Well, after a lot of thought and planning... a lot of internet research for ideas... we are finally here. Lexi's Rainbow Birthday! My baby girl celebrates turning four years old! She has turned into one wonderful four year old! And her choice of a rainbow theme seemed very fitting! She is quite colorful in her personality, her appearance and the life she brings to us!
I planned her menu which included a rainbow of food (lower left) of fruit and veggies. Rainbow of jello (lower right). Now those were a hit!
Friday I worked on her rainbow cake. It is not fancy... although it was very time consuming! She wanted a rainbow cake. But not an actual rainbow. But tiers of the rainbow colors. There are six colors in our rainbow. But I do think a six tier cake is better fitting a wedding then a four year old birthday party! So, each of our tieers were only one layer instead of two. Shew! That cut down some cake. But still! That is enough cake to feed a small wedding too! SO!
Grandpa Jim made us a circle of wood for the bottom purple layer which I covered in fondant.
I made a rainbow colored HUGE rice krispies treat for the blue layer... and covered it in fondant.
The green layer was a cake that I divided the batter, colored and then poured it into a rainbow cake and covered in fondant.
The orange layer was confetti cake covered in fondant.
The orange and pink layer (okay she wanted hot pink instead of red) were pink cake covered in fondant.
Um... that was a LOT of fondant to make from scratch and roll and roll and roll. Boy did my arms hurt.
but.....
It was SO worth it! 10+ hours of work was so rewarding to see all the ways she smiled at this cake!
And she had so much fun with her family. I will post the video from one of the most entertaining highlights of the night later.
Then she collapsed all bundled up with her stuffed friends and her new baby, Lila, tucked in next to her. Lila has kept her company ever since!
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