Making birthday magic!!

September is birthday month around our house.  We have 5 birthdays, and 2 anniversaries.  The cake eating is non-stop.  October is affectionately referred to as "get your butt to the gym month"  I only made a couple of the cakes this time.  Work responsibilities and time shortages prevented me from doing all of them.  

First up was our granddaughter's candy land, wonderland cake.  I rose to this occasion like Phoenix rising.  

Three cakes were made with box mixes, and I added an extender recipe.  This makes the cake a little larger, and firmer in my opinion.  I also used spring form pans.  I googled advice on that, and some said don't do it, others said go for it.  So I decided to give it a try.  I had just bought the Wilton spring form heart and really wanted to use it,  Total success.  No mess.  That's what ideal cake making is all about.  These are the baked cakes with their crumb coat on.  

Using Wilton gels, I then tinted the icing is pastel colours to do with the awesome pearlized gumballs I purchased from The Bulk Barn.  I love that store.  Candy land heaven!!! This is what that looked like.  

I had to use dowels to keep my cake together, and this speaks to the fact that I didn't cut and level the cakes very well, (or not at all as is the case here)  Lesson learned.  Future cakes will be levelled properly.

Next was the best part.  Adhering all the additional candy bought to make this little girl's dream a reality.  So easy, yet so time consuming.  I cut the gum drops in half to make them have a flush side to "glue" with the buttercream.   The sour ribbons were a great addition to hide a multitude of sins in the cake making industry (in reality, just my kitchen)

Topped  off with candy floss suckers!!!  How precious right?  Candy floss on little lollipop sticks, so cute.  Life lesson, do you know what happens to candy floss when left out in the open air????  Well here is a lesson, a big life lesson, probably just for those that don't ever eat floss, possibly because it has a strange gritty texture that makes your teeth want to fall out of your head.  This is an example of what candy floss becomes.

Not very appetising to say the least.  A little horrifying to be honest.  That was within 25 minutes.  Just a big ball of yuck.  Lesson learned.  After a side trip to buy some great lollipops all was right in the world again.

Finished cake!!! Transported and delivered without further issues!!!  On happy little girl with her dream cake.  That's what its all about folks, smiles, and family.

Next up was our big girls birthday.  Our oldest daughter turned 29 and she has a thing for Kit Kat bars.  Always has, from the time she had her first one.  I just feel like everyone's birthday should be a special, just for them experience.  So this is the cake I created just for her.  I have to say, she loved it and so did all the guests are her birthday bonfire.

Super simple, easy to achieve by anyone that attempts this cake.  Bake cake, Ice cake.  I actually just used pre-made icing for this.  Edge with the chocolate bars and fasten with a ribbon.  Section off the top with lady fingers, and fill the spots with chocolates of your choice.  I was done the decorating portion in about 30 minutes.  It was a bit of a nightmare to cut and serve, but hey, all is good in great cake making.