Children love parties, especially when it is for their own birthday. This is a special time to indulge them with their favorite characters by having a theme to the party. The centre piece of such an occasion is often the cake.

It would be a shame to have a theme with everything else but forget the cake. Baking pan and cake decoration suppliers have made it simple with their range of products featuring popular characters in your child's life. Everything you need to make a themed cake is made for your use.

Special shaped cake pans are as simple to use as any other pan. Just rub them over with some butter and por in the cake batter.

Cook to the recipe instructions and allow the finished cake to cool completely. After turning out the themed cake it can be decorated using colored icing or cream. Detail can be piped on with a piping bag or even made with assorted lollies.

Using a cake topper is even simpler. You can make the base cake yourself or purchase one at the supermarket. From here you either choose an edible cake topper on a removable version.

Edible cake toppers are printed pictures on a thin paper. There is no harm in eating them so there is no need to fiddle around removing them after the candles have been blown out.

Removable and reusable cake toppers are 3d scenes or objects that you just slap on top of the cake. Afterward they can be washed and reused.