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Monday, November 7, 2011

Camouflage Birthday Cake

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Haven't you ever wanted to ask your party guests:  "Chocolate or Camouflage?"

It's pretty fun!  

My son, Nicholas, turned seven last week.  He asked for a G.I. Joe cake.  I don't really make cakes.  I just whip up some box cake mix and some buttercream icing (oh how I love buttercream icing!) and put them together to be somewhere between "not hideous" and "not embarrassing".  

So the inside of the cake was camouflaged, too!  I added a bunch of food coloring  to good ol yellow cake mix.  The green is just regular food coloring liquid.  The brown is actually the Wilton icing color brown.  Then I just blobbed cake batter in different colors in the pan.  The key was to do small blobs and don't swirl it.  I did about two "layers" of blobs.  I wanted camo in each bite!

Nicholas' party was last night but his actual birthday was earlier in the week.  He got this Boba Fett helmet as a gift.  When he was done playing with it, Stella and I gave it a try!

Then our tradition of measuring the kids on the growth chart....
He grew 3 inches since last year!

Then another tradition...my husband and the kids make me a cake for my birthday.  Which is two days after Nick's.  November always means a lot of cake for us!  


I've got some great hair, yes, thanks.
And if you are trying to count the candles, go right ahead.  

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9 comments:

  1. so awesome, my nephew would just die!!!
    i love it:)

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  2. So glad that camo-cake wasn't for you...Happy Birthday, lady! I hope you're pouring a glass of something fabulous...maybe after the kids go to bed. Big hugs!

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  3. This is awesome!! I had to pin this for my sister, her boys are obsessed with all things came. Thanks for sharing!

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  4. LOVE that cake... what little boy wouldn't want that? Happy bday to you too!

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  6. Love it!
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  7. Oh my gosh - I can't believe I never thought of this. My dad would go nuts over this cake.

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  8. This is a great idea! My son's birthday is next friday, and although he is older, he'll LOVE this! :)

    SO AWESOME!!!!


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  9. That cake is a great idea!!
    Happy Birthday :)!!

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