What a fun day this past Saturday was! I went to the sweetest little 1 year old's birthday party. It was an old school circus theme. The decorations, food, and everything was so well planned. It was absolutely adorable! My part in all this was, of course, the cake! They wanted to have a "smash" cake for him to play in at his party. So, together with this little guy's Momma, we figured out a design that was very circus, but not too modern. And here's what we came up with...
Their family has a special cake and icing recipe that has been passed down through generations and they wanted this to be his first cake, which I thought was so sweet! So, I made a two-layer, six-inch cake and iced it with their special icing recipe too! Not covering the entire cake with fondant made transporting and moving the cake a little more difficult, but it worked out pretty well still. And I'm sure you see those adorable cupcakes, but I can't take credit for those! His Mom made those and they were absolutely delicious!!!
Now, I wasn't sure how I was going to be able to make the elephant. You should have seen the many tries before the final version that I attempted. I was trying to mimic one that I saw online, but a picture was all I had to go off of. In the end I think it turned out great. And to top it off I added a little bunting banner with Gavin's name on it.
Gavin just wasn't getting into the "smash" part of this smash cake though. He poked his fingers around, but with everyone watching him made him a little shy! He was such a sweetie though. I still can't believe he's 1 already! Good job Mom & Dad!! You made it through the first year!
On a different note, I may be on a hiatus from blogging the next few weeks, well at least about cakes! My husband and I are moving back to our home state of Florida the first weekend of July. With boxes being packed and our house being shown to sell there won't be much time for cake making! I can't wait to be able to make some cakes for my friends and family in Florida. I didn't start doing cakes until I moved here to Tennessee, so it'll be exciting to bake some cakes for others down there. We're excited for this new season in our lives, but still sad to leave the family and friends we have here. Thank goodness for Facebook so we can keep in touch with each other easily!
Hope you all have a "sweet" week!
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