My adorable niece, Makayla, just turned one on Wednesday. Today is her princess birthday party fully equipped with a tent, rented tables and chairs and sternos of delicious foods. My sister went all out. As the aunt, my job was to (of course) bring the wine and even more importantly, make the cake...or should I say cakes. I found an idea with a mold that I wanted to try so my sister assigned me the baking of three jumbo cupcakes and four dozen regular-sized cupcakes.
I don't consider myself a baker at all. I think it's because I can't conform to the necessary amounts in the recipes. That's the part I have fun with when cooking - altering the recipes! You just can't do that when you bake. Therefore, baking has always been strained for me. The decorating, I like. So, this particular job was fun.
The Princess Party Cakes consisted of yellow cake with sprinkles in the batter, French Vanilla pudding as filling and vanilla icing with food coloring to make some beautiful princess pastels. The cakes were decorated to fit the theme on Makayla's invitation and some of her other decor that would fill the tent. Makayla is definitely a girly-girl and absolutely loves colors, jewels and fancy things. A true princess to me!
After approximately four hours, my end result of the cakes is in the above photo. I was more than pleased with them. The molds worked out well but with each cake, I became a bit more comfortable. You can find the mold at stores like Stop & Shop and Bed, Bath & Beyond. It's called Big Top Cupcake and is a no-brainer. I also owe my success to my Kitchen Aid mixer (Thanks, Mom Martin). Without the ease of that, this project would've taken me about six hours, I think.
Happy Birthday, Makayla!
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