Father’s Day celebrates the sometimes less-recognized parent: the dad! Here are some creative, yummy ways to say ‘thanks, pop!’ with a cute cake.
Family Fun Cakes
One of the best websites for finding adorable holiday cakes your children can help make is familyfun.com. The cake in the photo is their "Happy Father's Day Shirt Cake." The cake can easily be created using simple instructions and a recipe that is on the site (click the link by the picture below to go to the website for complete instructions.) The best part about this very cute cake is that there are no unusual ingredients; it's made with store-bought cake and icing mixes, and some Life Saver candies!
Consider Dad's Hobby
Be creative when you are thinking of cute cake ideas for Father's Day. Cupcakes can be made with easy store bought mixes and icing in any flavor and decorated with an iconic image that relates to Dad's favorite activities. Does Dad like fishing? Add blue food coloring to white icing. After icing the cupcakes, add a single red Swedish fish to each cupcake and draw a squiggly 'fishing line' with a tube of gel icing.
If Dad likes golf, you could make a simple sheet cake. Use blue icing to create the sky, add some green food coloring to coconut to create a grassy lawn, and insert a (real) golf ball in the 'grass.' Write "You're a Hole in One, Dad!" in gel icing in the sky; you could also use gel icing to create a flag near the golf ball..
Child's Handprint Cake or Cupcakes
This idea may not be the least messy, but will create a memorable cake for Dad. Bake a round cake or cupcakes in any flavor and ice with white icing. Using a paintbrush, 'paint' your child or children's hands with blue or green gel tube icing and have them leave their handprints on the round cake or on individual cupcakes. Dad will love this- and the kids might be happy about licking off the icing! This idea could also be used on a chocolate chip cookie cake that is decorated around the edges but blank in the middle.
Involving children in the cake making process may add a little more time to your Father's Day cake, but they will be proud to have participated in making dad's day extra special!
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