The Cake: The good and bad

by admin ~ March 2nd, 2010. Filed under: Cake Sessions, Children.

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I have always made my son’s birthday cakes, and they have always had a theme.  Some years it’s a lot of work doing the stars and making Thomas or Lightning McQueen come to life others it’s been easy. The year he wanted a Nemo cake was one of those easy years.  That year I made  fish bowl, which was easy but impressive.  This year he wanted a mountain biking cake.  I thought this will be a snap, the instructions were easy and it was mostly just layering cakes and frosting them.  I was wrong., I was just plain wrong.  The first cake looked good (it’s the one on the right) but it fell flat by the next morning. I prefer to think of it as it experienced an earthquake or there was a mud slide.

So like every good Mom I went and I made ANOTHER cake, this one shorter and much more sturdy.  That is the cake he is blowing candles out on — the lessons I learned are you can never have too many boxes of cake mix (LOL) and that you need wooden dowels when building a mountain of chocolate cake.

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  1. Kate (25 comments.) posted the following on March 2, 2010 at 5:45 pm.

    You are such a good mom!!! Looks yummy to me!!!

  2. melanie (6 comments.) posted the following on March 2, 2010 at 6:02 pm.

    Oh Shannon, great job… on BOTH cakes! I bet he loved them :)

  3. Michelle (18 comments.) posted the following on March 2, 2010 at 11:34 pm.

    You are a WONDERFUL Mom! The cakes, both of them, are amazing. Works of art! What a lucky guy.

  4. Chelsey (88 comments.) posted the following on March 3, 2010 at 12:13 am.

    This totally made me laugh (the lessons part) – it looks like it turned out great!

  5. cindy (21 comments.) posted the following on March 3, 2010 at 1:14 pm.

    Wow–amazing cakes! And an amazing mom! :)

  6. Yvonne (27 comments.) posted the following on March 3, 2010 at 1:43 pm.

    Wow! How cool is that!!!!! What a lucky boy!

  7. jackie (6 comments.) posted the following on March 3, 2010 at 6:32 pm.

    looks too good to eat, i bet it was delicous!

  8. Jen (25 comments.) posted the following on March 3, 2010 at 9:49 pm.

    Wowsers!! You are so amazing!! Those cakes look awesome! I attempted to make my girls’ birthday cake once. And only once. ;)

  9. kelly vella (8 comments.) posted the following on March 3, 2010 at 10:53 pm.

    lol.. your a better mum than I Shannon!!!

  10. laureen (3 comments.) posted the following on March 4, 2010 at 12:28 am.

    omg – I want a bite! That is a fabulous cake…I LOVE it!

  11. Sabreena K (15 comments.) posted the following on March 4, 2010 at 10:22 am.

    It still looks very yummy!! What a great mom you are!

  12. Jaidean (51 comments.) posted the following on March 4, 2010 at 2:35 pm.

    lol…what a nice mom! Still looks good – yum!

  13. Terry McKaig (25 comments.) posted the following on March 4, 2010 at 5:30 pm.

    Great job mom…….I’m now craving me some chocolate!!

  14. amanda (31 comments.) posted the following on March 4, 2010 at 9:52 pm.

    very cool, shannon! wish i was a cake person but i am sooo not!

  15. Natasha Whiteley (76 comments.) posted the following on March 5, 2010 at 1:18 pm.

    LOL I had the same problem one year, I made a house, it looked great…. then i woke up and it was FLAT!! gosh!
    now I pay other people to make my cakes!

    your cake looks super yummy!

  16. kim burnham (34 comments.) posted the following on March 9, 2010 at 8:00 am.

    love it shannon! the last “castle cake” I made was nearly leaning on it’s side by the time the party started:) your mountain looks great!

  17. alli gaulin (4 comments.) posted the following on March 10, 2010 at 7:25 am.

    THAT is SO COOL!!! I am so impressed!!!

  18. Staci (17 comments.) posted the following on March 26, 2010 at 7:46 pm.

    impressive…I am so bad at decorating cakes and people who can always impress me!

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18 Responses to The Cake: The good and bad

  1. Kate (25 comments.)
    March 2nd, 2010 at 5:45 pm

    You are such a good mom!!! Looks yummy to me!!!

  2. melanie (6 comments.)
    March 2nd, 2010 at 6:02 pm

    Oh Shannon, great job… on BOTH cakes! I bet he loved them :)

  3. Michelle (18 comments.)
    March 2nd, 2010 at 11:34 pm

    You are a WONDERFUL Mom! The cakes, both of them, are amazing. Works of art! What a lucky guy.

  4. Chelsey (88 comments.)
    March 3rd, 2010 at 12:13 am

    This totally made me laugh (the lessons part) – it looks like it turned out great!

  5. cindy (21 comments.)
    March 3rd, 2010 at 1:14 pm

    Wow–amazing cakes! And an amazing mom! :)

  6. Yvonne (27 comments.)
    March 3rd, 2010 at 1:43 pm

    Wow! How cool is that!!!!! What a lucky boy!

  7. jackie (6 comments.)
    March 3rd, 2010 at 6:32 pm

    looks too good to eat, i bet it was delicous!

  8. Jen (25 comments.)
    March 3rd, 2010 at 9:49 pm

    Wowsers!! You are so amazing!! Those cakes look awesome! I attempted to make my girls’ birthday cake once. And only once. ;)

  9. kelly vella (8 comments.)
    March 3rd, 2010 at 10:53 pm

    lol.. your a better mum than I Shannon!!!

  10. laureen (3 comments.)
    March 4th, 2010 at 12:28 am

    omg – I want a bite! That is a fabulous cake…I LOVE it!

  11. Sabreena K (15 comments.)
    March 4th, 2010 at 10:22 am

    It still looks very yummy!! What a great mom you are!

  12. Jaidean (51 comments.)
    March 4th, 2010 at 2:35 pm

    lol…what a nice mom! Still looks good – yum!

  13. Terry McKaig (25 comments.)
    March 4th, 2010 at 5:30 pm

    Great job mom…….I’m now craving me some chocolate!!

  14. amanda (31 comments.)
    March 4th, 2010 at 9:52 pm

    very cool, shannon! wish i was a cake person but i am sooo not!

  15. Natasha Whiteley (76 comments.)
    March 5th, 2010 at 1:18 pm

    LOL I had the same problem one year, I made a house, it looked great…. then i woke up and it was FLAT!! gosh!
    now I pay other people to make my cakes!

    your cake looks super yummy!

  16. kim burnham (34 comments.)
    March 9th, 2010 at 8:00 am

    love it shannon! the last “castle cake” I made was nearly leaning on it’s side by the time the party started:) your mountain looks great!

  17. alli gaulin (4 comments.)
    March 10th, 2010 at 7:25 am

    THAT is SO COOL!!! I am so impressed!!!

  18. Staci (17 comments.)
    March 26th, 2010 at 7:46 pm

    impressive…I am so bad at decorating cakes and people who can always impress me!

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