Happy Memorial Day!
Whenever my husband gets out his tools to fix or assemble something in our home.. my son excitedly gets his toy tools so he can work alongside him as his trusty assistant. So, to celebrate his 3rd birthday, we had his party at every tool man’s go to place… the Home Depot! And, of course, we had to have a tool box cake and cupcakes. Luckily my mom was in town and she helped me build this fantastic cake!
The party was centered around a wood working project (a helicopter) which the parents helped their little ones build. The Home Depot supplied the training room, balloons, project kits, and little orange apron for every party guest! They even had Homer, the Home Depot mascot, come in to greet the kids and pose for pictures.
To go with the building theme, we chose to make the cake look like the Handy Manny tool box. My little builder was so happy that day… and as cool as the cake was, I think his favorite part was sitting on his daddy’s lap and building that helicopter!
One little party goer had an egg allergy, so we made wacky cake, a delicious and super easy chocolate cake recipe that dates back to the late 1930’s. It is believed that this cake was created due to the rationing of milk and eggs during World War II. The cake is light and very tasty. There are many variations of this recipe if you want to experiment with flavors or need to adjust for other allergies.
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Just Baked
So I sought out for a good recipe… there are tons out there. But I settled for one on the healthier side since, well, I’m days shy of having baby #2 and my weight gain has been kind of out of control! What with all the donuts, cookies, and cake I have been making lately for the blog… who can blame me?
This recipe uses 100% whole wheat flour, yogurt, butter, and salt. Thats all, pretty simple really. But it was absolutely disgusting. To describe how yucky these duckys were, there are still 2 sitting on the counter in my house and I made them 4 days ago… AND they have frosting on them, AND sprinkles, AND they are filled with nutella!
On a brighter note, they look awfully cute and the frosting was delicious, I made it with powdered sugar whipped up with a little milk (add sparingly until you get the right consistency). Then I actually used turmeric powder to get the yellow color! I couldn’t taste the turmeric, it was a surprisingly good choice, one that I will do again since I understand turmeric has some pretty awesome health benefits.
