-flower candleholders can be centerpiece-worthy: Place flowers, minus their centers, on rounds of waxed paper and push tacks into candles from underneath.
Forgo icing by being artful with powdered sugar. With a utility knife, cut a monogram out of a doily (do so in segments for best results). Put on a cooled cake; sift sugar on top. Practice on paper, and remove the doily slowly.
Mimic the look of piped frosting with store-bought meringues that double as candleholders. Carefully pierce each meringue with a metal skewer and slide in a candle for a sweet birthday treat.
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Party Cake Parasols
Add paper umbrellas to a birthday cake for an effortless, sunny finish.
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Marzipan Fruit Candleholders
Light things up by placing candles in marzipan fruit that sits atop a birthday cake.
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Doughnut Candle Toppers
Perfect for a wintery birthday cake, insert long, thin candles in powdered-sugar doughnut holes and place on top of the cake.
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Raspberry Candle Topper
For an elegant presentation, top off the birthday cake by placing a candle inside a raspberry.
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Licorice Candle Toppers
Licorice candies prop up candles for a surprise birthday treat.
Let pretzel-winged butterflies take flight on your next birthday cake or cupcakes. Their bodies -- piped dots of blue buttercream -- end in candy-coated-chocolate heads and licorice antennae.
