cake for her birthday!

birthdays are my favorite! actually, any holiday is fun but this particular birthday was a really big deal! alli turned 26 on the 13th of july and even though we were in the bush at the time (field exercise) and slept on cots right next to each other i didn't see her awake at all on her whole birthday! so i tried to make it up with the bribe of a layer cake about a week later. i think it kept me in the clear...

i got to use our new calphalon 8" round cake pans to make a yellow cake (with splenda) from a boxed mix. i added some pretty sprinkles right at the end too so i could add a little bit of fun color too. this was also the first time that i ever actually cut off the top of one of the layers so the cake would sit right. i used our big bread knife and sliced off a layer of rounded cake top and flipped the cake over onto a plate so it sat on it's top. that way it stayed level the whole time!

pink and brown are totally "in" colors right now and alli has to love anything with pink sugary frosting, her name and a heart!

wine always goes good with a celebration too. this moon mountain was pretty good for a random buy at the package store for around $10.

so here she is getting ready to blow out her 26 candles and digging into the yumminess! look for reasons to celebrate and have more fun with friends!

and keep eating...