Cakes on Parade

Mr Bird's Birthday was a few days ago.

Happy Birthday, my love!

For the past few years he has wanted nothing but homemade tripe layer

German Chocolate cake.

It is rich and decadent and oh, so sinful.

I must admit, I like making the cake more than I like eating it.

After it was done I sat and starred at it for like 10 minutes.

It is so satisfying.

I made it totally from scratch, whipped egg whites folded into the batter and all.

And guess what?

It didn't fall!

It was perfect.

The only thing wrong was that the chocolate curls melted because the frosting was still slightly warm when I put them on.

It got me thinking about all the cakes I have made for our kids birthdays over the years.

I have had a ton of fun creating new creations year after year.

Here are some of them for your viewing pleasure.

This one is kind of tricky, it's a horse head. See the curly main?

I have made this race track a few times. The first time I made a circle 8 shape out of 2 round cakes. I could not find that photo though.

Then there's the pretty butterflies.

And the pink and purple girly froofy cake.

And the castle, complete with mote and draw bridge, one of my all time favorites.

Yet another bunny. My mom used to make these for Easter and since 2 of my kids were born in March it is an easy stand by when I'm out of ideas, or they don't have any requests.

The classic jelly bean cake.

Mr Bird even wanted cinnamon rolls one year. Your wish is my command.

And last but not least the cow cake.

There were others I could not find photos of, like the airplane, Beano's stand by and Dubs' choo choo train from his first Birthday. Those files are hiding somewhere.

I really enjoy cake making. Sometimes I think it would be fun to open a Bakery.

I could make breads, rolls, cookies, cakes, pastries and puffs to my little hearts content.

I would have a place to practice my creations so I could get really good at it. The only problem is who would school my children?

And I would probably gain like a million pounds.

Who can resist fresh baked peanut butter chocolate pinwheel cookies, I ask you.

I'll post that recipe soon, it's absolutely to die for.

So for now I will just keep dreaming of my very own cute little bakery in some cute little city.

Maybe someday!

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Happy Tuesday!