The past few weeks have been crazy both with work and birthday parties. Savannah and Isabella's birthday's are only 15 days apart, which leaves us partying for a couple of weeks :)
In year's past, Alana, (my Sis-in-law who used to work in a bakery) would decorate the girls cakes. She always did such a great job, and even though they were store bought cakes, they were still special because she would decorate them. When she left there, I still bought the girls cakes, but was always a little disappointed in how they looked. I even purchased a couple where you could hardly read what the name was...it was awful. And as a mom, I want things to look good, especially on their birthdays. So, this year, I decided to make their cakes. I made their cakes from scratch, but bought the icing as I haven't really played around with icing a lot or found any that I really like. (I am not much of a sweet tooth to be honest)
For Isabella's, I made a cow cake. She is OBSESSED with cows. Cats are cows, dogs are cows, even
birds are cows. When we drive around in keswick, she knows where the cows are! (Farmer already ;) ) So after a couple of google image searches, I found a couple of cow cakes, and sort of created it into one of my own, and I must say, it didn't turn out too bad for my first ever "themed" cake! Here are some pics of her party...
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| I told her to say cheese....and this is how she responded...LOL |
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The Cow Cake...the spots are brown...they look darker in this pic, but I just thought that I should clarify, ha!
(Sorry that it is sideways...not sure how to fix that, fixed it in my pictures folder, but it wouldn't add it on here right....) |
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| 1st and 4th generation! |
For Savannah's, I noticed rainbow Cupcakes on a blog that I follow found
here. I used my own homemade cake recipe, but the results of the colors turned out great! Savannah was thrilled! Here are some pics from her party...
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| RAINBOW CUPCAKES! |
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| Present time! (I don't have many pics of present, as her back was to the camera. Well that, and Savannah didn't waste anytime :) |
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| 4!!! (Hard for this Mumma to believe!) |
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| Mmmm, mmm, good! |
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| Miss Lily enjoying her's! |
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| When Isabella see's a camera, her automatic response is to say "Cheese"...even if her mouth is full! |
It was so fun making the girls cakes for their birthday's, and wish I had started it sooner. They too were very excited which made it that much more special! I wonder what I will be able to create next...
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Enjoy!
Great Job and they were very yummy!!
ReplyDeleteYour creative flare comes from your father's side for sure!!
You did a great job on the birthday cakes Amy. The cow one is so cute! Did you buy the frosting they sell at the Superstore bakery? I always wondered what it's like and can you add your own colour. Happy birthday girls! They grow up too fast!
ReplyDeleteThanks Pam! I actually bought Betty Crocker icing (Fluffy White) And I colored the icing myself. I was going to get the superstore icing, but they don't sell it on the southside. The icing that I used isn't real sweet, which was good, I think the cakes would have been too rich with buttercream frosting! ~Amy
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