Just finished a whirl-wind of a weekend! We had a double birthday party-my daughter turned three, my son turned one.
Since they are so lucky to have their birthdays a few weeks apart, they got to share their party. We’ll see how long that lasts in the future…
I love the planning process-especially for the cakes!
When my daughter turned one, my husband took over her smash cake. It was adorable-he made a pink princess castle. The Little Miss wasn’t too impressed though and it took her awhile to finally try it-I think she was skeptical of all that sugar.[expander_maker more=”Read more” less=”Read less”]
For her second birthday, I tried my hand at a ‘cupcake’ cake. It was, of course, a Finding Nemo themed cake because she was obsessed. The cookies were a pain because of the royal icing, but it turned out kind of cool.
This year, we needed two cakes. A smash cake for baby, and a regular cake for the big girl to share with guests.
I wanted to keep the sugar content in baby’s cake at a minimum. I made the canned pumpkin cake. And for the frosting, I made avocado chocolate frosting. I went with a construction theme as it fit with being a smash cake.
He seemed to like it despite the healthy alterations. It was, after all, his first cake and his first chocolate (as far as I know, anyway…)
For the girl, I think I accomplished my biggest Pinterest Fail. I tried making a cake with a three inside the cake.
Yes, you can tell it’s a three. But the further into the cake, the more the three “floated up” and eventually disappeared. I also was not impressed by the taste of the cake. It was a pound cake mix and it wasn’t sweet at all and it was pretty dry.
Next year, I will focus more on taste rather than (trying for) something that looks cool.
I was happy with how the frosting turned out though, and Miss Z got to help with the sprinkles. Simple, but still pretty cute!
Since this particular cake created a ton of “waste,” (cake that needed to be cut away and discarded), I turned the extra bits into cake balls, (blend in food processor with some frosting, roll into balls, viola!). They were a great finishing touch for the cake table. AND, they were the perfect size for toddlers! They didn’t need a whole slice of cake-just give them a cake ball!
What types of cakes have you made for your little ones? Any Pinterest successes? How about fails?[/expander_maker]
20 Comments
Too cute!!!
September 15, 2014 at 8:55 amThank you!
September 15, 2014 at 9:03 amYour cake ideas are FABULOUS!!!!! I can’t wait to try something like this out!
September 15, 2014 at 9:14 amThank you! They were so much fun!
September 15, 2014 at 9:15 amAdorable cakes and I love that you used up the extra cake by making cake balls!
September 15, 2014 at 10:13 amThank you! I couldn’t throw it away, there was too much.
September 15, 2014 at 10:25 amI hear you! I can’t throw anything away 🙂
September 15, 2014 at 12:23 pmGreat cakes! I won’t even attempt to try one of the numbers inside the cake because I already know I would get too frustrated.
September 15, 2014 at 11:10 amThanks! Haha! Yeah, it took way too long…and I still don’t know what I did wrong.
September 15, 2014 at 11:11 amI love-love-love the cake balls idea!
September 15, 2014 at 12:12 pmHow clever are you!!
September 15, 2014 at 4:55 pmThanks!
September 15, 2014 at 4:58 pmLove the construction cake! Very cute!!
September 15, 2014 at 6:20 pmThank you!!
September 15, 2014 at 6:21 pmI am extremely impressed with your cake making abilities…and if that 3 cake was a pinterest fail for you, I’d hate for you to see my pinterest fails lol. I don’t even try stuff like that haha! It all looked amazing! I wanna try that avocado chocolate frosting for my sons 1st birthday in November. Good job mama!
September 15, 2014 at 9:24 pmHaha! Thank you! The 3 was a fail because when I cut on the opposite side of the cake, there was no 3. My son loved the avocado frosting!
September 15, 2014 at 10:13 pmHaha well it looked good to me friend! ☺ I definitely wanna try that frosting for Luke…I think he will love it!
September 15, 2014 at 10:16 pmWow! All of those cakes even the failed one look amazing! Way to go! Great idea making the failed cake into cake balls! After my baby girls first birthday I was exhausted so I can’t imagine how you are feeling after a double birthday, but it looks like the exhaustion was worth it with the birthday party being such a success!
September 17, 2014 at 8:31 amThank you so much! I was exhausted, but I had a ton of help. I wouldn’t have been able to do anything otherwise.
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