The Open Pantry: Owl Birthday Cake

Wednesday, June 1, 2011

Owl Birthday Cake

My hat is off to all of the pastry chefs and bakers who are constantly swirled in flour and powdered sugar and who must have piles of dishes to contend with at the end of the day! I make cakes for family members and dear friends . . . and it is a work out . . . but one I LOVE doing! Thanks for asking me Sandy!!!

It has been a busy night filled with powder sugar dusting my kitchen (and probably whole house) the enticing smell of cakes baking. . . incredible caramel frosting topping chocolate chip cookie dough flavored cupcakes, . . . little owl faces peering at me from all over my counter tops and finally an owl birthday cake finally finished and ready to celebrate a DARLING little boys first birthday!!!

Happy Birthday Cade!!! You have an amazing family who loves you to pieces buddy!

10 comments:

Frieda Loves Bread said...: Darling!! You just brought back a memory of my mom making a cut up cake of two rounds and making an owl out of it....Your cuppy cakes are cute, too!; June 1, 2011 at 5:11 AM
sabrina said...: em you are amazing!; June 1, 2011 at 7:36 AM
Rachel @ NotRachaelRay said...: Wow, these are amazing! You are so talented!; June 1, 2011 at 4:22 PM
teresa said...: as always, i'm so impressed with your beautiful cakes!; June 1, 2011 at 4:45 PM
April said...: You are the best Emily! Your cakes are amazing, I love the little owl and cupcakes! Cade is one lucky boy :); June 1, 2011 at 4:48 PM
Janna said...: Hi there! :) I was lookig for an idea for a pirate cake and then I found you! Your cakes are amazing!! You really are so talented.

I have to make a pirate cake to a 1 year old boy and I probably have to copy your pirate cake a lot. Sorry! :)))

If you wanna see my pirate cake, look here next sunday: http://mistaonpienettytottehty2.blogspot.com/p/taytekakkuja_08.html; June 2, 2011 at 1:53 PM
Emily said...: Nasba . . . copy away!!!; June 2, 2011 at 4:26 PM
Sandy said...: Thank you Emily! You are always so good to us!; June 5, 2011 at 4:57 PM
Maggie @ Vittles and Bits said...: These are just adorable, you are very talented!!; June 9, 2011 at 7:30 AM
Susie said...: Cute!; June 20, 2011 at 5:51 PM

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By:Emily
I am thankful for the times when our dinner table is surrounded by familiar faces, where extra chairs are brought in and the place settings vary due to the great number gathered. I am grateful for the stories reminisced and the examples set for posterity. I marvel at the spread before us and smile knowing that it was made with love from recipes shared and passed around for generations. It is moments like this where the sound of laughter bouncing off the walls and excited voices ringing throughout the room make me most thankful for what I have and who I am.

I don't think our kids know what an apron is.
The principal use of Grandma's apron was to protect the dress underneath, because she only had a few, it was easier to wash aprons than dresses and they used less material, but along with that, it served as a potholder for removing hot pans from the oven.
It was wonderful for drying children's tears, and on occasion was even used for cleaning out dirty ears.
From the chicken coop, the apron was used for carrying eggs, fussy chicks, and sometimes half-hatched eggs to be finished in the warming oven.
When company came, those aprons were ideal hiding places for shy kids.
And when the weather was cold, grandma wrapped it around her arms.
Those big old aprons wiped many a perspiring brow, bent over the hot wood stove.
Chips and kindling wood were brought into the kitchen in that apron.
From the garden, it carried all sorts of vegetables. After the peas had been shelled, it carried out the hulls.
In the fall, the apron was used to bring in apples that had fallen from the trees.
When unexpected company drove up the road, it was surprising how much furniture that old apron could dust in a matter of seconds.
When dinner was ready, Grandma walked out onto the porch, waved her apron, and the men knew it was time to come in from the fields to dinner.
It will be along time before someone invents something that will replace that 'old-time apron' that served so many purposes.

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Eating an apple will wake you up better and give you more energy than caffine will.
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Your more likely to be hungry if you are cold.