Advice for baking the perfect birthday cake?

My son's birthday is tomorrow and I am baking a cake for his party using a store bought cake mix (Funfetti) with icing.





I am not much of a baker, I can follow directions and the consistency always turns out alright. But I never fail to mess up the frosting!





Silly question- are you supposed to cut the cake out of the pan and turn it upside down before frosting? How long should I wait before doing if so?





Thanks for your advice!Advice for baking the perfect birthday cake?
did u bake the cake in a 9x13 inch pan? if you did, leave it in the pan, no need to flip it before frosting. just let it cool for awhile and then frost it and decorate it if you care to.Advice for baking the perfect birthday cake?
I always for the cake to cool then put it in the freezer for a couple of hours before icing. This helps to stop 'crumbing' when icing the cake.





You can check out some more cake decorating tips here...





http://www.groovy-kids-parties.com/cakedecoratingtips.html
Aloha~


Yes ~ wait for the cake to kewl before frosting...probably less than an hour but more than 45 minutes..


But the PERFECT cake [for me] would allow enuff room fer Rebecca Lord flanked by Pam Anderson AND Paris Hilton to jump out! [***ummm...oh yeah...ummmm...upsides down!***]


Best wishes~