Nothing is as happy as a child's birthday party. I just love them! The balloons, the food, the games, the food, the goodie bags, the food...
It's that time of the year when I begin to think about my little darling's birthday parties. Who am I kidding? I am always thinking about my kids birthday parties! The defining piece for me is always the cake. I feel , that along with the invitation, the birthday cake sets the tone for the occasion. We have had some wonderful cakes through the years. Here are a few pictures of some of them.
Audrey's 4th "Fancy Nancy" birthday.
A cupcake tower from Audrey's "Cowgirl" party.
Her "Vintage Alphabet" party- the tablecloth is unfortunate
but the cake was gorgeous! You really need to double click on this photo so you can
appreciate it in all it's glory. The artist got the vintage colors spot on.
Alexa's 7th "Fairyland" Party, isn't the detail divine?
A tea party at
Bizu - I just love the macaroon tower!
The cake above was from Alexa's "Nail and Foot Spa" party.
And the cake below is my all time favorite- Audrey's baptism cake. This picture doesn't do it justice as I just scanned it in this morning. Double click on the photo so you can appreciate the workmanship of the cake artist. Really. This cake vignette was just breathtaking.
The colors, the quilting, the little daisies all in the middle segment and then scattered around the table. Those boxes you see stacked up are sugar filigree, (see up close
Here) and had little chocolates inside. The quilted square cakes were given to each Godparent to take home and the lollipop cookies in the two bouquets flanking the cake were given to all the children in attendance. See details
Here,
Here and
Here.
AND that pram. That pram just made the cake extra special.
All the cakes featured in this post, with the exception of the tea party macaroon tower, were made by
Marta Matute. Marta is a genius and has helped me execute all my ideas , and has made my children's birthdays unforgettable. She is easily one of the best resources for children's birthday cakes in Manila.
Top photo courtesy of
Flora et Henri, one of my favorite purveyors of children's clothing.
Notice the detail of the dancing Angelina Ballerinas. No two poses were exactly alike. There were 16 different poses that wrapped around the bottom layer. It was just so sweet! And have I mentioned how delicious these cakes are? Marta offers many different flavors with chocolate and pound cake being amongst my favorites. The pound cake is quite dense and the flavor is redolent of almond, although I do not know if there is any almond flour or almond extract in her recipe. Everyone I know really loves Marta's pound cake.
Revisiting photos of all these wonderful cakes has made me all the more excited to come up with something extra special for our upcoming celebrations. Will post pictures of my ideas soon!
