Sunday, August 1, 2010

My name's Mommy, and I'm the Boss! (AKA, Boston's birthday cake)

OK, so there are lots of pictures here, but I am super proud of this cake! I had it in my head that I was going to make Boston a Mickey Mouse cake since he was just a few months old. At first, I envisioned a complete 3-D replica of the Clubhouse. Then I realized my name is Mommy, not Buddy, and I don't live in Hoboken. So then I thought I would just do a round cake with some Mickey cut-outs and maybe some figures on top. Then, my ideas got more elaborate from there, until finally, I came up with this:
Oooh, Aaaah! I know it isn't as good as Buddy would do, but I still feel like I'm the Boss!
Here's me and my masterpiece!
And here's me with all my helpers. Kaitlyn and Rachel were real troopers helping me with this cake. I started baking it with Kaitlyn at 3:00 the night before the party. By 10:00 pm, Rachel came home from girl's camp, and we were still fussing with rolling out the fondant. So Rachel and Kaitlyn (and Mark, although I know he doesn't really want to be mentioned as a cake-maker) came over to grandma's and helped me roll out fondant until after midnight! Then they came over the next day and helped me decorate it for two more hours! Kaitlyn was awesome with piping, and she actually made the grass for us!
This picture is kind of dark, but I love how in awe Boston was of the cake. I think he thought it was a toy or something!
Cutest boy! He had just awaken from his nap to all this chaos!
Doesn't he look like, "Oh, what is that?!"
Mommy and Boston getting ready for the party to start... He looks so old to me in this picture!
Mark's family got to come down to my parent's house for the party as well, so Boston had lots of cousins from both sides with him to celebrate! Poor kid, he looks so tired here!
And here's the back of the cake, which I think might be even cuter than the front, since the black Mickeys are only on the back. Oh, did I mention that the cake topper Mickey is a "cereal treat" covered in fondant?
Here's Boston with Mommy, Daddy, and the cake again. This cake took so much time to make, but I had lots of fun doing it. Thanks Kaitlyn and Rachel for helping! You guys were awesome!

1 comment:

Unknown said...

Holy cow Kristin!!! Looks amazing, makes me hungry, ... can you come make us one :)