Early this year, a four year old that I am very fond of decided she was going to have a unicorn birthday when she turned five. It had to be Rainbow Unicorns. Oh, and her name is Lily, she's also my Official Batter Removal Specialist.
A couple weeks before her birthday, we sat down together while baby sister was taking a very rare afternoon nap. We talked about what her cake should look like. We picked rainbow markers out and Lily drew up a plan:
She told me about the rainbow and clouds on the top cake. The middle cake should have a unicorn with a rainbow stripe behind it. The bottom layer (and the biggest) should be pink, and have her name in rainbow letters. When I asked if we should put anything on the top, she drew a big 5 (we ran out of space on the top of the sheet, but it's there on the edge of the paper.)
So I took all of her vision and plugged it into this cake for my girl:
We even tinted the middle layer's vanilla cake to be rainbow colored. This is the layer we served first at the party for the kids. I also used this as a comprise to the birthday girl so that I could avoid that rainbow ribbon of fondant behind the unicorn.
Another fun thing we did for Lily's birthday was make rainbow ice cream cone cupcakes. Remember those from elementary school? Lily helped me make them from start to finish and we took them for a special preschool birthday treat.
I have to admit, I do go a bit over the top for my own kids cakes. But they watch many cakes go out to other kiddos all year round, miss out on a little time with me through out the months, and always impress me (and give me great relief) that they know the dire consequences touching cakes that are for others. So come birthday time, I try my best to give them the best cake I can!
Happy Birthday Lily, you are very loved by many :)
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