I’m not sure how we got here already, but Lulu turned one a few weeks ago. My little baby isn’t really a little baby anymore. Naturally we had to have a big celebration for reaching this milestone and because Lulu has a lot of fans, our big celebration really was big. Nearly 50 people showed up to celebrate Lulu’s first birthday and it was a total blast. We served dumplings for our little dumpling, which meant we had potato knishes to represent her Jewish side and three kinds of Asian dumplings – pork and scallion, Asian chicken, and tofu, cabbage … Read More
Aly’s Birthday Cake
Remember when I made that Star Wars Lego cake and I said that I would make each of the Abel kids a cake by their tenth birthday? Well, we blew that rule right out of the water. This is Aly’s birthday cake. Her eleventh birthday cake. Whoops. Turns out last year she was out of town for her tenth birthday, so I gave her a one year extension. When I asked what kind of cake she wanted, she said, “A three tiered wedding cake that’s pink and gold with flowers”. Ok, I like your thinking Aly. Reach for the stars. … Read More
Star Wars Lego Cake
I’ve promised each of the Abel kids one spectacular birthday cake, as long as they cash it in before their tenth birthday. Deadlines are approaching and flying by, so it was time to get some cake orders in. Jackson turned nine this year and for his birthday he requested this Star Wars Lego cake. This wasn’t the first time I’d made a Star Wars Lego cake, but the last time I made one was over seven years ago and made at a point in my life when I could pull all-nighters making cake without a tiny human clamoring for my attention. The last … Read More
