Nicole's Patriotic Cake

Nicole is our wonderful babysitter neighbor who happens to have a birthday right around the 4th of July.  We enjoyed a delightful neighborly 4th of July celebration with her and her family and included Nicole's birthday as a part of our patriotic party.  

Her favorite cake flavor is red velvet, so I knew I could do something fun with that.  I wanted to surprise her with a plain old birthday cake on the outside, but when you cut into it....

...there's a little American celebration inside.  

The whole cake was velvet, but the coloring was plain, blue or red velvet to make this pattern work.

A fun surprise indeed.

Happiest of birthdays to you, Nicole!

1 + 91 = 4th of July

Erin ordered a cake for her son's 1st birthday and one for her Grandfather's 91st birthday.  They were going to be having a spectacular 4th of July celebration with these two fantastic birthdays!

The first cake I made was for her son, TJ, who turned one on the 4th of July.  They were having a red, white and blue party for him.  The inside of the cake is a layer of red vanilla and blue vanilla cake, filled with white vanilla buttercream.  I carried the theme to the outside of the cake, too!  It looks incredibly festive, doesn't it?

Grandpa's birthday cake is a chocolate cake with chocolate frosting.  He's not a fan of fondant, so I used buttercream to write on the top of it.

I hope both Grandpa and TJ had a wonderful birthday celebration!!!!