Unicorn Cake for Beginner Bakers

I am an 'all or nothing' person.

So when it is birthday time, I want to make the most special cakes for my girls. (As seen here)

I don't want store bought cakes.

I also don't plop figurines onto a cake and call it good.

(If you do either of those things, cool! You do you. I personally just don't like it)

BUUUUT I know nothing about cake decoration or baking really.

I enjoy baking, but I am no expert or professional.

So I thought I would share how I make birthday cakes for others who want to do the same.

This was Ellie's birthday cake this week:

Is it perfect? No.

But is it exactly what she begged for for months prior to her birthday? YES!

Ellie's Fifth Birthday

My little Eloise is five years old.

😭 😭 😭

She is growing up so fast.

Just look at the difference in her face between 4 years old and 5 years old.

Unbelievable.

#TBT: Ellie's Birthday

A look at some of Eloise's birthday cakes
(This is posted a day late so technically it is a Flashback Friday, but oh well)

This year Eloise has requested a unicorn cake for her fifth birthday.
Every year I forget how tiring it is to make a cute birthday cake from scratch. You know how people say after giving birth you get childbirth amnesia and forget the pain?
Well it is like that... but with baking.