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A sixteenth birthday is always special. A 16-year-old is a class on his own – he or she is no longer considered a child, but is not an adult quite yet. This makes the planning for the birthday party hard, since you wouldn’t want it to look like a children’s party, but you don’t want it to be too “adult” as well. Here are some sweet 16 birthday cake ideas that you can use.

Since the celebrant is young, color themes should also be young. Cake colors should be light, such as cream, pink, yellow and peach. Light blue shades as well as lilac and lavender may also be used. The colors and cake design must match the theme of the party. A layered fondant cake with pink or peach flower trimmings is ideal for parties with a costume ball theme. Celebrant can look like a princess with a balloon pink gown and tiara, and guests would wear costumes.

Another cake idea for the princess theme is to make small cupcakes and put them in a multi-layered cake stand. Trim them with little flowers made of icing. When arranged well, the cakes would look like little pots of flowers in a flower garden. You can use one color, or mixed pastel shades of pink, yellow and light orange. This cake would also be perfect if the party has a ballerina theme. A fairy theme would also be nice, with guests carrying wands and wearing shimmering pink wings.

With small round cupcakes, put colored frosting on top and arrange them so the cake would look like bubbles or balloons. This would look cute for a children’s party theme, where guests can dress up like little kids. Instead of round cupcakes, you can also make square or rectangular ones, and decorate each with colored frosting to make them look like tiny gift boxes. With a little creativity, have fun with a frosting bag and create patterns to simulate gift wrapping paper and ribbons. Or you can decorate them to look like little colored trucks or cars. This cake idea can be used for any party theme.

For large parties, 16 photo cakes can be arranged to make a photo album cake. Photos of the celebrant from age 1 to 16 can be placed on each cake. Wouldn’t it be fun for guests to see how the celebrant has grown and changed through the years?

So the next time someone turns sweet 16, finding birthday cake ideas should not be that difficult. You can browse through the internet and find pictures so you can show them to your baker. At this day and age, virtually any cake design is possible. So use your imagination, and be amazed at where it will take you.

To learn more birthday cake ideas, visit http://www.birthdaycakeideas101.com

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In order for women to be able to have the desired figure she wants, it would require sacrifices and at the same time accountability. You need to set aside time to take care of yourself. Waking up early in the morning is not easy for everyone. But you may have to make these daily sacrifices if you really want to lose  weight and be in good shape. 

Great Shape Balance

Being in good shape would mean you need a daily routine of exercises and habits to keep you going  in order to achieve your goal. To attain this, it doesn’t require you not to eat and to submit yourself to just munching away on a celery stalk. You have to eat a well-balanced diet in the process. You need to be in the right proportion. Both your height and weight should suit and fit you well. 

There may be times when you don’t feel like eating healthy foods, and are tempted to eat foods that are high in calorie and fat content. You would just want to drive into the fast food restaurants and order the biggest burger. The tough part as well is when you are in the process of this program and you get invited to parties and events and you will find yourself drooling over the food laid out on the table. 

Here are some helpful tips on how you can resist the temptation.
        
* If you are in a fast food restaurant and you are on the verge of ordering burgers, opt for the tuna instead.
* You can order the salad as well but have the olive oil dressing rather than the mayonnaise. Or you can just have it plain.
* Drink plenty of water. It  tricks your mind and makes you feel full.

Instead of eating cakes, go for the fruits selection or instead of ordering ice cream for dessert, opt for the yogurt ice cream.

* Opt for the whole wheat bread when eating sandwiches.
* Don’t skip meals. Eat a well-balanced diet.
* Instead of ordering out, cook your own food. Monitor how much salt, sugar, and oil you would be using.

There are numerous ways and tips for you to be able to avoid and resist the temptation to eat foods that you know would not be good for you. As pleasing as they may look and smell, bear in mind that avoiding rich foods is better for weight loss more healthy. You will benefit from your sacrifice. 

Reward the Fruits of Your Labor

It doesn’t mean that you have to stay away from eating these foods forever. You can still eat these foods just to get by the craving. Rewarding yourself for being persistent in being accountable for what you eat would be the best way to motivate you to continue. Eat cake for every accomplishment but do avoid those that have too much sugary icing.

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I got a Japanese microwaveable “Cup Cake” maker for Xmas. Are there any recipe’s in English?

The Maker of the set is called “Afternoon Tea”. I checked out their site and it looks correct http://www.afternoon-tea.net/main.html but I can’t find the product I have, nor is there a place where I can translate the recipe’s online! Does anyone have an English read out of the recipe’s?

I would try http://babelfish.yahoo.com/ you can translate the website or a single item at a time

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