When I had my son Brayden in 2008 I became obsessed with making birthday cakes for my kids. It was just something I wanted to do for them and, hopefully, they will remember that I took the time to make their day special!
When Brayden turned 1 he had a Monkey themed party so I made him a monkey cake, of course. It was super simple, just two 9 inch round cakes, stacked, iced in chocolate and then I used a cupcake cut in half for the ears and fondant, that I dyed, for the details.
When he turned two we didn't have a big party but had cake with family and I had seen this great "farm cake" in a magazine and was so excited to make it. It was two 9 inch round cakes cut to fit together to make the grass, the barn and silo were made of pound cake and the animals were cupcakes. It was so cute and he really loved it!
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| I love the pretzel stick fence! |
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| Cow cupcake! |
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| Pig! |
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| Chick! |
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When Brayden turned 3 we had a doggie party complete with a very simple doggie cake and some dog paw cookies! This was the VERY FIRST time I made sugar cookies and it wasn't very pretty and it took me two full days to make them!
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| He did love the cookies to give to his friends though! |
Finally we come to his most recent birthday, his 4th birthday which was a Beach Birthday Bash party. I made a modified ombre cake (thank you pintrest) and covered it with "B" shaped iced sugar cookies. It was tasty and fun!
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| With 5 layers it couldn't fit in a regular cake taker! |
Shades of blue and a yellow layer for fun!
This year when he turns 5 we will be in Disney World so I"m thinking his cakes and party will be Mickey inspired! I can't wait!
