Sunday, February 15, 2009

The cakes were a HIT!!!

I am still not fully recovered from the kids birthday party on Friday. So much work, and the stress was just rolling off of me. It always seems to go smoothly, but I still stress and freak out just a little bit. I wanted to show you the finished products of the kids cakes, they were fabulous! I always some change to cakes, to make it my own. It is such a good time, and I learn new baking tricks each and every time.

First up is Hunter's skateboard cake. I found the design on Family Fun, which is where I find a ton of fun recipes and craft idea. I was nervous about his cake, because it called for piping, and I had never done that before.

But, it turned out fabulous and Hunter LOVED IT! He even like the colors, which I was terrified he would revolt against. Look at that piping! For the first time, I did pretty stinkin good if I do say so myself!



Next up, Boo's cake, Bug Mountain. This one is also from Family Fun, the only place I could find a bug cake that wasn't a prissy little lady bug. This was pretty simple, just a 13x9 cake with a round bowl cake on top. I cut the top cake to make it look more like a dirt mound, and added gummy worms and spiders so the kids could just eat them.

Boo loved it! She thought having a bug cake was even better than last years Lego cake, so bonus for Mom! It was simple and didn't stress me out like Hunter's, but was still a blast to make.



I can't wait to figure out next years cakes. It is so much fun, even if I turn into a crazy baking lady for a couple days.

4 comments:

Chris said...

Pretty stinkin good indeed!!!!

Happy Birthday Boo
Happy Birthday Hunter

Musings of a Housewife said...

Those are SO cute. How creative are YOU!?

Anonymous said...

The cakes were awesome! Cub hasn't stopped talking about them. Of course, now I'm probably going to be making a bug cake for her in about 10 months!

Jackie said...

Oh, I am so impressed! Nice job! Isn't it fun making something that your kids love so much?