So, like I said in the last post, my little guy celebrated his 4th birthday this past week. We held a big BBQ for him on Saturday. He said that he wanted a Space themed party, or in his words an “AstroSnot” party. He has a little trouble with his pronunciation on that one, but it is so funny we don’t ever correct him.
His cake was fun to make. I went ahead and tried Dorie Greenspan’s Perfect Party Cake after all the hype from last month’s Daring Baker’s Challenge. I read so many great things about it on a lot of the blogs out there so I thought I would give it a try. You can find the recipe all over the internet or in her book Baking: From my home to Yours. I’ll tell you that I was a bit skeptical about the cake after I baked it…it was very “springy” and I thought it was going to be a little angel food cake like. I was wrong. It was delicious…not that angel food cake isn’t, but you know what I mean. I adapted the recipe a little using my own buttercream frosting, but used the raspberry preserves like it calls for and it was really, really great.
I used Satin Ice rolled fondant for the decorations and all in all it was a success!
Happy Birthday Little man! You did such a great job with the astro=snot theme. I love your planets!
i mean cookie dough….clearly I want chocolate 🙂
These cupcakes are adorable!! I love chocolate cookie dough…bet they were yummy!
Great job! The cake and cupcakes look amazing. Love it!
Cute cake! Especially love the little green, yellow and blue planets / balls along the bottom where cake meets plate… a nice finishing touch.
Astro-snot… so funny! My little guy said "extra-cise" for exercise for years. Every now and then he does it to get a chuckle outta me.
You are the best mom!!! Loving those planet toppers!
What a cute cake! Also, I LOVE how Jupiter came out. So cute!
"astro-snot" lol lol lol!!!
A Big Happy Birthday to Max!
The cake came out great and those cupcakes sound so darn good.
Yummy! I could taste them through the screen.
Happy Birthday! the cake is so nice and I like the matching cupcakes 🙂