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I have pictures of icing birthday cakes at 1:30 in the morning. It will turn out great. You have some big kids to help with the rest, put them to work and focus on your cake. Pretend its a piece of fabric and magic will happen!
I waited until the day before college graduation to get my ears pierced... so I could have the benefit of several drinks before and after the event. I don't guess that drinks will be part of Eleni's preparations. :)
isn't that how it always turns out, though? did you really expect any different? life, children, and parties have to be a scramble. that's part of the fun... hope it was!
Happy Birthday to Elini (and I love her name, by the way)! I've done a construction site, a farm, a cow, and Blue's Clues, all in cakes, so I feel your frustration. :) Have fun!
I dont remember any of my birthday cakes really, but what I do remember is the time my parents made a cake and it broke. They turned it out onto the table and let me and my sister have at it. Some mistakes are just meant to be.
As my Dad would say - it all goes down the same way ;) I'm with the others, thick frosting hides it all & is extra yummy! Happy Birthday to the Birthday Girl!
Easy...yeah right. It tastes the same whether it looks like Hello Kitty or a big blog of cake (which is the way mine would look no matter how hard I tried.) Have a great celebration!
Yeah, I never wanted to be a baker either! Too bad we can't make cakes out of fabric for all the kids birthday parties!!! Can't wait to hear how it went...
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It may well be too late to give advice on this, but the trick is a rectangular cake! Cut off the top two corners as the cake faces you (length going left to right) and a little bit of corner smoothing on the bottom two corners. Once you've done this, you basically frost the two cut corners back onto the cake for the ears. Maybe it's too late but I'm sure it will taste great regardless! My Lucy has her birthday today as well: 8 years old. She's letting me off easy with store bought cupcakes :)
Hello Kitty cake sounds like a great idea. Cute. I am sure you are doing the best you can. On my daughter's 5th birthday I decided to double the cake recipe, it was so dry and horrible. Kids were choking! AND I forgot the drinks! Its the company you share right?! :)
If all else fails, there's always "Monster Cake". My dad created that one year when one of his cakes crumbled and we all thought it was so cool. Maybe a backup plan for the future? Good luck!
Can't wait to see the finished product! It sort of looks like a birthday cake I would try to make and than make a dash to the store to buy a completed cake. LOL
Happy birthday to little Miss Eleni! My little guy turns 6 the 22nd, and Roman and our 6(: baby were born on the same day. Such sweet busyness life with children is.
All I needed was the title and the photo to feel your pain. I'm sure it all turned out swimmingly (or skatingly, as it were). Happy birthday on the birthday of your daughter - that's how the Dutch do it.
oooh good luck! The pressure is on...but I bet you can pull it all off beautifully, gracefully, and without even a schmear of guacamole on your shirt! :) Happy birthday Eleni - 6 is such a gorgeous age to become!
I feel your pain. My son's birthday is the 20th also..he turned 12. I did a cake for his party on Monday, so that was it...just a 2 layer cake, nothing special. The last "special" cake, um, well, fell down. On his birthday. Right before the party. Haven't tried another since. I'll stick to sewing and knitting/crocheting. Hope Eleni had a wonderful birthday!
My daughter wanted a Hello Kitty cake for her 6th birthday too! You'll probably have everything figured out by now, but here's a pic of what turned out to be a super easy way to make one. The face is cut out of white fondant, the eyes, nose, and hair flower are jelly bellys, and the whiskers are black gel icing. Really, really easy. Good luck!
Too funny, my daughter is turning 6 next month and also having a Hello Kitty birthday. Please post pictures of the finished product! I love your blog, you are so inspiring. Thank you!
I hope it all turned out well! Being the decorator means you get to eat the lopsided parts, don't cha know!
I had a birthday girl in my house this week and made Princess Bride cupcakes. I think I really make my kids' cakes as part gift to them, but mostly so I can play with frosting!
My next two cakes? a winter olympic one and a map of Middle Earth. Yeah...
Sounds like your hands are full. I made a barbie cake one year and barbie's hair caught on fire while we sang happy birthday and I took pictures. Hilarious.
Happy Birthday to Eleni! The most important thing is that you took the time out to make a homemade cake! Theres 10 in my family and my mother used to churn out hilarious 'cakes' at our birthdays. Six is so much more grown up than 5! Enjoy the day! Lilly x www.lillyhiggins.blogspot.com
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I hate it when cakes do that! I usually cheat and just do a sheet cake and leave it in the pan. My birthday cakes aren't always perfect, but the boys always seem to love them anyway. I know she's going to be so excited! Happy 6th Eleni!
LOL that is hilarious. I SO understand exactly that feeling! Even though I am obsessive about freshness, I now do my baking for events the night before and keep it refrigerated. It allows me some sanity to know I could make it again in an emergency. I hope you put up the finished shot too!
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I remember my getting my ears pierced for one of my birthdays. It is quite the rite of passage.
Oh, the pressure we place upon ourselves to do it all, and do it perfectly. Relax, breathe, slow down and enjoy the memories!
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ReplyDeleteI have pictures of icing birthday cakes at 1:30 in the morning. It will turn out great. You have some big kids to help with the rest, put them to work and focus on your cake. Pretend its a piece of fabric and magic will happen!
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Sounds like a great day to me. Happy birthday! (DD also loves her Hello Kitty. She pronounces it German, though. Hallo, Kitty!)
ReplyDeleteyep, as some of the others said, go for it with the icing !!!! Nobody will see it and you'll make a happy girl !!!
