A Ducky First Birthday Cake!

As you may or may not know, one of my hobbies is cake making. I have always loved to do it. Well a few weeks ago, a friend who I had made a bridal shower and baby shower cake for contacted me to ask if I would be able to make a cake for her sweet baby boy's first birthday. Of course I was more than happy to! First birthday cakes are so fun! I thought I would share it with you guys :)

 She did not do a theme for the party, just a color scheme of lime green, yellow royal blue and light blue. The little ducky was the perfect way to incorporate some fun and color!

 The cake flavor was a vanilla pound cake and the icing is white buttercream. This was the first time I have tried that particular vanilla cake recipe but I think it is by far my new favorite!

 The top tier was removeable to use for his smash cake. Initially the duck was going to go on top, but I wanted more fun, colorful icing on the smash cake so I opted to move the duck down and pipe a big colorful "1" on the top.

 But the duck is still so cute! And he can play with it after the party :)

 To give credit where it is due, my mom found the little ducky. He was totally her idea!

There you have it. A super cute first birthday cake for a super cute boy!

Hampton's First Birthday Cake

So, I have made this little guy's baby shower cake, his baby dedication cake, and now his first Birthday cake! I'm starting to feel like his personal baker :) But I have no problem with that! There was not a theme for his party, but rather blues and greens with polka dots. First, there was the essential baby smash cake!

 And for the main cake, his mommy wanted it shaped like a 1.

 I was initially going to leave it just the icing. But I felt like it needed something more. Walmart just happened to have curling ribbon in the exact colors that I needed!

 Overall, I am really happy with the way that they turned out. Happy Birthday Hampton!