A Candy Land Affair!

Today was the birthday of the daughter of a good friend of mine. She chose the Candy Land theme and asked me to make her cake and cupcakes...Of course I will!

The bottom tier is chocolate, the top strawberry.  The road is made from chewy jolly ranchers that I rolled out and cut into squares.  I then lined it with strings of pull apart Twizzlers.  The gingerbread men are homemade and dipped in jimmies, or sprinkles as they are known around here. No one ever knows what I am taking about when I say jimmies!  And then various candy all over! I got the inspiration from Parents Magazine a while ago and was so excited for the chance to finally make it!

And of course we needed cupcakes!  But, for a Candy land birthday, no ordinary cupcakes would do!  These were made with different flavors of cake. You just fill the flat bottom cones just above the line of the widest part. Bake at 350 for 20 minutes or so and voila! You have cupcake cones!  I iced them in chocolate, vanilla and strawberry and sprinkled some jimmies (sprinkles) on top and that it!  Ice cream cones that don't melt! Well, they started to in the 95 degree, 105 heat index weather we had today!

A Scooby Cake fit for a 5 year old!

It is so hard to believe my son is 5! So exciting yet a little sad to me!  He wanted a Scooby-Doo party,so a Scooby-Doo party is what he got!

I made up some really cute invites.

Then I planned a big scavenger hunt!  When all the kids arrived, we took the presents and hid them in the back of the van. Then we did things a little different and decided to open presents first! Zoinks! The presents were gone and all that was left was a clue! We had 6 total clues that led us throughout the yard with various games and treats at each "station".  We eventually ended up at the van with my husband in an old lady mask trying to steal the presents! And he would have gotten away with it if it weren't for those meddling kids!

The kids had a blast and got a kick out of all the clues that were left behind!  It was then cake time! And boy did they all love it!

The cake took me 3 hours to make! I took 2 bread pans for the cake. And then piped and spread all the icing on there. luckily, we already had all the figurines to put on the cake!

After all was said and done, I think Dylan had a party he will remember for a long time! Sure it was hot and muggy and I was exhausted but it was all worth it! I would do anything to make a happy, special memory for my children!

Distractions!

I know it has been some time now.  I joined Curves, have been working out and surprisingly losing weight and inches!  I have been experimenting with some healthier meals. And starting next week I will be able to post some of them!  I have been busy between birthdays, cake orders, vacation and life itself!  Keep checking on me! I promise I will start to be more regular again!