I don't think Chickie realizes this is the second year in a row that she's requested a kitty cat cake. But the cakes are quite different. Last year was a funky, pink, sprinkle-covered cat. This year Chickie went more commercial, requesting Hello Kitty.
She wanted a strawberry cake, and I found a great recipe (using a white cake mix with added ingredients including strawberry gelatin & pureed strawberries.) It turned out delicious, as did the strawberry icing.
I knew that a small round cake wouldn't be enough for all the guests and their parents, so I also made cupcakes. The cake itself, despite its simple design, took forever. (I decorate few cakes, so I'm very slow!) So by the time I got around to decorating the cupcakes I was glad I'd chosen a simple theme...pre-made Hello Kitty decorations and pink buttercream frosting.
I'm writing this on Friday night, and Chickie hasn't seen her cake yet, but I'm going to go out on a limb and say...I bet she loves it!
11 comments:
Adorable, Beth! Good luck with the party!
You're so talented!!!
amazing! I'd love to know HOW you made that cake. A tutorial? (of course, you probably didn't take pictures of the steps). I think the combo of a very cool cake and pretty cupcakes is a great idea!
Adorable AND yummy? Sounds like the perfect birthday cake to me. My idea of the perfect cake is probably funfetti and says something like "Congratulations on becoming a rocket scientist". Because, hey, why not?
Cute!
Well done!
Wow, like grandmother, like mother, like daughter like granddaugher!! Don't know if you remember, but I used to make strawberry cake. Can't remember if it had gelatin in it, but had real strawberries and used a white cake mix. Funny if it is the same! I used to almost always request either it or burnt sugar icing cake for my birthday when I was a kid. BUT it also used real strawberries in the icing. Mmmm good. So, 4 generations of strawberry-cake lovers! Almost made it last week for small group but I ended up making a chocolate cake instead. (I had even bought the white cake mix! So now I'll have to make it, huh?) My mom always made it in a heart-shaped pan. I planned to also and did make the chocolate cake in that pan since it was close to Valentine's Day.
Hope Chickie's Party went well!
I'm sure she loves it too! So cute, Beth!
Of course she was thrilled when she saw it - it's adorable!!! Nice job!
~Keri
What's not to love? It's darling! You are a very talented young lady.
Brilliant, I bet she did love it. I particularly like the cupcakes
xx
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