Getting Ready for David's 5th Birthday!

Emily had grand plans to make David's birthday cake a surprise, but... our plans to get up super early in the morning (on Saturday) fell through when she turned her alarm clock and went back to sleep. :-) So David's cake project became a family affair! Emily got it all started and did a great job using the hand mixer, and almost made it the entire 2 minutes. But as you know, holding a hand mixer for a long time makes your arms sore! And if Peg is reading, Emily LOVES her birthday apron. It is just so darn cute! I almost cringed when she got chocolate cake mix on it but luckily, it washes beautifully! Of course, a real pastry chef would never have a pristine apron, you know.
;-)It didn't take long for the other kids to figure out what we were doing. They all wanted to help. And Peg, Emily always insists on using the frosting knives you gave her last year. "They really do work better than a regular butter knife." David's got the frosting and Lia is waiting patiently for a spoon or something she can lick frosting off of.

And the finished product! David has been so crazy about his "Big Duck" this year that I wanted to make him a ducky cake. I think it came out really cute! And if Melissa is reading, your ladybug cake was my inspiration! Thank you. The "star tip" frosting technique is brilliant.

It was hard to keep the kids away from the cake. They wanted to keep looking at it... and touching it! But luckily, it did make it to David's party the next day. More pics to come.