The Cake.

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[skape7]

Well. Despite all the drama and the fact it turned out like a brick, at least it LOOKED damn good. My little ones birthday is coming up on the 20th and having just planned an afternoon tea birthday party for the Sunday after her birthday, I was agonising about the cake and what sort I should make because OF COURSE I have to make it as it's her VERY FIRST birthday and what sort of a mother would I be if I didn't make my very first baby her very first cake for her very first birthday party? A very guilt-ridden one, let me tell you! (And of course there will be gorgeously iced patty cakes for daycare when she attends on the 21st - once again the 1st thing, and the what sort of mother thing and the guilt thing) So I'm pretty sure I'm inviting the drama; with a big fat expensive gold embossed invitation and I'm also pretty sure there will be yelling and crying and throwing of pastries, but it's better than the guilt, right? Right? RIGHT?I think I just might go have a little lie-down now...

[ria]

Maybe if you should have used powdered sugar? Not granulated? Just wondering.

[Suse]

Enough with the saccharine comments. It's not the thought that counts. It's the fact that photographic evidence survives.

[Jody]

Great cake!!! I bet Henry was on top of the world with it!

Here is a great recipe. I think the magic is in the veg. shortening:

1/2 cup solid vegetable shortening1/2 cup butter

Cream them together, then add:

1 tsp vanilla (or almond extract)

Gradually beat in, 1 cup at a time:

1lb (4 cups) sifted confection sugar

Then add at the end:2Tbs milk

Double or triple the batch as needed. I usually double it for a double layer cake.

The shortening stiffens it and keeps it from melting.

[Justine]

http://www.studiocreations.com/howto/

okay - since the cake was a hit what about a totaly over the top halloween - super mom!

[Annejelynn]

it's adorable~!

[YummY!]

My husband would want a cake like that...and he's almost 40. -grin-