Do you have a photo of a classic birthday cake?

http://img4.sunset.com/i/2009/05/cake-fudge-butter-l.jpg
I can draw candles if you want

And this one: http://lammersfoodfest.com/uploads/images/Birthday%20cake.jpg

The cakes I have baked are all slanting downhill and evened out by over-frosting.

I would highly recommend using Flickr’s photo search.

You can even filter by images available for reuse (Creative Commons licenses).

I found this

Ah, me. People take photos of their special and unusual cakes. None of them is a simple frosted layer cake with candles. <still searching>

@gailcalled, your link doesn’t work.

??
I thought Sandy got it

This or this

Wow that is hard to find. My suggestion would be to make one. I want to after all of this, I’m craving cake.

http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://www.worldofstock.com/slides/PCU4051.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.worldofstock.com/closeups/PCU4051.php&usg=__QphAnoLfFj3OzCBzue6AmCMyLjo=&h=500&w=344&sz=25&hl=en&start=354&um=1&tbnid=V7T4xLfQcp5rPM:&tbnh=130&tbnw=89&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dchocolate%2Blayer%2Bcake%2Bwith%2Bbirthday%2Bcandles%2Bphoto%26ndsp%3D18%26hl%3Den%26rls%3Dcom.microsoft:*:IE-SearchBox%26rlz%3D1I7DAUS_en%26sa%3DN%26start%3D342%26um%3D1

I found this and this on the Getty Images site. I think a one-time use for a civilian, so to speak, is $5. I typed “chocolate birthday cake” in the search box and selected “no people” on the left where you can refine the search.

There we go
It says happy b-day for the visually impaired

@aprilsimnel : Links don’t work.

Sandy’s is close, and I saved the picture. JLeslie’s too. But I think Gail’s second one nailed it. A little cockeyed, but that makes it look as homemade as mine would be.

This is to send a greeting to someone by cellphone, so it really had to be distinct and easily recognizable. I thought I might have to bake one myself and take a picture of it!

Thanks, @aprilsimnel, but I’m not paying for use. Those images are denied to me.

Yes they do
lrn2 refresh

Ha ha, @teh_kvlt_liberal, very good—but you don’t offer someone a cake that’s already cut!

@teh_kvlt_liberal: You’re right but I had to refresh both links in order to open them.

@Jeruba: That cake is a lot more upright than mine usually are.

@teh_kvlt_liberal, I can’t get them to open by any means.

what missing slice?

lol

@Jeruba – No worries. Wasn’t sure what you were doing. :) I’m surprised you can’t open the links. :/ They’re basic chocolate cakes, but they’re not homemade-looking. They’re “glamour shots” of ordinary frosted cakes with candles.

@teh_kvlt_liberal – Hee!

My son is going to be on the road on his birthday and not anyplace where he can receive a card or package or anything. I want to text him a message along with a picture of a very recognizable generic birthday cake with candles that will show up on a little cellphone screen. I’ll do the real baking when he gets home.

Can it be an illustration? I saw several that were very nice.

@JLeslie, well, now that you know what it’s for, an illustration that is very clear and distinct without being cartoonish would do fine. I was wondering if I was going to have to draw it myself. Of course, not with the same artistry that we’re seeing from @teh_kvlt_liberal…

Can we get some more info on how you are going to process/use the photo? I found these three (1, 2, 3) but we can probably find you a better one if we know if you’re going to photoshop it or not. You know what angle/perspective or background do you need, can it be dark?

> My favorite
> Goes well with a small text
> Chocolaty goodness
> He wouldn’t happen to be turning 24, would he?

Now please excuse me while I go find a bakery that’s open on a Sunday night.

@markyy, great! Thanks! All I am going to do is crop and reduce to try it out for size and see how it works as a very small image, and then I am going to transmit it from my computer using my Verizon account. I have sent text messages this way before, and I think I can send screen images too. If not, I will take a picture of my computer screen using my cellphone (done this before too!) and send the image that way. So I need plenty of contrast and a very distinct outline.

Good that you are happy with Markyy’s because when I went back to illustarions they seemed to be more appropriate for females.

I’m going to try out several of these and see how they work small. Gail’s too. Thanks, helpful people! Happy birthday.

@markyy, save us a slice. (No, he’s turning 26.)

Awwwww, sorry I missed this one, I have a perfect one. I use it to send to all my friends on their birthdays. It has been the e mail cake for years, it’s probably pretty stale by now, but it still looks good! PM me if you are still in need.

Happy Birthday to the kid.

@Jeruba, there are a lot of images on www.istockphoto.com of cakes with candles. The small images are $1