ReplyDeleteI waited until the day before college graduation to get my ears pierced... so I could have the benefit of several drinks before and after the event. I don't guess that drinks will be part of Eleni's preparations. :)
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ReplyDeleteisn't that how it always turns out, though? did you really expect any different? life, children, and parties have to be a scramble. that's part of the fun... hope it was!
ReplyDeleteHappy Birthday to Elini (and I love her name, by the way)! I've done a construction site, a farm, a cow, and Blue's Clues, all in cakes, so I feel your frustration. :) Have fun!
ReplyDeleteoops. And then I misspell her name. I know how frustrating that is. No one ever got mine right, either. Sorry!
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ReplyDeleteI dont remember any of my birthday cakes really, but what I do remember is the time my parents made a cake and it broke. They turned it out onto the table and let me and my sister have at it. Some mistakes are just meant to be.
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ReplyDeleteHappy Birthday to Eleni. My Ally did the ear piercing thing last Saturday. I blogged it... www.ellynsplace.blogspot.com
ReplyDeleteAs my Dad would say - it all goes down the same way ;) I'm with the others, thick frosting hides it all & is extra yummy!
ReplyDeleteHappy Birthday to the Birthday Girl!
Easy...yeah right. It tastes the same whether it looks like Hello Kitty or a big blog of cake (which is the way mine would look no matter how hard I tried.)
ReplyDeleteHave a great celebration!
She is going to love what ever you do! Have fun.
ReplyDeleteYeah, I never wanted to be a baker either! Too bad we can't make cakes out of fabric for all the kids birthday parties!!! Can't wait to hear how it went...
ReplyDeletehi anna, i just want to tell you how inspired you make me feel :) i love reading your blog, the way you write about your family is so beautiful! thank you so much for doing what you do!
ReplyDeleteAwww. sounds like a lovely bday celebration. ear piercing! I remember getting mine done so vividly. Happy Birthday to you AND your daughter!
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ReplyDeleteI'm sure it will still taste great. Always make the cake the night before - the frosting seals in the freshness.
ReplyDeleteIt may well be too late to give advice on this, but the trick is a rectangular cake! Cut off the top two corners as the cake faces you (length going left to right) and a little bit of corner smoothing on the bottom two corners. Once you've done this, you basically frost the two cut corners back onto the cake for the ears.
ReplyDeleteMaybe it's too late but I'm sure it will taste great regardless! My Lucy has her birthday today as well: 8 years old. She's letting me off easy with store bought cupcakes :)
Hello Kitty cake sounds like a great idea. Cute. I am sure you are doing the best you can. On my daughter's 5th birthday I decided to double the cake recipe, it was so dry and horrible. Kids were choking! AND I forgot the drinks! Its the company you share right?! :)
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ReplyDeleteIt will happen! And tomorrow will come. Have fun.
ReplyDeleteIf all else fails, there's always "Monster Cake". My dad created that one year when one of his cakes crumbled and we all thought it was so cool. Maybe a backup plan for the future? Good luck!
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Can't wait to see the finished product! It sort of looks like a birthday cake I would try to make and than make a dash to the store to buy a completed cake. LOL
ReplyDeleteHappy birthday to little Miss Eleni! My little guy turns 6 the 22nd, and Roman and our 6(: baby were born on the same day. Such sweet busyness life with children is.
ReplyDeleteI made Hello Kitty cupcakes for my sister a few years ago, and if I could do that, I know you can!! Good luck! Happy Birthday Eleni!
ReplyDeleteAll I needed was the title and the photo to feel your pain. I'm sure it all turned out swimmingly (or skatingly, as it were). Happy birthday on the birthday of your daughter - that's how the Dutch do it.
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I feel your pain. My son's birthday is the 20th also..he turned 12. I did a cake for his party on Monday, so that was it...just a 2 layer cake, nothing special. The last "special" cake, um, well, fell down. On his birthday. Right before the party. Haven't tried another since. I'll stick to sewing and knitting/crocheting. Hope Eleni had a wonderful birthday!
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My daughter wanted a Hello Kitty cake for her 6th birthday too! You'll probably have everything figured out by now, but here's a pic of what turned out to be a super easy way to make one. The face is cut out of white fondant, the eyes, nose, and hair flower are jelly bellys, and the whiskers are black gel icing. Really, really easy. Good luck!
ReplyDeleteToo funny, my daughter is turning 6 next month and also having a Hello Kitty birthday. Please post pictures of the finished product! I love your blog, you are so inspiring. Thank you!
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ReplyDeleteI hope it all turned out well! Being the decorator means you get to eat the lopsided parts, don't cha know!
ReplyDeleteI had a birthday girl in my house this week and made Princess Bride cupcakes. I think I really make my kids' cakes as part gift to them, but mostly so I can play with frosting!
My next two cakes? a winter olympic one and a map of Middle Earth. Yeah...
A couple of those is what started our tradition of the girls' decorating their own birthday cakes.
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ReplyDeleteSounds like your hands are full. I made a barbie cake one year and barbie's hair caught on fire while we sang happy birthday and I took pictures. Hilarious.
ReplyDeleteHappy Birthday to Eleni! The most important thing is that you took the time out to make a homemade cake! Theres 10 in my family and my mother used to churn out hilarious 'cakes' at our birthdays. Six is so much more grown up than 5! Enjoy the day! Lilly x
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ReplyDeleteI hate it when cakes do that! I usually cheat and just do a sheet cake and leave it in the pan. My birthday cakes aren't always perfect, but the boys always seem to love them anyway. I know she's going to be so excited! Happy 6th Eleni!
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