Birthday Cakes

Lydia's birthday was yesterday (June 20th) and Micah's was in April (April 2nd) - Usually, for birthdays, we just order a cake from Costco or make a quick yellow cake with a tub of chocolate frosting. But this year I took on Lydia and Micah's birthday cakes as a project for myself.

Micah is my baseball baby - I wanted him to have a Mariner's themed birthday cake. So armed with the internet (for ideas) and lots of buttercream frosting I make a "baseball" for him to smash and enjoy, and a baseball field for the rest of us to eat.

Lydia LOVES Horton. She has a stuffed "Hort-a-lort" that she sleeps with every night. Her first movie that she saw in the theater was "Horton Hears a Who." She loves Horton. Anyway, after 2 years of "princess" birthdays I attempted to steer her towards a "Horton" themed birthday. There's not much out there so I was creative and worked around Horton, the colors of his clover, and the teeny, tiny speck. The cake was a hit, Horton (made out of fondant - my 1st attempt!) stayed in one piece until long after the party, and we still have some yummy cake leftover. :)