Birthday Cakes!

Mitchell's 1st Birthday

Elijah's 6th Birthday

Greg's 10th Birthday

Jacob's 15th Birthday

Diane's 17th Birthday

Stuart's Birthday

Chad's 13th Birthday

Adin's 4th Birthday

With 7 kids, there are a lot of  birthdays at my house.  To make birthday's extra special, I try to make a really fun and unique cake for each of my children.  These are the cakes that I made for them on their most recent birthday.  Diane requested the Barbie cake even though she is 17, I guess she was feeling nostalgic.  Elijah found the space shuttle cake in one of my books and begged for it.  The rest of this years cakes were surprises for the kids.  I had made the dragon cake for one of Gregory's past birthday's, but all the rest were new for me.  I really enjoyed making Stuart's Fire truck cake, sort of a joke about putting out the fire from that many candles!  I'll have to make it again when he turns 50!  Elijah's next birthday is coming around in 2 weeks and he is already requesting an army tank cake.  I usually take requests, and I have made this one before, so it shouldn't be too hard to do again. And what about my birthday?  I refuse to make my own birthday cake, so Stuart usually buys me one.  He got me an ice cream cake this year.  Maybe someday, he dabble in the baking department and get inspired, but I doubt it.  Until then, I hope all our birthdays (and yours too) are happy and sweet.