Why are there so many songs about rainbows?

*Sigh* That was nostalgic... nothing beats Kermit doing punk rock, hehe.

I felt really ambitious this week, and I wanted to do something extra special for my little princess, so I decided to make a six layer rainbow cake I saw on Martha Stewart once.  It turned out good, but not exactly as I had hoped - it resembled the leaning tower of pisa.  I had actually forgotten to trim up one of the layers (the darn yellow one!) and realized a little too late what the consequence would be.  I tried to hide the slight discrepency and ended up deviating from my plan for keeping the deco on the outside plain.... oh well.  It was a birthday cake for a very spirited and colorful two year old so it all worked out in the end.

 Also this was a recipe I followed from the internet, and I was quickly reminded why I don't like doing that - the frosting was a new experience, it wouldn't set (should've stuck to my trusty buttercream), and also the sponge would've all gone down the bin had I not tweaked the recipe according to my experience!  Growing up, I always complained to my mother that she never followed any recipe to the T, she always took a written recipe and did her own thing with it.... now I understand that that's what EXPERIENCE is.  My mother's cakes ALWAYS turn out perfect, and that's because she doesn't trust any one else's judgement except her own when it comes to recipes.  So yeah, never going to the internet for another recipe again.  Not my best work, but Yums didn't care, she was happy anyway!

The goodie packs were awesome though... I got pre-made boxes and filled them up with chocolates and lollipops and added two crazy mini cupcakes.  In keeping with the "rainbow" theme, I adorned the cupcakes with multicolor buttercream. The whole time I was working I kept humming the tunes from Yo Gabba Gabba's "Birthday" episode.  That show is so addictive... Yums and I both have most of the songs memorized.  Hmmm... maybe I should've done a Broby cake!  There's always next year though!

So three cakes, three dozen cupcakes, a kilo of butter, and God knows how much sugar later I can finally relax.  I had two birthday celebrations for my gorgeous two year old, and she totally deserved it.  What I really want to do now is just get a good few hours of shut-eye.  *yawn*  I totally deserve it too, don't I? :)