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	] decorated with fruit, shaved chocolate, and candles. The text "Happy Birthday" is a pre-manufactured plastic decoration.]]
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	A '''cake''' is a form of ] that is usually sweet and often ]. Cakes normally combine some kind of ], a ] (commonly ]), a binding agent (generally ], though ] or ] are often used by ]s and ]s), ]s (usually ] or ], although a fruit puree can be substituted to avoid using fat), a liquid (], ] or ]), ] and some form of ] (such as ] or ]).

	Cake is often the dessert of choice for meals at ceremonial occasions, particularly ]s, ] and ]s.

	===Cake decorating methodology===
	A finished cake is often enhanced by covering it with ], or icing, and toppings such as ], which are also known as "jimmies" in certain parts of the United States and "hundreds and thousands" in the United Kingdom. Frosting is usually made from powdered (icing) sugar, sometimes a fat of some sort, milk or cream, and often flavourings such as ] or ]. Some decorators use a rolled ] icing. Commercial bakeries tend to use ] for the fat, and often whip the lard to introduce air bubbles. This makes the icing light and spreadable. Home bakers either use lard, ], ] or some combination thereof. Sprinkles are small firm pieces of sugar and oils that are colored with ]. In the late 20th century, new cake decorating products became available to the public. These include several specialized sprinkles and even methods to print pictures and transfer the image onto a cake.

	Cake decorating classes are popular. Special tools are needed for more complex cake decorating, such as ]s or syringes, and various piping tips. To use a piping bag or syringe, a piping tip is attached to the bag or syringe using a coupler. The bag or syringe is partially filled with icing which is sometimes colored. Using different piping tips and various techniques, a cake decorator can make many different designs. Basic decorating tips include open star, closed star, basketweave, round, drop flower, leaf, multi, petal, and specialty tips.

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	''Layered cakes'' are cakes with more than one cake or ingredient stacked on top of one another. Layered cakes can consist of cake along with fruits and other fillings such as custard or icing, or several thin cakes with icing in between the layers. The latter type is produced by either baking several thin cakes or baking a thick cake and carefully cutting the cake horizontally. The traditional ] is the most common type of layer cake in the UK. {{Fact\|date=February 2007}}
	In the United Kingdom there is a long and diverse tradition of cake decoration. Those who do it seriously tend to bake their cakes without the use of cake mixes, i.e., using traditional methods of baking. {{Fact\|date=February 2007}} ], ] (or a less sweet version, known as Almond paste), Fondant Icing (also known as Sugarpaste) and Buttercream are used as covering icings and to create decorations. Floral ] or Wired Sugar Flowers are an important part of Cake Decoration. Special occasion cakes, such as wedding cakes, are traditionally rich fruit cakes, or occasionally ] (also known as whisked or fatless sponge), covered with ] and either Royal Iced or sugarpasted, finished with Royal Iced piped borders and adorned with a piped message, wired sugar flowers, hand-formed fondant flowers or marzipan fruit, piped flowers, or crystallized fruits or flowers such as ] or ].

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