I always love your stories and photos! Really glad you finally made it -- it's a super cute cake and I like the random way the batters mixed together. I hope the birthday girl loved it!

I love your stories and your pictures!! The girls have to know that you're going to be whipping out a camera when they come over! :-)

Your cakes are always fantastic, even the so-called fails.

Well, no matter what the cake looked like, it was gobbled up with hot chocolate, then the next day for dessert with ice cream. The weather was nearly 50 and the snow was becoming ice and pools of water, so although the snowboarding wasn't great, the cake was all eaten. There was some mention that not enough calories had been expended to make up for those consumed, LOL.

Plllog, I'm a failure on making cakes shaped like animals, this was so much easier, without all that cutting and sculpting. An artist I am not, I'm just a baker!

Jasdip, it's never a fail when it tastes good, but it was definitely not what I expected it to look like...

PM, if I hadn't already told them it was supposed to look like a checkerboard, I'd have just called it "marble", LOL, but I was ready for the big reveal. And it bit me back, of course.

Annie

oops. I can see why the lack of a checkerboard was a failure then.

So now I'm curious... who makes your birthday cake? and do you get to choose what it is? :o) I think I'll make a birthday cake for myself this year... I've had too many years without one!

PM, I don't have birthday cake, I get to make my own treat and it's usually my favorite, lemon bars. I don't make them otherwise, because no one eats them except me and I eat them ALL. I did find an exceptional gluten free recipe, better than my regular recipe, and so now Amanda shares them with me, but I still bake them myself. None of the kids like them. Too bad for them!

Annie

AnnieB., I believe in magic. I even believe in unicorns. But there's no way you'll ever convince me that kids don't like chocolate. Ridiculous!

The cake turned out cute, and the kids loved it. You should've told them the unicorn was busy chasing rainbows, hence, the marbling effect.

Sol

That is an adorable unicorn cake!

Gosh, those girls are growing so fast. And their Grandma is teaching them so much.

I really like your cake, even the failed checkerboard. Its a nice combo of the two flavors.

Madonna

Love the cake!

Sol, my friend, I'm happy you're here again!

You too, Olychick, I don't see you very much either.

Lizbeth, I especially liked that cake because I like buttercream frosting, and the kids usually want fondant. They actually eat that vile stuff! Ugh.

Madonna, they are growing quickly. I've got to take every chance I get to play with them before they grow up and Grandma isn't fun any more!

Annie

Am I the only one who finds this post rather X-rated? :)

lpink, you were the only one until now. lol!

L, get your mind out of the gutter, LOL. I didn't think anything either, until now!

If I didn't know better, I'd think you'd been hanging around with Evil Jessica. (grin)

Annie