This week we celebrated the Little Man’s 13th Birthday, so here is a photo of his cake.
It was a shop bought cake and I feel a little disappointed that I didn’t make the cake myself. Just plain white icing with a rainbow band. The top was decorated with three balloons and two stars and the words Happy Birthday. I bought the 13 candle separately. The cake was madeira with strawberry jam and buttercream filling. I normally miss out the jam when making cakes because my kids are not that keen, but they are getting used to it. They do prefer chocolate cake though.
I think he deserved more but he did have a wonderful day. We had a family day at home playing Exploding Kittens, games on the PS5 and eating party food for lunch and Nandos for dinner. He was really happy and everyone made a fuss of him. I bought him a new phone for his birthday so he only had a few token gifts to open, one of them being Exploding Kittens Recipes for Disaster which was a big hit. You can read more about his birthday on My Word of the Week post this week. It might not have been a special 13th birthday cake but I think he liked it anyway.
Here are some cakes I’ve made in the past.
I am hoping to be able to make a nice cake for Star for her birthday in 11 days time. She will be 18, so I’d like to make something a little more special. I guess it’s time to start browsing Pinterest for ideas.
Linking up with the lovely Rachel for my Sunday Snapshot.
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What a fab cake and it sounds like he had a wonderful day.
My girls love those shop bought cakes, I much prefer the chocolate one’s though. x
He did enjoy his birthday. Shop bought cakes are not that bad really x
Your cakes look so professional. I hope he had a wonderful birthday!
Thank you Carol, I really used to enjoy making and decorating cakes. I even had the privilege of making a wedding cake once!
It sounds like he had a lovely day. I genuinely don’t think kids mind having shop bought cakes, although some of your previous creations look amazing!
Thanks Sarah, I loved making and decorating cakes. I still haven’t decided on whether to make Star one or let her choose one from the supermarket yet. I better get a move on!
That looks like such a lovely cake – Happy belated birthday. Thanks for sharing and for linking up with #MySundaySnapshot.
Thank you Rachel x
I love the cake! It was my husband’s birthday the other day and I got a small store-bought one for him. I had too much going on and didn’t feel 100% plus I’m also not really great at cake decorating. I did make a Pokeball one for my son when he was little and I don’t think I have recovered from the stress of trying to make black icing without it running all over the place!
haha, black icing is the worst, as is red, especially if you are colouring it yourself. These days you can buy them all colours ready coloured which makes it much easier. I’ve done a Pokeball cake and a Spiderman cake so I feel your pain.
That is a lovely cake (though the ones you’ve made in the past are quite spectacular!). It sounds like he had a wonderful celebration.
This was lovely too read.