Bella said, "I want a bear cake. You know, 'cos I'm having a Build a Bear party."
Juju said, "I wanna a pink cake."
Bella said, "I want a big cake. The kind that stands up. Not the boring flat kind."
Juju said, "Me too! Me too!"
Then Bella added, "And don't get fancy with my cake. I want funfetti. From the box. And icing. From the supermarket. That's what I like and it's my birthday so I get to choose."
And Juju said, "Me too! Me too! Pink, mommy, pink!"
So for once, I simply followed orders. I bought the molds. I bought the mix. I bought the frosting. And then...
I made the cakes.
But as I baked, resisting the urge to get creative, to add some sprinkles to my homemade vanilla sour cream cake recipe, terrified that these crazy three dimensional cakes would explode or crumble on the way to the mall, I rebelled. I kept up a steady stream of tweets and tweetpics with the hashtag #birthdaycakehell.
Twitter has never been more satisfying:
I'm about to start baking those Wilton stand up cakes. Yes cakes. Plural. Bear + princess. Each kid wanted a diff one. Shoot me now. Please!
4:19 PM Oct 2nd from UberTwitter
As I spooned the batter in, neighbor kid said "yuck! You're putting it in his butt! You're making bear butt cake." #birthdaycakehell
5:35 PM Oct 2nd from UberTwitter
The cake seems to be exploding... From its butt. #birthdaycakehell http://pic.gd/581bcf
6:17 PM Oct 2nd from UberTwitter
4:19 PM Oct 2nd from UberTwitter
As I spooned the batter in, neighbor kid said "yuck! You're putting it in his butt! You're making bear butt cake." #birthdaycakehell
5:35 PM Oct 2nd from UberTwitter
The cake seems to be exploding... From its butt. #birthdaycakehell http://pic.gd/581bcf
6:17 PM Oct 2nd from UberTwitter
But at the end of the day, after all the tweeting, the requests, and the near disasters, the kids were thrilled with the final outcome.
Bella even had seconds.
But I have a new worry needling me now. What will they demand next time?
Bella even had seconds.
But I have a new worry needling me now. What will they demand next time?
4 comments:
I can just picture who made the bear butt comment! Little stinker. Well, they turned out great and you are a good mom for giving them what they wanted.
Your kids are so lucky! Those cakes came out great! For whatever reason I can't make a good cake, so mine get cupcakes, pie, or cookies. If they want cake I buy it.
Great cakes. My mom made all of my birthday cakes. She even made me a doll cake. Later she used the same pan to make a Brownie beanie cake.
she never had the pleasure of using a bear butt cake pan.
Aww, my mom made me a doll cake like that when I was little! Funny story, though, the doll's hair caught on fire when she lit my birthday candles. Still one of my favorite cakes ever!
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