Today, my baby boy turns 10. It happens to be Sunday; and, every Sunday we make chocolate crepes. Yesterday, Jack found some safety goggles while we were on a walk. He wore them while we made the crepes.
Jack making crepes with safety goggles
We invited a few people over for dinner and I was prepared to make him a chocolate cake with chocolate frosting. I assumed that is what anyone would want. “Wait mom!,” he said. “I want a yellow cake with chocolate frosting.” I was confused. He doesn’t want chocolate on chocolate? I had never heard of such a thing. After a small interrogation, I realized he was serious. So, a yellow cake it is.
I had to look up a recipe because I had never made a yellow cake before. Here it is:
http://www.joyofbaking.com/YellowButterCake.html
We have star shaped cake pans. He wanted the stars to be at an angle. He wanted it to look like two stars. So I had to turn the top layer to the side a bit to make it look like two stars.
Daphne helping with the batter.
Me mixing the dry ingredients
Jack and his friend licking the beaters.
Star shaped cake pans
Star Shaped Cake At An Angle
Jack wanted to decorate the cake with fruit loops. So, I let him.
Jack Decorating The Cake With Fruit Loops.
- Jack Blowing Out His Candle
We didn’t have birthday candles, so we put a taper candle smack in the middle of the cake. We do this for every birthday. I am not sure what he wished for; but, I think he had a very happy birthday.
Tags: birthday, joy of baking, yellow butter cake, yellow cake
