Monster Birthday Party

E turned 3 and we celebrated in style...

For months, E had been talking about having a MONSTER themed birthday party, so I went on the hunt for the perfect cake.  I googled "monster cakes" and I got a lot of hits.  Some were do able, some not so much.  Here is the final result...

The cupcakes were some of my favorite.  They were such cute and friendly monsters.

Here comes the birthday boy on his 4-wheeler pulling a wagon and ready to give his cousin's rides.

 

Seeing Uncle Jon for the first time this visit.

A monster pinata.  It took a LONG time

 to break open, you would of thought that it was metal lined.

Opening presents, such a lucky boy.

 

Blowing out the candles. 

E loves to sing himself 'Happy Birthday' and today was no exception. 

His Grandma Rita got him interested in this game.  Last summer, when we picked them up from the airport, there was a big storm and there was no power at their house when we dropped them off.  We ate pizza by candlelight and then Grandma began singing Happy Birthday and letting E blow out the candle.  It kept him entertained in the dark for at least 10 minutes.  Now he can sing Happy Birthday very well and blow out the candles without too much spit on the cake.

Birthday Cake Practice

E's birthday is in September and 6 months ago, we started talking about what theme he wanted for his birthday party.  He chose MONSTERS!  Not monster trucks or super scary monsters and not Monsters, Inc monsters.  Friendly monsters!

I have been looking up different cake designs for a monster cake and I found one that I thought I could do.  While looking online, I found an awesome baking website   http://www.whisk-kid.com/  She has an AWESOME rainbow cake and that was the inspiration for the inside of my monster cake.



E is very intense on adding the gel food coloring.  Gel food coloring is a lot brighter than your mom's food coloring.  As you can see, it makes the colors very bright.

I wasn't sure what color I wanted the monster cake to be, so I made four different colors.

I didn't want to make four different cakes and I wanted to see what would happen when I mixed them together in one pan.  Here is the pan before it went in the oven.

Here's what it looked like when it came out of the oven.  It looked even cooler when I cut into it, but I didn't get a picture of that.

The cake tasted very good and the colors were very bright too.  I also had to make a practice run at the buttercream frosting and how I was going to decorate the cake to make it look like a monster!