My office has moved and I want to have a cake for our internal celebration. Any ideas?

Question

We are a construction mgmt department combining 2 offices into one. Both offices are somewhat apprehensive about the transition to one office - so I'd like to make light of that somehow. Help!

Answer 1

Get cupcakes with logos of each office and one big sheet cake of the new logo.

Answer 2

Ah, the blending of two worlds! Have they assured you all that you will remain employed? If so, then have fun. If not, then buy a cake and start working on your resume! Here are some ideas:

1. Contact Charm City Cakes and ask those guys to make you a custom design that signify's your transition. They start at about $500 and won't ship, but, heck, if your in the area!
2. Get a sheet cake from Costco (they make the best cakes!) and divide the cake by frosting it in two different colors. Purchase a large plastic "bridge" to sit between the two as well as small plastic construction figures.
3. Consider yourselves a "blended family", so you might want to have cupcakes instead with both chocolate and white cake and frostings to signify the two joining together.

Enjoy!

Answer 3

Make 2 round cakes, a bottom one 10", and a top one 8". Get a toy crane that has some weight to it, and set it up so it is "lowering" the top tier onto the bottom tier.

This is the cake I'm doing for a friend's birthday. She's in construction management.

Answer 4

COFFEE CAKE

CAKE
• 1 c margarine
• 3 tsp baking powder
• 1 1/2 c sugar
• 1 tsp salt
• 3 eggs
• 1 tsp vanilla
• 1 c milk
• 3 c flour
• 1/2 c melted margarine

FILLING
• 1 1/2 c brown sugar (may substitute 1 cup of chopped nuts for 1/2 cup brown sugar)
• 2 tsp cinnamon

ICING
• Combine a small amount of powdered sugar with water to make a thin glaze.

• Blend margarine and sugar. Add eggs. Alternate milk with dry ingredients.
• Pour 1/2 of the batter in a greased 9x13 pan. Add 1/2 of filling and cover with remaining batter. Top with remaining filling.
• Bake in oven for 10-15 minutes at 300 degrees. Pour 1/2 cup melted margarine on top and bake for 45-50 minutes longer.
• Let it cool slightly and then drizzle with powdered sugar icing.

Answer 5

a funny favorite that we did once is kitty litter cake. it is placed in a new kitty litter box and scooped out with a new litter scooper. very cute and helps make light of the transition, i really like the crane cake idea too. here is the recipe for the kitty litter cake:

1 spice or German-chocolate cake mix

1 white cake mix

2 large packages instant vanilla pudding

1 large package of vanilla or lemon sandwich cookies

Green food coloring (optional - blue food coloring)

1 dozen small Tootsie Rolls®

1 new kitty litter pan

1 new kitty litter scoop

Prepare the cake mixes, using any size or shape of pan, according to package directions and allow to cool to room temperature.

Prepare pudding mix according to package directions and chill until ready to assemble the cake.

Crush the sandwich cookies in small batches into a food processor, scraping often. Set aside all but about 1/4 cup. To the 1/4 cup of cookie crumbs, add a few drops of green food coloring, perhaps a drop of blue and mix until completely and thoroughly colored.

When the cake is cooled to room temperature, crumble into a large bowl. Add 1/2 of the uncolored cookie crumbs and the chilled pudding. IMPORTANT: mix in just enough pudding to moisten and hold the mixture together. Too much pudding will render the finished cake too soggy. Gently fold to combine.

Spoon the cake/pudding/cookie mixture into the litter box and smooth the top.

Heat three Tootsie Rolls® in the microwave until soft and pliable. Shape the ends so they're no longer blunt, but rounded and slightly curved. You know the effect you're trying to achieve! Repeat with three more Tootsie Rolls® . Stick these six Tootsie Rolls® in the cake/pudding/cookie mixture.

Sprinkle the remaining uncolored cookie crumbs over the top of the cake/pudding/cookie mixture. Scatter the green cookie crumbs lightly over the top - the idea is to make it resemble the colored chlorophyll / deodorizer particles found in kitty litter.

Heat five Tootsie Rolls® in the microwave until almost melted, then scrape them onto the top of the cake and drag through and/or sprinkle with some of the cookie crumbs. Heat the last Tootsie Roll® in the microwave until pliable, then stick it over the side of the litter box and sprinkle lightly with the cookie crumbs.
Place a sheet of newspaper on your serving table, place the kitty litter box in the center and sprinkle with some of the cookie crumbs on the newspaper. Place the kitty litter scoop on or next to the little box.

Answer 6

I would get a xtra large cookie cake and have the Logo put on the top if possible. If it is not possible to put the logo on, then I would just have them precut the slices and decorate each slice with squiggly icing or something. This is really informal and goes over well.

Answer 7

well food is a great way to do that.
How about a half- white, half- choclate sheet cake.
maybe have it say... here's to a great year or happy move

Answer 8

food fight!