This monster party was mostly for me. My boys would probably choose an Angry Birds/Avengers/Minecraft party, but I still have motherly influence while they are young, so I can only do these cute themes for so long.
The tie day cake was a hit and super easy to do. Make your cake batter as directed. Separate it into bowls and color each one. Gel food coloring is brighter than the liquid drops. The more dye you use, the brighter the colors. Drop the colored batter in your pans, then take a toothpick to marble them around.Once baked, the colors lose a bit of their vibrancy, but once you cut into the cake, the colors really pop. Slice off the round top of the bottom tier and place on cake stand. Frost the middle layer, than add the next cake on top. Use foil strips under the cake sides (as I show here) so the frosting is easy to clean off the stand.
These little pipe cleaner kits and monster masks were about $1 from Michael's. I let the boys glue them together with regular school glue, than I hit it with my glue gun for staying power, since we all know how they would fall apart in seconds otherwise. The boys had lots of fun making these. This was his first birthday he got to invite a non-family member. We made english muffin pizzas for dinner, though Isaac insisted on chicken noodle soup with stars. (He even asked me if he could sleep with the can.)
Turning 7 and blowing out trick candles is lots of fun!
2 comments:
really fun! I love the tie dyed cake.. Im trying to figure out whose birthday i can make that for! maybe a valentine cake with all different shades of red and pink?
anyways .. cute cute pictures of your family! happy birthday to the birthday boy!
xoxo
vivian
What a fantastic looking cake, and I love the masks (although it looks like your littlest one wasn't such a fan- poor love!). My boyfriend bought me some gel colourings last year- they are so much better than liquid I've been recommending them to all my baking friends :)
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