Pinkety Pink Ruffle Rainbow Cake and a Tea Party Too

Guess who's turning 4?

I'll give you a hint:  She likes pink.

A lot.

Why, here she is now!  Showing the world how excited she is to add another finger to show how old she's going to be.

Four is such a great age for parties like this...when she walked into the dining room the morning after I pulled all this together, she SQUEALED with delight, jumped up and down like a kangaroo and clapped her hands as fast and furiously as she could manage.

 

And then she ran over and gave me a great big hug.  Now if all that isn't the best payback a mom could ever have for working hard on a child's party, I don't know what is.

We're still working on our naturally posed camera face, as you can see.

Here's a shot of the Ruffle Rainbow cake before candles and cutting.  Yes, that's a lot of frosting and a lot of work!  It took 3 batches of frosting and 2 batches of cake to make it, but I have to admit that it was very fun.  I got the idea for the cake from my friend Stacey's website, Perfectly Pink.  She has a picture of a similar cake that I just fell in love with, and I knew I HAD to try it for Hazel's birthday.

....yes, that's Hazel squishing her piece of cake all over the place.  She didn't like the frosting.  Not that I can blame her - I can't stand frosting (unless it's chocolate or cream cheese, and even then only in small amounts).

Some of the other girls were a little more happy to eat their slices.

The large tissue paper flower pompoms were made according to the instructions found here, but I came up with the cute little spiky pompoms in the egg cups myself.  I'll do a tutorial on them soon, they make the perfect plate centerpiece and would be great as a name card holder too.

These are the bigger ones I made from the Martha Stewart site.

Ahhh, that was a fun party.  Pretty exhausting, especially considering I pulled it together in a couple of days after looking at the calendar and realizing that I had to do it now or wait several weeks because of a bunch of scheduling conflicts, but fun.  And yes, I crashed after it was all done - there's nothing nicer than snuggling into the couch next to Hazel so she can watch a movie and I can catch up on lost sleep.  I love naps, don't you?  Especially when I'm the one taking it.

Now it's time to focus on Hyrums party...their birthdays are only a day apart so September is always crazy hectic....

I'm also getting ready to do a big post on all the Halloween quilts and pillows I've been working on, so check back in a bit for all that fun stuff as well! 

 

 

 

Comments

[Pat]

What a lucky girl to have such a beautiful birthday party. She is also beautiful. Wish I was 4 again with you as my Mom. Congrats to you Mom for putting on such a great party for your little girl.

[Beverly Atkins]

You're amazing and what a lucky little girl she is. You out did yourself. Looks like the perfect party for any four year old in love with pink. I have a little 3 year neighbor who is totally into pink. I think I'll show her Mom your blog. Bad think is, Miss Georgia just had her 3 year birthday about a week ago. Great ideas for next year though.

[cdmcake]

This party looked like the perfect quintessence of pink! How did you create that fluffy effect with the frosting?

[shelley]

Thank you! The cake was done with a large rose petal tip. I started in the center of the top of the cake and made ruffles over and over, and over.....
I added darker frosting to the same 16" bag so that the color got increasingly deeper pink as I went around and down to the base of the cake.

[cdmcake]

I love the variegated effect you created by changing the frosting color.

[Stacey]

Your cake looks amazing! I am so glad you went for it. Love, Love, Love! Missing all of you...

[Ashley]

Beautiful cake! What icing did you use? I tried to create this but it didn't turn out. Also when you say you just made ruffles over and over did you just make a wave type motion? Thanks:)

[Chantielle]

I LOVE the cake, am planning a tea party for my twins 6th birthday and I need more instructions on how to do the cake, can you help me out?
thanks!

[Zeledon Bohn]

I am totally out of words looking at these pictures. All I can say is I LOVE THEM ALL. SALUTE! SALUTE!

[Costantino Schott]

My daughter's favorite color is also pink. And she will be celebrating her birthday very soon. I am planning to throw a surprise birthday party for her. Can you suggest the theme? And oh, who made the lovely cake? Can she teach me how to bake and design it? Please? :)

[Westhoff Seibert]

Cake looks so beautiful and delicious. It looks like a great party indeed.