Confirmation can be an expensive occasion for households, so why not save yourself some money and try make your own Confirmation cake this year? And we’ve got some inspiration for you! Here are 10 Simple Homemade Confirmation Cakes to Delight – we promise, none are too complicated, so will suit the novice baker too!
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Hosting a Confirmation party is a wonderful way to celebrate your child’s Confirmation and mark a memorable family occasion. A cake is usually served, typically white or ivory with some symbolic elements like a cross, a dove or something similar. However, your child may prefer something entirely different and instead your cake could be used in place of serving a dessert.
These Confirmation cakes are all stunning, and yet you don’t need to be a master baker to be able to make your own!
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Stunning Confirmation Cakes to Make
#1. Cupcake Cross Cake
Image: Hub Pages
What an ingenious idea over on Hub Pages, to make a cross shape from cupcakes, each decorated with piping stars.
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#2. Rosary Bead Cake
We love the simplicity of this cake idea that we found on Pinterest – just make your standard cake and cover with white fondant icing, then decorate the top with fondant cross and beads (for convenience you could even just use real rosary beads which you remove before eating).
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#3. Simple Carrot Cake
Image: Food Network
For a fool-proof option, why not make a carrot cake, using this recipe from the Food Network, and cover with some cream cheese frosting. You can then decorate with Confirmation cake topper like these crosses from Amazon.co.uk or Amazon.com.
#4. Celebration Pinata Cake
Image: BBC Good Food
How fab would this be? Wow your guests with this clever Celebration Pinata Cake, from BBC Good Food – just cut the cake and reveal your smartie surprise inside. You can decorate the outside as you wish, and even add a Confirmation topper for the occasion.
#5. Confirmation Cupcakes
Image: One Sweet Treat
For something a bit simpler, we love this idea from One Sweet Treat for confirmation cupcakes.
Just make some cupcakes in your preferred flavour, and decorate with some coloured frosting. You can use ready-made sugar paste crosses available from Amazon.co.uk and Amazon.com to decorate, or make your own cross and dove shapes. You could also display them on your table in a cross shape.
#6. Frilled Cake
Image: I Am Baker
I love this frilled cake from I Am Baker, simply decorated with icing frills. Add a Confirmation cake topper to complete the look if you feel the need.
#7. Religious Cake Pops
For something completely different, make some Confirmation cake pops like these ones on Pinterest.
Here is a recipe for making your own cake pops, and then decorate with some blue coloured icing and edible beads in the shape of a cross.
#8. Dove Cake
Image: Catholic Cuisine
Top a madeira cake or cake of your choice, with some chocolate icing and then top with a white icing dove. You can make your dove shape with paper and “draw” outline on your chocolate icing with a toothpick, like Catholic Cuisine did for this cake.
#9. Ruffled Cake
Elevate a simple madeira cake with this simple but impressive ruffled icing. Follow the instructions on this video from Smash Cakery to create your very own version. All you need is some time and patience!
#10. Decorated Dove Confirmation Cookies
Image: Bake At 350
Not exactly a cake, but for something alternative, why not make these cute Dove Confirmation cookies from Bake At 350, using a dove shaped cookie cutter, royal icing and some edible icing pens. You can find dove cookie cutters on Amazon.co.uk and Amazon.com.
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Have you any other simple ideas for homemade Confirmation cakes? Leave a comment below and let us know – we’d love to hear from you!
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