8th Birthday, Part One

The Monkey celebrated his 8th birthday with his class today. They enjoyed ice cream cone cupcakes before recess then I had the chance to see him in action on the playground. I love these days....Happy Early Birthday, Bubby! T-minus 2 days 'til the real deal! I love you so much! :)

Ice cream cone cupcakes

A Mom and her Birthday Monkey

Birthday Baking: Take Two

Crazy busy weekend! Baked like a madwoman on Friday night and finished up on Saturday before the Monkey's birthday party. Final count: two Ben 10 cakes, thirty-six cupcakes, and a partridge in a pear tree. Thank you to Betty Crocker for her excellent Butter Recipe Yellow cake mix which garnered rave reviews and to Kitchenaid for making the awesomest (yes, that's a word) workhorse of a stand mixer evah....... ;)

Bought the "Ben 10 Ultimatrix edible cake image" here.

The luscious innards of the Ben 10 Neapolitan cake: chocolate fudge cake, fresh strawberries in whipped cream filling, and butter yellow cake.

Kinda looks like a giant Oreo, but this is the Omnitrix cake: butter yellow cake with chocolate buttercream filling.

Birthday Baking: Take One

Have you heard? The Monkey's turning 7 on Monday. As requested by the birthday boy, I made Ben 10 Omnitrix brownies to take to class today. Did I mention they were peanut butter chocolate brownies? Just added peanut butter chips to some good old Betty Crocker Fudge Brownie Mix, pour in *extremely* well-greased muffin tins and bake. Decorate with Royal Icing and there you have it! Omnitrix(es?) for all! :)

If you don't already have one of these, it is a MUST for classroom parties! This one holds 36 cupcakes. :)

Birthday Monkey and friend. I'd say they liked 'em.