Birthday cake season has come and gone and whoooo, it was a nail biter!
Both kids had strong, ever changing opinions on their cakes, and every time I tried to nail down specifics a new idea popped into their heads and we were back to square one.
The Boy finally decided on a doughnut cake, Simpsons style, meaning pink with sprinkles.
I found a recipe for a bundt cake that tasted like a doughnut, so I whipped that up, let it cool, and then popped it out of the pan.
Almost.
DANGIT.
I carefully pried the stuck piece out of the pan and tried to stick the pieces back together using the power of my mind. When that didn't work, I used toothpicks instead, and instructed The Mister to make sure I removed the 'picks before serving.
Can you spot the toothpick(s)?
I made a pink glaze for the top and sprinkled it with gold sugar because of course I forgot to buy real sprinkles for the top.
And guess what else we forgot? TO REMOVE THE TOOTHPICKS BEFORE SERVING IT.
Lord.
The Boy loved it and it tasted pretty good, so that's all that matters.
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Her brother's birthday always throws The Girl into a frenzy about her own - what she would like to eat, what gift she would like, her cake.....
The cake ideas changed almost daily until I put my foot down a couple of days before her birthday and told her to pick.....an easy one that I could actually produce.
She settled on a cotton candy cake, and friends, I have no story to tell you other than it was a pretty cute cake.
I even marbled the dang thing because I was feeling so good about it.
My only wish was that I could have found fluffier cotton candy for the top but whatevs, look at these cakes! It was a good time. My babies are happy and healthy and loved their cakes. Life is good
