Convertible faux birthday cake and decorative gift box

Abstract

A faux decorative cake having an internally hollowed body and a lid releasably engageable with the body for revealing, an open interior. A plurality of candle receiving portions are associated with a top surface of the body, each of the receiving portions having a specified shape and size and including an interiorly defined aperture and to which is selectively and interfittingly engaged an associated candle, such as in a first display configuration. The candles are removable in a further display configuration and the body inverted so that the candle receiving portions double as pedestal supports for the article in a further product holding and decorative display fashion.

1 . A faux decorative cake, comprising:
 a body having a specified shape and size;   a plurality of candle receiving portions associated with a surface of said body; and   a plurality of candles being interfittingly engaged with each of said portions in a first display configuration, said candles being removed and said body inverted in a second display configuration.   
   
   
       2 . The cake as described in  claim 1 , further comprising a lid portion associated with said body. 
   
   
       3 . The cake as described in  claim 2 , said body being internally hollowed in configuration, said lid further comprising a releasably engageable portion for revealing said open body interior. 
   
   
       4 . The cake as described in  claim 1 , each of said portions having a specified shape and size and including an interiorly defined aperture for receiving an associated candle. 
   
   
       5 . The cake as described in  claim 1 , said candle receiving portions further comprising extending portions. 
   
   
       6 . The cake as described in  claim 1 , said candle receiving portions further comprising holes defined in said surface. 
   
   
       7 . The cake as described in  claim 1 , each of said bodies further comprising a material selected from at least one of a group including wood, glass, polymers, ceramics, and bone china. 
   
   
       8 . The cake as described in  claim 7 , further comprising a decorative pattern applied to exterior facing surfaces associated with said body. 
   
   
       9 . The cake as described in  claim 3 , further comprising said body and assembleable lid defining, collectively, at least one of a circular and a hexagonal shaped article. 
   
   
       10 . A faux decorative cake, comprising:
 a body having a specified shape and including an extending side wall and an interconnected end surface defining an internally hollowed configuration;   a releasably engageable lid associated with said body and collectively defining a cross section exhibiting any number of sides ranging from three to infinity;   a plurality of candle receiving portions associated with a surface of said body, each of said portions having a specified shape and size and including an interiorly defined aperture; and   a plurality of candles being interfittingly engaged into inner side walls defined by said apertures in each of said receiving portions and in a first display configuration, said candles being removed and said body inverted in a second display configuration to further define a product holding container.