So you may have noticed from the pictures from Joshua’s birthday that his cake appeared very store-bought and not at all homemade. “Whaaaat?” you say. “How can this be? We all know that Jenny feels that her love for her children is directly proportional to how much she tortured herself making their birthday cake!”
And you would be right. There was a time, oh so recently, when I felt that I had to trash my kitchen and stain my fingers with icing dye to ensure that my children had a fabulous birthday! Like this time, and this time, and this time!
But I was wrong. And I admit that Emily was righttarget (this once.) As much as it HUUURTS.
So around the time of Sophie’s birthday, my friend Cortney was getting REALLY good at making cakes. She had made my birthday cake and it was fab, and I decided, why not let HER torture herself making Sophie’s cake? I really wanted Sophie to have a “Word World” cake but I didn’t have it in me to give it a try. So, I was thrilled when Cortney came up with this masterpiece:
It was AMAZING!! And Sophie loved it. And I didn’t have to make it or trash my kitchen, give myself hives or turn to drink! Score!
So for Joshua’s birthday cake, I once again turned to my cake guru Cortney. Joshua wanted a Super Mario Bros. cake as he loooooves playing that Wii game with his Daddy. So Cortney was commissioned.
(In the meantime, being a true slacker mom, I couldn’t find Super Mario Bros. decor anywhere, and when I checked online, it was too late to order them in time, so I bought SpeedRacer decor. And convinced Joshua it would be totally cool.)
But even cake geniuses like Cortney sometimes have unavoidable cake-tastrophe’s. Check out her post to see what happened to the Super Mario Bros. cake! She texted me about 9:30 the night before the party that it had imploded. So, my wonderful hubby went out to Kroger in the snow around 10:00 to find his boy a birthday cake. He bought the only one he could find without flowers on it, we threw Joshua’s two toy SpeedRacer cars on it, and we called it a birthday cake!
Bobby did have to sit Joshua down and tell him that the Super Mario cake wasn’t gonna happen. He was a little sad, but recovered well, and had a really GREAT birthday!
And I am pretty sure he knows I still love him more than ever.
Although next year, I AM going to get the right decorations on time!! I swear!
The WordWorld cake is *gorgeous*!
I had the guilt issue too….until I realized that I would feel more guilty about being uptight and stressed about making a cake.
We get Costco $16.99 cakes. We save every penny everywhere else so this is a bit a splurge….totally worth it 🙂
They are delicious!
Like I always say, Kroger has a bakery dear!
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well, Josh may just have to get his Mario cake after all. Maybe next week I can make him a smaller version 🙂 since you know all the icing I had mixed is still in the bags ready to be used – ha ha!!
Thanks for being such an understanding and forgiving friend.
I used to spend days making bday cakes and nearly killing everyone in the process.
Must say that piggy cake is stunning!
I’m so glad that you aren’t fixing birthday cakes anymore… it makes me feel like a bad mom for not doing it for my kiddos 😉
Love the cake. Cortney you should make those and sell them. Trust me I have 4 kids I would be the 1st in line well maybe after Jenny.
That Word World cake is awesome!! My daughter loves WW and she would flip if she got this cake. Total awesomeness. Good job Cortney!