In the Carter family, we have a tradition of homemade, home-decorated birthday cakes. In 30+ years of my mom baking birthday cakes for me, we never had a store-bought cake. (One advantage of a birthday near Christmas was that Mom would bake me a birthday cake when I came home for Christmas break.) One of my favorites was very simple: a chocolate cake with a tuba on top.
Pete preferred cookies,
and one year Laura got a hedgehog cake!
It's one of our fondest memories of Mom. So, every birthday, we carry the tradition on, making memories for our boys.
Jacob's first birthday cake was Noah's Ark
His second birthday was a car,
and his third birthday was Curious George.
Last year Jacob had a swingset cake.
Ryan LOVES the toy farmhouse he got for Christmas (especially since it makes a lot of different noises - Ryan specializes in noises), so we decided he would like a farmhouse BIRTHDAY CAKE.
We started with a field made of cookie (too bad Uncle Pete Carter wasn't here to enjoy it with us)
(the red-tinted icing tasted horrible)
The "thatch" roof was made out of Golden Grahams. Yummy. :) The hole in the field is for the pond (made of blue Jell-O; see the last photo).
Getting the path ready
The silo is a stack of 6 Ding-Dongs!
The finished product:
The heart on the door is for our Valentine baby!
I think Grammy would approve. :)
4 comments:
Very cute. I love the history you showed with Aunt Sally's cakes from the past. Thanks for sharing!
Thanks for sharing the pictures and the family history. I'm sure Grammy Sally would be pleased that you continue the tradition she began, and that you are so creative with your cake creations!
Love you, Carter Family!!!
What a sweet tradition!!!
I don't remember Jacobs swing cake :/
But cute!
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