This is what is on my plate this week -- quite literally-- the baking of a pirate cake. We're hosting a Pirate Themed Birthday party for the youngest who is turning six and who is having his first friend party.
I encouraged the party to be a Pirate Theme just so I could make this cake -- for the third time. Third time is the charm -- right!?! Last year I convinced him not to have a pirate cake. This year, I persuaded him to have a pirate cake. What's up with that?
It started when he was turning three. I had asked him what kind of cake that he wanted after we'd been through the bakery aisle at the grocery store. We'd oohed and aahed over the neat looking cakes.
So when asked what kind of cake he wanted, he answered, "A pirate cake."
I meant chocolate or vanilla. He meant a pirate cake.
I didn't want to buy the cake due my frugal tendencies. Instead, I set out to learn how to make a pirate cake. It didn't look that hard. And it wasn't; but, as usual, I didn't give myself a lot of time to experiment with such a project.
I baked it. I built it. We ate it.
Then his four year old birthday approached.
"What kind of cake would you like?" asked his mommy.
"A pirate cake, " he replied.
Since I didn't keep anything that I had used to make it, I had to search again for directions on the internet although this time I could also look at my pictures. It went okay.
When the five year old birthday came around. I convinced him to choose another cake; perhaps by not giving him the option of a pirate cake. (I don't really remember since that was a year ago.) I didn't want to be locked into baking a pirate cake for the next 10 years.
But I guessed I missed making it since I convinced him to go with a Pirate Theme just so I could make this cake!
Since making a cake for the third time may not be stressful enough (even though I will probably need to look up directions again. I don't know, of course, since it is only Tuesday and the party is Saturday), we're going to make our own pinata for the very first time. This will help just in case things won't be stressful enough getting ready for the kid party on Saturday. Tee-hee. Right now, it sounds fun and creative. Hopefully it remains so, especially with an inspired 13 year old around that can spearhead the pinata project while I bake the pirate cake again.
It should be a fun week!
But if you'd like to give some pinata-making tips, they are quite welcome.
So....what's baking at your house this week? 
We usually have a pinata for B's birthday since it's Cinco de Mayo. My pinata tip is that (for me) it's well worth the money to buy one. : ) Actually, this year, they are old enough, that I bet N1 could figure out how to make one. Hmmm!
ReplyDeleteWe are looking forward to see the birthday boy (and the pirate cake!) this weekend! : )
We made a pirate cake for Noah for his 3rd birthday. It looked much like that one and he loved it. This last year he wanted a Lighting McQueen cake so we were going to make a racing track. The cake split in half as I took it out of the mold so we made a racing track in a canyon instead. He loved it! The joy of making cakes for kids who think you can do ANYTHING, right?
ReplyDeleteWow, that is one amazing pirate ship cake. FABULOUS!!
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