Tuesday, July 17, 2007

Everybody's A Critic

I will admit that I am not the best cake decorator out there, not even close, but I put my heart into it, and the kids always ask me for a homemade birthday cake. That's part of the allure of a birthday here at The HomeFront Corp: the birthday employee gets to pick the special meal, and gets a homemade cake decorated to their specifications (as much as humanly possible). We even have a kids' cake book to give them ideas for inspiration - and to give me a rough template.

This year, Older Girl picked out the Panda Head cake, which, to my delight, looked much easier than the Pony Head cake she picked last year. A simple round cake, cupcakes for the ears, white and chocolate frosting, candy for embellishment and I'm home free.

I finished decorating the cake, and I sat it on the counter next to the cookbook to make sure I had hit all the decorating highlights. The Boy wandered in and looked at the cake, and then at the picture of the (allegedly) same cake in the book. I made the mistake of asking what he thought:


Hmm . . . he said thoughtfully, What is this book for?

Well, that's a picture for Mommy to follow when I'm decorating the cake.

Oh, that's the picture of your cake? How come it doesn't look the same? Yours looks . . . sad.


Thanks, kid, I can always count on you to keep me humble.
And he's right, mine did look sad.





(I don't have a scanner, so there is no picture from the cookbook for comparison. Yup, no scanner. I'm broken up about that)

8 comments:

  1. Even though it is a sad face it is still cute.

    And I think if you simple center the pupil and iris in the eye area and turn the red licorice into a smile you'd have the perfect, happy, birthday panda cake.

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  2. LOL -- kids tell it like it is, huh?

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  3. Want to see sad?

    How about birthdays with no cakes? :)

    "A" for effort.

    "M" for margarita's cheering that effort.

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  4. I guess I'd look sad too if someone was going to eat me!
    It doesn't look all THAT sad. I think it's adorable! Kind of a puppy dog eye thing going on.
    The fact that YOU made it instead of the kid in the bakery at Giant makes all the difference.

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  5. So cute. And pandas have kind of sad faces, I think. You're a good mommy for the effort.

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  6. Anonymous8:47 PM

    Hey I Like the cake- I would not be able to even come close.

    MIRABELLA MOM

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  7. I think it looks cute!! Since I have to make the Little Man's birthday cakes I can totally sympathize with you on this one.
    A for effort and the best part is that it was made with love :)

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  8. It is cute - I like T's ideas. Tipping the red licorice up would make him happier looking. I let (make) Hubbers do the birthday cakes around here. I just bake...

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