A show stopping fire breathing dragon cake that is surpringly easy to make! We made it through all three birthdays in 10 days and celebrated with Minecraft Cupcakes, Sailboat Cupcakes and finally for the last one I went all out and made this awesome fire breathing dragon cake for my Middle Man's 6th birthday! I was inspired by a cake I saw on the Parents Magazine website, but I wanted to only use items I had on hand. I had lots of random goodies stored in my baking box … [Read more...]
Fire Breathing Dragon Cake
June 30, 2014 By 21 Comments We earn commission from purchases made via product links in our posts
Sail away with me… Sailboat Cupcakes
June 16, 2014 By 16 Comments We earn commission from purchases made via product links in our posts
Adorable Sailboat Cupcakes that are perfect for summer celebrations! My youngest boy turned 5 recently, it's bittersweet really, my baby is growing up so fast! He's my last one that still has that toddler boy run and skips when he holds my hand and plays in the sandbox for hours by himself while his big brothers hideout in the basement playing video games. sigh....somedays it would be nice to keep them young forever! A couple weeks before his birthday my June issue of … [Read more...]
Minecraft Birthday
June 12, 2014 By 24 Comments We earn commission from purchases made via product links in our posts
My big guy turned 8 recently and since his party was just a few days after our return from Turks and Caicos Islands, I wanted to keep things as simple as possible. The boys have only been to Chuck E Cheeses once and it was a few years back, but they have never forgotten and often ask to go again. For his birthday we decided it would just be a lot easier to take a couple of boys to Chuck E Cheeses with us than try to plan anything here at home. It was a win-win all around, the boys were ecstatic … [Read more...]
Surprise Someone With A Beer Can Cake!
January 16, 2014 By 22 Comments We earn commission from purchases made via product links in our posts
Celebrate a beer lovers birthday with a Beer Can Cake for a fun gift idea! If someone were to describe my Dad they would be hard pressed to come up with anything other than '50's Beer' and the 'New York Yankees'. While neither are traditional words to describe a person, they truly are perfect for my Dad. He's well known for both, having been a die hard fan for as long as he can remember. And when my Dad is passionate about something, he pretty loyal, just ask my … [Read more...]
Cars Birthday Cake
August 5, 2013 By 12 Comments We earn commission from purchases made via product links in our posts
This is a blast from the past for us, because this is the year my oldest son turned three. He was, and still is, a big Cars fan so I decided to make him a Cars birthday cake for his party! It was one of the first few birthday cakes I made and was a big hit! Cars Birthday Cake To Replicate, You will need: One 9x13 Cake, any flavour 1 tub Chocolate icing Buttercream icing, green food colouring Black sugar (a bulk food store should carry this) Thin chocolate covered cookies (bulk … [Read more...]
Ice Cream Cone Cupcakes
June 12, 2013 By 24 Comments We earn commission from purchases made via product links in our posts
We've been celebrating a lot of birthdays around here lately and with that much cake to make, I decided to try something a little different and fun for my youngest boy turning 4! Ice Cream Cone Cupcakes!! These are seriously adorable, with cake batter baked right inside the cupcake and piled high with icing made to look like a soft serve cone! This will make a really fun April Fools Day joke for the kiddos too! How to make Ice Cream Cone Cupcakes I actually have this nifty … [Read more...]
