Banana cake. Snickerdoodle cake.
Don’t forget the buttercream.
I’ve been baking like a woman who has kids celebrating birthdays. I thought I’d share how I spent our flour, eggs, sugar, and cinnamon like they were going out of style. These precious commodoties came together in two different cakes.
Teddy turned 1 on August 23rd. I mentioned in his birthday post that his theme was bananas. I made a two-layered banana cake with a thin coating of Nutella in the middle. I frosted it with classic buttercream. This is the recipe I used. The cake was moist, light, and had the flavor of banana bread without the sticky heaviness.
Banananananana Cake
Beatrix celebrated her 5th birthday with a sunflower-themed cake. She loves Plants vs. Zombies. Originally, she wanted a zombie cake, but I am from the school of thought that 5-year-old girls should never have zombie birthdays. You should at least be 41. She was thrilled with how her cake turned out. I’m pretty happy, too.
I used the same recipe I used to make her cake last year—Scribbit’s Snickerdoodle Cake. I made a chocolate buttercream, mostly so the sunflower’s faces could be brown. Plus? Chockit.
Sunflower Cakes for Beatrix's 5th Birthday
To make the petals, I frosted Pepperidge Farm Milk Chocolate Milano cookies with yellow royal icing. It hardened quickly, so I didn’t have to arrange sticky cookies around the cakes.
First of all, you are my hero. When our first child turned 1, I quickly decided that birthday cakes are something we would outsource, as I have absolutely no talent in the area of cake baking and decorating.
Second, notwithstanding what I just said about my lack of talent, I want to make that snickerdoodle cake! It sounds delicious!