It’s birthday season here at Chez Mom. From November through February we celebrate a batch of birthdays, with another series of births in the spring. While I’m constantly trying to find the balance between work and being a mom, one thing I’ve decided that’s important to me is to make my kids’ (and sometimes husband’s) birthday cakes.
I don’t go all-out crazy like some people on Pinteret, but I try to tailor the cake to what they love that year. For my daughter, it’ll be Hello Kitty — for the second consecutive year. For my son, the theme was Caterpillar construction equipment. Here’s how I did it.
Start with the construction toys:
The inspiration: Caterpillar construction equipment.
Next, set up the scene with a few pretzel sticks and bunny crackers.
Caterpillar cake staging area.
Sacrifice a few bunny crackers along the way.
My husband wouldn’t let me include this scene on the cake.
For a sense of scale, I got out the cake pans used to bake the cake.
Shiny.
Frost the cake.
Cake frosted in off-white to represent a sandy construction site.
Then start deconstructing, er — constructing.
I admit it — this part was really fun.
Add some green sparkly sugar for grass and some broken pretzel sticks for tree stumps, and you’re done!
The finished product.
What’s the most elaborate birthday cake you or your kids have had?
