Earlier this year, Jamie at BlondeMomBlog was pondering her Inner Domestic Diva in Move Over Betty Crocker: I’m entering unchartered territory as the girls get older…the obligatory birthday cupcakes. I made a batch of two dozen strawberry cupcakes with vanilla icing last week for Caitlin’s class in honor of her 4th birthday. A mixing bowl [...]
Posted on September 12, 2006 in Baking and tagged as birthday cakes, cake decorating, cakes, cupcakes
Fellow ClubMom blogger Denise writes a series of cupcake topper posts on her A Daily Dose of Denise blog. She has some terrific ideas, so check them out! Since I’m so hung up on piping frosting in interesting and unique ways, I never thought about searching for cute cupcake toppers. This would work for classroom [...]
Posted on August 19, 2006 in More Stuff and tagged as birthday cakes, cake decorating, cupcakes
Here’s the final cake being enjoyed by Monkey Boy at his party. He loved it. I think the adults were more impressed than the kids however. The cake making went very well, though my husband said I should have put the t-box a little to the left. It took about five hours to assemble and [...]
Posted on February 20, 2006 in More Stuff and tagged as birthday cakes, cake decorating
Besides planning for my friend’s baby shower, I’m also planning my children’s birthday cakes – a Mickey Mouse cake for Monkey Boy’s birthday in February (I got the discontinued full body pan on eBay.) And a Minnie Mouse cake in March for Boo Girl. However, Boo is allergic (we think) to eggs. Luckily, I found [...]
Posted on January 27, 2005 in Baking,Egg Free, Food Allergies and tagged as birthday cakes