Benjamin's Birthday Party

Benjamin's 1st birthday party was a success, who knew that birthday parties were so exhausting.  It was well worth it and I look forward to his next party, which by the way will be cupcakes only, I will post those pictures next week. 

The birthday cake I chose to make was for a cake recipe I found on food.com for a White Almond Sour Cream Cake, which I modified to make a lemon cake.  I also knew that I wanted some sort of lemon filling so I made a lemon cream filling which was delicious.  The frosting was a vanilla buttercream icing.

The theme for Benjamin's birthday party is animals/safari since his big birthday party will be at the zoo. 

I topped the cake with the animal figurines I made out of fondant, which have been new and improved.

So I decided to do a two-tiered cake with a grass trim.  I made a palm tree out of an oreo stick tree trunk with paper palm tree leaves and a watering hole on the top.Here is the finished product, I apologize for the picture the cake shifted a little in transport, but you can get the picture. 



I also made a mini-cake for Benjamin and topped it with the zebra figurine.  I didn't quite get the smash cake picture I wanted but at least he touched the cake, lol.

This was Benjamin moments later

I had a great time making this cake for Benjamin and look forward to other opportunities to make other cakes.  Hope you enjoy!