I did her theme in cherry blossoms and tried to incorporate that as much as I could into the party. For a more detailed look at the celebration, please visit madefromtickytacky.blogspot.com.
Now, on to the pastries!
The cookie favors:
Every year I do a cookie favor or two to give out to the guests as a way of saying thanks. The kids get their little favor boxes but we have plenty of adults who come to celebrate Rylee's birth (and several that don't even have kids!) and I feel like they should walk away with something as well.
This year I did cherry blossoms and silhouette cookies.
Unwrapped:
Wrapped/tagged:
Many thanks to Rodney who did a great job with the silhouette cookie cutter! Such a talented guy that husband of mine is...
The cake!
The idea for this cake came from one of many hours that I have spent perusing the cake-lined pages of CakeCentral (even though I have not been able to upload to that site for a year and a half because I have a Mac and they refuse to fix that bug, I still get inspiration almost daily from the many pictures that ARE able to be put up on that site). I wanted something that was a little more modern and bright than just regular cherry blossoms on piped on a cake so I based this design off of one that I'd seen that was similar.
The bottom tier is vanilla cake with whipped lemon curd buttercream and the top is vanilla with strawberry buttercream. The entire thing is covered in vanilla buttercream. The "R" on top and the leaves are fondant and I piped all of the details in vanilla b/c as well.
I'm very pleased with the way this cake turned out and Rylee absolutely loved it. She was so excited. I think this is the first year she actually understands what a birthday is and how it works. And I'm pretty sure this was a big deal for her because cakes are a dime a dozen around here and NONE of them are ever for her. She constantly asks if the cake I am working on is for her and the answer she always gets is, "No baby this cake is for so and so." This week the answer was, "YES! Rylee, this is YOUR birthday cake!" She was proud.
There were a lot of other things I did with this party so if you want to check it out, please head on over to my other blog!
4 comments:
Love the cake and cookies! The cake flavors sound yummy!
Too cute! What an adorable birthday!
The cookies are adorable and the cake is beautiful! Happy Birthday to your baby. I keep thinking soon I will have to stop calling my baby (who is 2 1/2) a baby and move on to a little boy. :(
Such a good mommy! Great work.
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