As you can imagine, birthday cakes are kind of a big deal in our house. I always let my boys choose their cake, so we start talking about birthday cake themes several months before the actual birthday celebration. Typically, Jack is my steadfast, predictable child …
I have always loved the game show “Family Feud.” From the comfort of my living room couch, I am pretty good at it, too! If they were to survey 100 people about occasions where cake is served, birthday’s would HAVE to be at the top …
I have three children. Three male children, to be exact, and I love it. Life is crazy at our house and it seems that the minute after I pick something up off of the floor, there is already something new to take its place. Can you say monster trucks?
As with most parents, I quickly fell into calling my boys nicknames. I seem to prefer “Buddy” and “Bud” for all three of them. Occasionally, I will use a unique nickname for each of them, but more often than not, it’s “Bud.” And on the rare (ha!) occasions that I need to let them know that I mean business, I bust out the first AND middle names. On a side note, a few months ago, there was a solid week where my three year old referred to my five year old by his first and middle names. Apparently, I meant a lot of business that week…
During the baby years for each of my children, I would occasionally call them “Little Man.” I’m not sure why it never translated to the toddler and preschool years–maybe it just feels more appropriate for a baby. Therefore, when I was asked to make cookies and cake for a Little Man themed first birthday party, I was very excited.
The neckties, the bowties, the moustaches, the suspenders– it’s just adorable! Mom and Dad chose a teal, gray, black, and white color scheme, so those colors were used across the three items. These cookies were all unique. No two were exactly the same!
The cake was almond flavored with a truly swoon worthy raspberry buttercream filling. The outside is covered with vanilla buttercream and fondant accents in the gray, teal, and black party colors.
The Little Man’s smash cake was a festive funfetti with vanilla buttercream and a fun piping design on the side. It was topped with a black fondant moustache to bring the whole theme together.
I was so happy to see pictures of the birthday boy in his buttercream covered glory and to know that this family had a fantastic time celebrating a special little boy’s first year of life!
Another magical unicorn was seen in our kitchen this week! As parents, grandparents, aunts, and uncles, we often see something and think to ourselves, “Gasp! (Insert name of a loved child) would absolutely love that!” That’s exactly what happened with a doting father and my …
How fun is this cake?! I don’t know about you, but I am seeing unicorn and rainbow themed food everywhere all over social media. From milkshakes and cupcakes to pretzel rods and macarons, it’s all about unicorns. This unicorn cake has become super trendy and …
Every birthday cake that I create is special, but I had a personal connection to this particular cake. We celebrated my husband’s grandmother’s 85th birthday this past weekend with nearly all of her children, grandchildren, and great-grandchildren.
Maureen has been so welcoming to me since the first day that I met her and I always enjoy spending time with her. I admire her love for her family and she proudly boasts of the accomplishments of those she loves.
It’s for these reasons that I wanted to create a beautiful cake that would help us celebrate Maureen. I will ways remember the joyous smile on her face as her family sang “Happy Birthday” and she blew out all of the candles in one shot!
You know how you look at something on Pinterest and you say to yourself, “Oh, I can totally do that! I’ve never done it before, but it can’t be that hard.” Maybe it was refinishing a piece of furniture, or a craft project with buttons …