Birthdays Galore!

Over the past month there have been several birthdays. I made two really pretty awesome cakes, if I do say so myself... and then a couple of really easy thrown together ones... that didn't require any baking on my part! hee hee! I couldn't resist adding those. Just to prove that sometimes, simpler is better!


The golf ball cake was for my friend's little boy. I was so excited about this cake. Three very easy colors and not a ton of baking. The grass took a while, of course, but it's so cool! The golf ball was pretty easy too, though smoothing a round ball is quite tricky. The little indentations also took a while, but again, so cool. The saddest thing about this cake: I put on all the finishing touches and was placing the ball on the grass, when it rolled off. AACK!!! Nightmare! I had to patch it up and it still looked ok, but not as amazing as before. Rats!!! So then I panicked and stuck a big dowel in the center to hold the ball on as this cake had to travel to Salt Lake City. It made the "4" sink into the center, but she just replaced it with a "4" candle and all was well. phew.

My little boy wanted a Kung Fu Panda cake. I looked everywhere and finally got the action figures at Walmart. I found this cake online and it was really quite easy, and super cool looking! I didn't get the exact same look because I have no airspray brush stuff, but it's good enough for us!

My husband isn't really crazy about cake, so we went with a family favorite... maple bars! Now THAT is a cool cake!

Easy, stress-free, inexpensive! Check out that smile!

Mom's cake is strawberries, whipped cream, and angel food cake. Very light and delicious. Though, it didn't hold up too well to all the candles.... ;)