Princess had her 5^th Birthday Party this weekend. Her actual birthday isn’t until this Friday. However, I will be traveling to NY to be in my friend’s wedding so we decided to throw a big bash before I head out of town. Hopefully this will help avoid years of therapy later…where she blames my absence on her birthday for ruining her life.

I have been making an individual cake for the kids on their birthdays and purchasing the bigger cake for the guests. My theory was that I would save a little $$ by not purchasing a large, custom cake. Nice theory…I’ve spent more on the molds and decorations than I care to admit. I'm having fun though.  I made an awesome basketball cake for BamBam last month because it is his latest obsession. It was a big hit. SO, I took Princess to a local cake store to pick out her mold and decorations. Huge shocker when she picked out the Princess cake mold! I was a bit intimidated at first, but I followed the directions and it came our pretty good, if I do say so myself. I used fondant for the dress and bodice…not sure that I would again. It took a few tries to get the fondant onto the bodice without exposing the skin underneath, especially on her D cups!! I wasted too much of the pink fondant and had to choose another color for the inside of the skirt…the plan was to have pink inside too. No one else seemed to mind, but I was annoyed every time I looked at it. Sometimes it sucks to be a perfectionist!

You might be able to find a mold at your local cake store for less money. I think I only paid $18.00 for mine. Here’s a link from Amazon if you don’t feel like bargain shopping.

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