Little Mermaid & Hockeyey

My twins turned five today. Here's their birthday cakes.

Joey loves hockey, specifically the Pittsburgh Penguins. I put 11 on the sleeves in honor of his favorite player, Jordan Staal. The rest of the players' numbers are on the edge of the cake.

Bekah wanted a Little Mermaid cake, but I didn't want to do the dress like I did last year, so this is what resulted.

Erika - 1

My little girl loves Eat N' Park cookies.

She was the picture-perfect first birthday party cake eater. :-)

Batman Cow Cake

My youngest boy just turned 3. For years he has loved all things cow. I was all geared up for a fantastic cow cake, but the week before his party he started arguing that he needed a Batman cake. I wasn't willing to completely abandon the cow theme, so I merged themes. Introducing probably the first and only Batman cow cake.

I think he liked it. :-)

...Amanda

Lord Stanley of Cake

I made this cake for Tim's 30th birthday party. My husband is the organist for the Pittsburgh Penguins, who just happened to win the Stanley Cup in June.

It's 8-layers stacked on top of an upside-down tube pan (to add height). There's also a large dowel rod in the middle to keep it upright.

Tyler's bike

Princess

I've been looking forward to making this cake since I first learned I was having a girl. I didn't get a good picture of it early in the day, so this is at night after the party (the back is completely gone in this picture). Unfortunately, the frosting faded in the sun from a nice bright pink & purple, so light pink and baby blue. She loved the cake, and now has a new doll to play with!

Spiderman

For the first year, my twins had totally separate themes for their birthday.