birthday party

Talked it over with Bree and Aidan. While Aidan wants a pineapple upside down cake for his birthday, Bree wants to throw a Mad Tea Party-themed birthday party with a Cheshire Cat cake. We had been discussing how simple it would be to vary that recipe with other cake flavors and also katilara 's Jabberwocky video. I thought of making a checkerboard cake using the Wilton cake pans, but I could just as easily make a red and pink striped cake, and use a pineapple slice for the Cheshire Cat's mouth. I know that it's months away, but it's such a nifty idea and I'm sure that we could pull it off. Lots more on this later.

Tea party cake pics

Here are a few interesting cakes that I've googled today. I would be willing to give the topsy-turvy cake a shot.


Surprisingly, the fondant cakes are not as complicated to make as I'd thought, although time-consuming. I mean, you pretty much can go simple or go all out, depending on your skill level and patience.


This one really impressed me. I found a few 3D cat cake recipes online that I could do, which involve cutting round cakes in half to create the body, and cutting up a smaller cake to make arms, legs, face, and tail. None of them are as beautiful as this one, created from fondant.


And finally, one that is a bit more realistic for a teen and her mom to make. LOL > ^_^ <

So, Bree wants to make a round, single-flavor Cheshire Cat cake herself, with strawberry ears and such.
I want to be a bit more creative, and make a topsy-turvy cake like those featured above, or a 3D Cheshire Cat.
I think perhaps she can make hers, and I'll make a topsy-turvy cake another time. Or else, I could make topsy-turvy teacakes to serve with cucumber sandwiches and various iced teas. I have a lot of ideas that would be fun and creative.

kitten pics delayed

Until my husband figures out how to fix his computer, I won't be able to upload the kitten pictures. The camera has a memory card that can be inserted into one of his ports, but my computer does not have one of those ports. As for the cord that came with his camera, we have no idea where that is. So it will be some time before I can share them with others.

In the meantime, here is a kitten about the same age as the ones that we were taking care of: