He’s six. And the next chapter in the super hero story is Green. These are the sugar cookies made for his classroom party at school. He ventured away from our traditional “birthday cake” this year and went all-cookie. It was a fun change. I made a giant sugar cookie cake for his family party…which was [...]
Posts Tagged ‘birthday cake’
Gift Idea…A Family Cookbook
Posted in Cookbook, Ideas for Your Table, tagged birthday cake, birthday party, birthday tradition, cake, family cookbook, family meal, kids, traditions on December 7, 2010 | 8 Comments »
I have some friends who like to give me a hard time about my from-scratch baking and the sometimes-semi-gourmet nature of my kids’ lunchbox contents. This post is for them. This past weekend was my mother-in-law’s 70th birthday celebration. And there had to be cake. My husband wanted to decorate a cake with our four-year-old…so they [...]
Birthdays – I have to share now!
Posted in Ideas for Your Table, Kid Time, tagged birthday books, birthday breakfast, birthday cake, birthday party, birthday tradition, journal, photo album on August 6, 2010 | 7 Comments »
I’m not so good at sharing, really. I know I should be better at it and I should be modeling it for my boys…but it’s hard for me. And now I have to share my birthday. This little guy came along last year only 2 days before my birthday. So this year on my birthday [...]
Birthdays!!
Posted in Ideas for Your Table, Kid Time, tagged birthday breakfast, birthday cake, birthday party, birthday tradition, cupcakes, family meal, school snacks on May 10, 2010 | 10 Comments »
It is safe to say that birthdays are a “gather around the table” event. They are honored with gifts and hoopla, cemented in our memories with photos and, these days, if the parents are really irresponsible, they can even make a TV show about your birthday. We haven’t gotten crazy with birthday parties in our house…but [...]
Birthday Cakes
Posted in Dessert, Recipe, tagged birthday cake, cake, cake stand, cream cheese, red velvet cake on April 21, 2010 | 5 Comments »
The first year we were married, I made this cake for my husband’s birthday. Yes, that’s homemade lemon curd and it was divine. And here’s another cake I have toyed with making just because it looks so impressive: I’m not sure what it says about me that I want to make this cake in spite [...]
