weekend cakes...

sisters, Autumn (12) & Alyx (9), had a joint birthday pool party on Saturday...their mom decided to get each their own small cake on their actual bday, but to do cupcakes for the big party...they needed 6 dozen in all

Autumn chose a Twilight theme (just like her small cake)...i made 1 1/2 dozen rooting for Team Edward (the vampire)...
(yellow cupcakes, iced in buttercream & decorated with fondant & piping gel)

& 1 1/2 dozen rooting for Team Jacob (the wolf)...
(yellow cupcakes, iced in buttercream & decorated with fondant)

Alyx wanted something a little different...plaid.
yep, she simply asked for plaid ;0)
so she got 3 dozen too...i painted the plaid using her fav colors
(funfetti cupcakes, iced in buttercream & decorated with fondant, painted with edible gels)

her small cake will come next month...she also wants that in plaid...i've done plaid on a few cakes already, using strips of fondant...i hope to do something cute for Alyx too

the girls' mother sent me this note...
"They loved them and I didn't have one cupcake left to bring home!"

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Saturday was also Jaden's birthday party...luckily, he's easy to please! we did the low-key, just immediate family sorta party...& he was more than happy with that!
(more details coming in my weekend recap post tomorrow)

he's been asking for a sand castle cake since his 9th birthday party was over last year ;0)

& he took it really easy on me...wanting only a door & single window included...he requested that he (as Jaden fish-boy) be peeking out the window...then he said he's actually shouting out the window to his sand dragon - "coming Sand!" ~lol~

he didn't want water, seashells or any other details added...just the simple sand castle - with 7 towers - & he must be looking out the window of the tallest tower ;0)

it was funfetti cake, iced in buttercream & covered in a brown sugar/graham cracker "sand" mixture...& Jaden said it was "just perfect"...that's all i could ask for!

& get this...he's already busy planning next year's vampire cake (not influenced by any of the latest vampire craze tho...he's clueless about the whole Twilight thing)...he sure doesn't waste any time with getting his order in to Ma! ;0)