Anyway, Dylan's bday today made me want to talk about birthday cakes.
Mom usually made them (exceptions?), and she was good at it!
Favorite flavors/combos? (I was a vanilla with buttercream gal).
Favorite decorated cake or cake disaster (were there any?)?
Here are some old ones I found of mine.
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| Holly Hobby from when I was... 4? And Donald Duck when I was 2. |
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| Cabbage Patch kids (with a pacifier!) when I was 9 or 10, and my princess cake when I was 7 |
Huh. Maybe Mom's cakes were what inspired me to always go all out for birthdays? I have done simpler ones/cupcakes for the past few years, but I remember a pretty nice Angelina Ballerina one when Tessa turned 5, a Thomas one, and two monkey ones!
Yeah, Mom made very cool cakes. The main one I remember was a Holly Hobbie one. I love these pictures of your birthdays. Cool wallpaper on that last one. Love the Donald Duck cake. Also love that I am double fisting a tootsie pop and a bag of peanuts (pinata treat?). Wasn't there a Darth Vader one too? Who got that one? As far as flavors go, I've always been very into chocolate, but I wasn't too picky about it as a kid. I have great memories of eating cake and ice cream on a paper plate and having all those flavors and textures mix together...having, like, a drooling Homer moment right now...
ReplyDeleteI remember Mom made you a My little pony one that was blue with white clouds and ponies on top?
DeleteI don't know which boys got the darth vader cake, but I made it for aaron once (and kirk?) and tessa chose that for her 7th bday - except it was white with pink and purple on it. Princess Vader.
Weird Kirsten Fact: I don't like cake + ice cream together. Took me years to figure it out. I hate when the ice cream gets all crumby! I obviously love both, but separate! I've never served both at a birthday party yet!