How many Tuesday’s in a row do you think I can feature a birthday cake???? I think I’ll stop at three!
Sunday was our Baby Boy’s First Birthday Party!!!! OMG how did he get so old already!!?? Through the sleep deprived fog and the chaos of 3 boys in 3 years, it all slipped by! I want to say it went by incredibly fast, but I distinctly remember whining every night about how long each day was and the classic “when will this day end?” was proclaimed loudly on more than one occasion (okay it was nightly, but who’s counting). You know that saying, “The years are short but the days are long” is so very true! Nevertheless, Little Buddy, our youngest son, celebrated his first birthday with a big party and we were feeling joyful and blessed to share it with all the people we love.
Quit Buggin’ me, here’s the cake!
Little Boy’s Bug Cake
This was 2 chocolate cake mixes baked in one 11×15 pan.
The caterpillar was created out of cupcakes cut down the middle at varying positions so that it graduated in height from tail to head (do caterpillars have tails?? I don’t think so)
I used a light green buttercream spread onto the base and piped on grass with a darker green using the wilton grass/hair tip.
I pipped in ‘star’ fashion onto the caterpillar using blue and orange buttercream icing.
The antennae is red shoestring licorice and so is the mouth The little bugs, snakes, eyes and the words (blurred for privacy) are made out of fondant
I did up some extra cupcakes in case there wasn’t enough cake to go around. I just used up the extra icing I had on hand in a swirly design and topped with gummy frogs.
This is a really cute cake and the way you did the worm was really creative