The Biscuit turned SIX this past summer, and was adamant about having a birthday party AT HOME. I'm not sure why that sounded so appealing to her, but I went with it. We had an arts and crafts kind of party, and the girls just sort of ran around outside for most of it.
She was also adamant about having a $45 D*airy Q*ueen T*inkerbell cake. And I, as you might imagine, was adamant about not paying $45 for a birthday cake.
So, I decided to try and re-create the cake myself. And in my opinion, it looked like a purple trainwreck....the tackiest birthday cake I had ever seen. I was sort of embarassed to take it out of the fridge.
SHE, however, thought this cake was SPECTACULAR. She told all of her friends that HER MOM MADE IT and her friends were in AWE. Now, this cake was not really that cute...it baffled me that she loved it so. Finally, I realized the trick, and I'm about to share it with you: the ultimate birthday cake baking tip!
Are you ready? Because HERE IT IS: If your cake is hideous, just JAM a few toy figurines into it! I could have slathered corn chowder on that cake and the girls would have thought it marvelous....only because they couldn't take their little eyeballs off of those toy fairy dolls (whose legs were washed, shaved, and then shoved into the cake, knee-high.)
Heed my advice and save yourself a lot of time and a lot of money spent on decorative icing tubes.
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