Need Food/Cake Ideas for Sweet 16

You can use fondant on cupcakes. You can buy premade fondant anywhere they sell Wilton cake supplies (even Walmart carries this). Then, you can roll out the fondant and use cookie cutters to cut out shapes to make the theme (like flowers of various sizes or the numbers 1 & 6 for her 16th birthday). If you want to color the white fondant, you have to use cake colors, which are different from regular food colors. Some places carry pre-colored fondant. Once you've got your fondant shapes, let them air dry for 24 hours and then you can stand them up in the frosting of the cupcakes. Or, if you don't want to try them out, you can drape the shapes over the top of the cupcakes with a thin layer of frosting to hold it in place. Cake central is definitely a good source for ideas.

www.cakecentral.com has a ton of pictures of neat cakes

Here are a few ideas :

This is so good. I make it for work, the kids, etc.

Cheesecake Ball Recipe _ You can make this really pretty!

1- 8oz pkg Cream Cheese, softened
1- Stick Real Butter, softened
3/4 Cup Powdered Sugar
4Tbsp Brown Sugar
1/2 tsp Vanilla
1/2 Bag mini choc chips
Pecans to taste


Cream together cream cheese, butter, vanilla. Add sugars stir well.
Mix in choc chips and pecans. Chill for 1 hr

You can make this into a ball.

They say get graham cracker sticks to go with this and it is really good!

Also what about purchasing a small fondue set and have fruits, and nuts out for the teens.

Nachos- 1lb of turkey or ground meat, velveeta cheese and 2 cans of rotel. Brown meet and cube cheese in a crock pot or reg pot on medium on the stove pour in rotel. Once the meat is done put meat in which will help with the melting of the cheese. Easy and very good. I use the tosito scoops for nachos.

Also you can make your own pizza bites. I use two boxes of jiffy pizza mix, i cup of water. Follow directions on back of box. Two boxes will make a cookie sheet long pizza. 1 jar a pizza sauce by ragu, 1 bag of mozzarella. You can use any topping you want. Pop in oven for about 12 minutes and cut in small squares and use decorative toothpicks and place on a nice trays. I would try the 99 cents stores for trays. You can get almost any color.

Also I always like to do a favor, something the kids can take with them. You could do candy bars and make candy wrappers that say Thanks for coming to my sweet 16th birthday party with a nice pic of her etc.

Hope this helps.

I'm suprised that she wants fondant. most people don't like the taste of it. you can do a cake with fondant accents. I make cakes on the side and get alot of cute ideas from www.coolest-birthday-cakes.com Good luck! PM if you have any questions:-} M.

I have had a part-time party business for over tens years and here are a few ideas.

Cupcakes are definately easy
*using pre-made foundant is easy to work with and you can knead food coloring into it to change colors. ( Make sure you wear latex gloves to keep from getting coloring on your hands) Use cookie cutter for floral shapes or a knief.

*You could make green icing, melt it and dip your cupcakes into it and add silk orchids. Then place them in a circle to look like a lei.

Food Ideas...
* cut ham into strips, cheese cubes, grapes,pineapple cubes
Place them on a tooth pick with a floral top and push into a pineapple until the entire pineapple is covered. It is a great centerpiece.

* Dipped strawberries in chocolate- then dip them in a variety of extras... coconut, chopped pecans, sprinkles

* Veggie tray - in the middle instead of a bowl of dip- buy a round loaf of bread un cut. Then cut out the center without going all of the way through. (like a bowl). Pour the dip into the bread bowl and place veggies around.

* Mini burgers are great too.

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I Hope this helps, have FUN!!