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Let Them Make Cake

tracey by tracey Young Parent(June 2006) (rank 7th)
We just celebrated my daughter's third birthday. I'm including a picture here of her decorating her cake. It's a tradition we've held to since we celebrated my oldest daughter's very first birthday. I'm not a "make a cake from scratch" kind of mom but I've managed to make the cakes
for every one of my kid's birthdays with the help of a boxed mix. It's a tradition that we all anticiapte and look forward to every year. We've created almost every size, shape, flavor, and theme imaginable. It's a great way to get the kids involved with planning their own birthday celebrations. Creative, fun, and yummy, the girls beam with pride at knowing they've had a hand in helping create a cake masterpiece!
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exquisite-flower
January 2007 | exquisite-flower
Love it.
We make cakes together already, but i had never thought of the possibilities of using the box mix for birthdays.  I so far have done from scratch which can take a while if it is the first time making a cake, and I can never get a sponge to look good if it is not out of a packet - yet this year she wants a sponge. eeeek  !
And specific shapes and colours.  I am gonna follow this advice.  Thank you.  I shall just enjoy it, the point is that we made it ourselves still, be it packet or scratch....maybe as she gets older she can teach me how to make a sponge work right....lol
Peace
EF.x 


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Jessgore
5.00 (Excellent) | November 2006 | Jessgore
Betty Crocker...

Betty and I get along real well.. She has helped Camille and I make some great cakes... At the moment our favorite is chocolate cake and we make up a vanillia moose to put over the top for icing.. Bake the cake, wait until it cools, then pop on the moose and pop it in the fridge, found a great packet moose that sets real fast, then we decorate it....  I love baking a cake with the kids...

Like I said Betty Crocker she's great mate.



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      exquisite-flower
January 2007 | exquisite-flower
Betty Crocker...
I have enjoyed knnowing betty also, maybe I should stop being lazy and ask her about how to get that sponge to work....lol
Peace
EF.x 


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Kristen
5.00 (Excellent) | November 2006 | Kristen
There is nothing more fun than decorating a cake
Ethan likes to go to Jen's house to decorate because she has decorations for every holiday under the sun.


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wildrose
5.00 (Excellent) | August 2006 | wildrose
Sounds fun
Hhmm maybe I should try next time, since I saw the interest of cooking in my son.


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TrishySwishy
5.00 (Excellent) | August 2006 | TrishySwishy
Hmmm I was thinking of doing that too...
Normally I'm the type that buys the cake from the bakery because I couldn't have been bothered, and my less than stellar kitchen skills wouldn't guarantee an edible morsel.  Those boxed mixes are pretty fool-proof though so I think I will give it a go(at least just for the family to share) cause they allready know how I bake  We also have Bulk Barn stores that carry tons of different cake molds, decorations, mixes and sprinkles for cheap  so I think that would be fun to take Hayden when she's older and let her pick her "cake ingredients" out.


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ClayCook
4.27 (Good) | June 2006 | ClayCook
Sounds cool
Tracey - love your photography - very cool :)


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allyp
4.27 (Good) | June 2006 | allyp
birthday cake
i think when my daughter gets old enough i will do that. it sounds fun, and gives time to spend together too!!


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      tracey
3.41 (Average) | June 2006 | tracey
Re: birthday cake
It's a tradition you'll grow to love, I promise!


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