So, my oldest daughter turns 8 on Wednesday. We had her "Nutcracker Suite" bday party on Saturday with a few friends and family. When I found this giant cupcake cake mold, I knew right away that this would be perfect!I have to tell you, I had several misadventures getting to this cake, too complicated to get into without writing a whole chapeter. However,at 7 pm the night before the party I finally got all my ingrediants together and then hopped in the car to get the eggs that someone didn't quite get to do for me, despite having taken the day. We do now have some lovely new pieces of furniture, however :) But, I digress.
At 7:30, I made half the pan in vanilla and half in chocolate. The cake baked up nicely, although slowly, and popped out easily, to my great relief.
The next morning, I iced the cakes with my favorite little helpers. I have to say,two days and several hours total really felt pretty good.
Fast forward a few more hours, and the girls were having a fabulous time. They decorated individual gingerbread houses which they took home at the end of the party. BUT- and here's my rookie mistake- THEY DECORATED THE HOUSES BEFORE WE HAD THE CAKE! You know where this is going, right???? Not one child had a piece of cake. It was so sad. Not one.
At least it looked pretty.
9 comments:
it is so cute! i love the cupcake pan, i need to bake more cakes :)
the same thing happend to me yesterday, i made a cake (build a bear cake) and NO ONE had even a bite, my mom had left over candies from a baby shower all over the house and no one wanted to cute the bear cake :(
Oh well.
really cute cake!
AWWW! But it is so beautiful I would hate to have eaten it anyway- though I surely could have made room for "just one small piece"... LOL!
I thin it looks AMAZING. I am totally impressed. I am so sorry no one had a piece, but its such a work of art anyway! I would hate to eat it.
It's not pretty... it's BEAUTIFUL!!! Wow!!
That is such a pretty cake. You can send me a piece. Where did you get the pan and instructions. If you dont mind sharing that info I think dd would love this on her bday in Dec.
That is so beautiful! Sounds like a wonderful party!!
Oh my gosh that is the cutest cake ever! It really is sad nobody ate any...send it to me! I will gladly take care of that problem:)
Sara! :) So wonderful to see you!!!
I can't believe you made that cake! WOW. I think it is funny that they didn't even get to eat it after all that work too!
Cheers,
jewels
Sounds like a fun party! Decorating gingerbread houses is such a creative idea! I'll bet everyone had a blast and that cake rocks!!
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