Happy Birthday Taylor!

Happy Birthday Taylor

My children have a bad habit of picking birthday themes that are almost impossible to do. (And also Halloween costumes that are impossible to make, but that is a different story.)

So when Taylor announced that he wanted a Skylanders birthday party, I knew it would not be easy.
That is a new game.
They do not have that birthday theme in the store and they do not have it online.
It does not exist.

But he was insistent.
I tried to order a Skylanders cake but they don't make those either.
I have a lady that I have always used that could have built me a dragon cake, but she closed her shop here in town, so...
I decided to make Taylor some cupcakes with a  "Portal of Power" style like the Skylanders game.

That brings up a strange problem considering that this is a blog about preparing food is mass quantity and freezing it so that your family has home made food to eat.

I cannot bake.


Cakes don't rise.


Pies don't set. 

Brownies dry out.

Even cornbread crumbles.

I cannot bake.

But Taylor did not ask for a lot.
He did not want a lot of people there (just two friends to come play the video game with him).
He did not want a very expensive present (just this one video game).
But my baby wanted a Skylanders cake, so I gave the cupcakes a shot.
They tasted fine and the cake did rise. (I cheated and used a boxed mix!).
They certainly did not look like the Portal of Power from the game but my son was impressed.
Mama made him a Skylanders cake and that was all he wanted.

Happy Birthday Taylor!