The Ball Drop

• One idea for decorating a cake for New Year's is to illuminate the ball dropping above Times Square. Putting the cake longways, first draw the needlepoint and the base of the building to place the ball on. Then using different colors make a circle ball and have it in the middle of the needle point. You can add to the surroundings of the cake by drawing little confetti around the building or drawing miniature people below the building. This idea involves some easy, but elaborate decorating ideas. Get silver icing for the building and then whatever color icing you want for the ball. You can also write the year atop the building in black or another color.

The Clock

• Another idea for decorating a New Year's cake is to make a two tier or three tier cake where the top is decorated to resemble a clock. Make the clock white with black numbers and black hands that are at midnight. Around the sides of the tiers of the cake can be decorated any color and then items can be placed on them or they can be left just a plain color. One idea is to draw pigs on the sides because they stand for good luck and fortune. If you like winter, you may want to put snowflakes on the cake or maybe having the year written around the side of the cake.

An Elegant New Year's Cake

• If you are looking to make an elegant cake for New Year's, a circle cake will work the best. First start by decorating the outside of the circle by drawing red roses all around the edges. You can then go ahead and add green vine-like leaves that are entwined around the roses. The next step is to write Happy New Year's in black icing. In order to make the writing look elegant, try to write the phrase in cursive so that it looks like calligraphy. This will make the cake very simple to decorate but with a more fancy look.