The Birthday Cake

We recently had a birthday that needed celebrating so we asked the birthday boy what kind of cake he wanted.  That can be an exciting question sometimes.  

In this case, he said he wanted to design his own cake.  Then he drew a picture of it.  He actually put quite a bit of effort into drawing out his vision of what he wanted his cake to look like.  This was a week before the day of celebration so Brombeere had a while to think on how she was going to make his idea turn into reality.

The day before the celebration he also said he wanted to help make it.  So they set about making it happen.

Pretty soon they had the basic shape done and ready to do the finish work.

First there was some instruction and then he got to work on the initial application of frosting.

Then came the detail work.  He got  bit frustrated because it was slow, careful business and slow and careful are not always his strong suit.  But he worked at it and did quite well, getting better as he went along.

Alas, baking and decorating a cake can take a while and pretty soon it was bed time.  Grandma was left to finish it off.

But she kept at it and pretty soon it was looking more and more like his drawing.

His Dad even got involved in making some of the decorations that went on the cake.

After a while it was pronounced "done" and, in comparison, it actually looked quite a bit like his concept drawing.  

Success!!

We put out some decorations and then the grown-ups went to bed.  The next morning, when he saw the finished product, he was very pleased.

We asked him how he wanted to arrange his candles on the cake and he told us where to put them.  That worked to his disadvantage.  First he blew out one side ...

... then he had to go around and do the other side.  Took him two breaths to get them all out, spaced out like that.

Then there was cake, ice cream, and presents.  He was quite happy with how it all turned out.  

And then it was done - nothing left but the after party.  It was a lot of cake, but he was happy with how it all turned out.  Brombeere might even be willing to give it another shot when the next birthday rolls around.