Make your homemade cakes personalized with laminator

Do you bake cake at home ?? Has Icing letters on the cake always been a challenge ?? It has been a great challenge for me.I enjoy icing designs but when it comes to writing I always screw up in some or the other way.So, I found an easy way to make the cake look more personalized than just writing "Happy Birthday XXX" or whatever the occasion may be.Ready? Today I will show you that easy way to personalize your cake.

Materials Required :
A photo printed on normal copy paper
Laminator
Scissors
Laminating Pouch
Clear tape
Bamboo skewer
Cardstock
Markers
Any colored thread or cord

Step 1:  Cut the outline of the photo you want to put on the cake using scissors. As I made a simple cake ,I chose a standing pose but you can go one step ahead and make it more creative .For example, if the birthday boy/girl is a sports person you can design a cake as a playground and put a picture of them playing in the ground. In this scenario , you can make two copies of the same photo (print one of the photo flipped) so that you can put wrong sides of the photo together when laminating and when done you will get photo on both the sides.(What do you think??)

Step 2: Keep the cut photo inside the laminating pouch and laminate as per the instruction of the laminator.

Step 3: Now cut the photo in laminated sheet leaving 1/8" on the border.Use clear tape to secure the bamboo skewer at the back of the laminated photo. Use the skewer to put the photo on the cake.

Step 4: Cut small triangles from cardstock and spell each word (according to the occasion) in a triangle using marker and attach it to the rope with clear tape. I used a red cotton waxed cord here.Or you can punch tiny holes on either side of the triangle and string them into the rope.Then tie the rope to the bamboo skewer. Adjust the height of the bunting so that it is not hidden behind the photo.And then you are done !! Once the cake cutting is done , you can remove the bamboo skewer and attach a magnet to use it as fridge magnet. (Double treat!! )

How easy is this idea compared to the Icing the letters?? Share what you think about this idea in the comments below. As always I will be happy to hear from you.If you want to know what recipe I followed and my first baking experience, click here.