Could my girl really be ten years old today? Why yes, yes she is.
Once again, she requested a Star Wars cake for her birthday. I thought I could go the easy route that I took for Zander’s birthday, but unfortunately the only Star Wars Lego sets available were the same ones I used on his cake in January. So we compromised. I had to explain to Abigail that cartoons were much easier to make cakes out of than real people, spaceships with hard lines, and droids. So she permitted me to make a cupcake tower. We frosted half with vanilla frosting and half with dark chocolate frosting, so our birthday guests will have to choose the light side or the dark side. We also found some pretty opalescent sprinkles that reminded Abigail of little lightsabers.
All’s well that ends well. And maybe for the next birthday I can convince my kid to choose something a little easier to make a cake out of. 😉
The cake this year is a doctored cake mix. My original suggestion had been a chocolate cake with cookies and cream frosting and filling. Abigail liked the idea, but wanted it flopped around, so I made a cookies and cream cake. The cake turned out really well- it tastes like cookies and cream, and since it started with a mix in a box, it was really easy to make.
Cookies And Cream Cupcakes
1 box white cake mix with pudding in the mix 1/2 cup oil 3 whole eggs 1 cup water 1 teaspoon vanilla2 1/2 cups crushed Oreos. (Take the frosting out of about 8 of the Oreos)
Preheat oven to 350ºF and line two pans of cupcake pans with liners.
In a mixing bowl, beat together the cake mix, oil, eggs, water and vanilla. Beat for about 2 minutes, or until nice and creamy. Add the Oreo crumbs and beat until well combined.
Divide the batter amongst 24 cupcake liners.
Bake for about 20 minutes, or until lightly browned, and a toothpick inserted in the middle comes out clean.
Allow to cool for 5 minutes in the pan before removing to racks to cool completely before frosting.
To make a layer cake, divide the batter between two pans and adjust the cooking time to 25-30 minutes.