1st Birthday

Okay so this is very late news but my daughter had her first birthday. I decided to be extra crafty and make both of her cakes. It was kind of a debauchle. I made a chocolate layer cake and a Winnie-the-Pooh cake just from a plain funfetti mix. The chocolate cake was Hershey's Perfectly Chocolate cake which I had eaten before and was delicious. However neither of mine rose so they had to be trashed. I had to end up making chocolate cake mixes because by 6:00 p.m. I hadn't even begun to decorate the Winnie-the-Pooh cake. The chocolate butter cream was a recipe I basically made up and did not come out terrific but was still tasty, though could have been thinner. Winnie-the-Pooh was more hassle than I had originally thought it would be. It probably would have been easier if I had made all the colors at the same time. Or if I had an assistant that could make them for me! heh I didn't purchase the Wilton colors, I just used regular old food coloring which made it more time consuming to get the colors I wanted and they never did come out just right. A lot of the frosting for Pooh was also too thin and didn't hold its shape too well. But! The cakes were a hit at the party and the party was a hit too. Evan did fall asleep half way through the party but we thought it best so she would be in a good mood for smash cake and presents. She missed out on swimming with all of her cousins but it was just as well. Oh I almost forgot. Instead of making a separate smash cake, after we sang Happy Birthday we simply decapitated Pooh bear and it was really just the perfect size cake for her. Although she daintily scraped all the frosting off to eat instead of digging in and smashing it! She got lots of great presents including homemade hair bows from her Aunt, a homemade tutu which she actually kept on for the rest of the party and lots of lighty up noisy making toys! All said and done it was a great family day and a great day for my daughter. As a bonus I also learned some lessons and realized I really need to work on my writing with frosting skills (see chocolate layer cake). But with no classes or anything I think I did pretty well! Yea me and yea to my big 1 year old girl!