StefaNikolic/istockphotoBirthdays used to be simple: a homemade cake, a few balloons, and maybe a game of pin the tail on the ...

Having them cut out made the structures rather weak ... the construction process — and "praying to the cake angels that the LED balloon lights that lit up the towers and the windows would ...

their local Costco cake decorator made a mash-up of designs -- a bear holding a balloon -- which impressed their fellow shoppers. It doesn't hurt to ask for a design mash-up that's unique but ...