For those of you who know me you know I am not a person who was raised in the soil. As a matter of fact you know that it would probably make me sneeze. So know what a tractor is and what it looks like might be a stretch. So when Penny came to me (and for those of you unfamiliar with Penny she is one of my co-workers at the office and has been mentioned many times in this blog) and said her brother and sister in law were hoping for a tractor cake but she thought that might be out of the realm of my talents, boy was she surprised when I said no problem.
Let me explain it is Penny's nephew's first birthday and of course we needed a cake, and a smash cake. For those of you not familiar with a smash cake it is generally a smaller cake that is baby size and appropriate for a one year old to stick their hands into and smear all of their face. Since most adults who attend the birthday party would prefer not to have a smashed cake from a one year old there is the official cake and the smash cake for the child. Back to the story...the theme of the party was John Deere which is very simple, just a green and yellow tractor. To jazz it up a little I painted my decorating bag with the green and yellow icing colorings and piped the border from that which gave it a tie-dyed effect and was kind of cool. The smash cake was actually made from cupcakes and was in the shape of a one. I put the tie-dyed rosettes across the top and iced the rest smooth.
Penny said her nephew sat and looked at the smash cake for awhile and then stuck his finger in it. Apparently after licking his finger and realizing that he liked it and getting a quick sugar rush he delved right in and smashed the cake and literally shoved it into his face. Which means he got the range from his chin to the tip of his nose and up his nose but did not seem to mind. He did not mind that is until mom put a stop to his fun and had to get the cake out of his nose. Other than that I would say his birthday was a big success.
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