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post #16 of 93
7/5/08 at 6:00am
I definitely would BUT... my daughters B-day is a couple days after mine and I'm usually too busy making her cake. She's 9 now so it's probally been about 10 years since I had my own cake icon_cry.gif
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post #17 of 93
7/5/08 at 6:11am
I always make my own cake, mostly because my children have food allergies and I want them to be able to eat the cake, too. However, my birthday is in a couple of days and my husband said he would "take care of it" this year. I'm a little scared.
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post #18 of 93
7/5/08 at 6:13am
I always make mine too. My mom offers, but I always want to try something new anyway so it works out.
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post #19 of 93
7/5/08 at 6:17am
Had not thought about it actually. Think I will this year. Turning the big four - oh!

I like that idea.

I think I will have a party to celebrate with others and give THEM gifts for being my friends. Thank them for making my 40 years great.

Hmmmm....gotta think on it for a bit...
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post #20 of 93
7/5/08 at 6:29am
I live near my MIL, and she always makes my birthday cake. It's always a chocolate round cake with canned frosting. There are times I wish I could make my own, but I feel like it would hurt her feelings.

By all means, go for it and do something you will actually look forward to eating!
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post #21 of 93
7/5/08 at 6:34am
We go out for dessert. He would make me anything I wanted but he has to ask me how to do it too.

But I mean as the kids got a little older I stopped making the big deal cakes fopr them and we just had a nice 9x13 in the pyrex pan for b-days. Then I got laid off a few times and I thought well shoot I'm gonna go all out on a cake for them. (Read-got no real money for a spiffy gift.) And they really really dug it. That was cool.

I do like a 'this is your life' whimsy as only a Mother would know how to create y'know?

But honestly for me, I hadn't really given it much thought till you asked here but getting super decadent dessert out somewhere is great for me.
 
 

 

 

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post #22 of 93
7/5/08 at 6:51am
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WOW i am so excited now to plan my birthday cake-you guys have really made my decision so much easier and i have decided i WILL bake my own cake!!!!!!!!!!! I will choose my fav cake and filling and find something to try out that ive always wanted to try!!!!! Off to look in the galleries...........
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post #23 of 93
7/5/08 at 6:52am
I would definitely make my own birthday cake. As a matter of fact, I owe myself two b'day cakes now. Last year was the 4-0 but I was in the midst of packing up to move. This year, I was making a cake for someone else a couple of weeks back.
But, a wise friend counselled me - "You can ALWAYS have 'birthday cake day' whenever!" I think he just wants to be able to have cake to snarfle on! icon_smile.gif But I agree.
I am busy on a b'day cake for my aunt's 70th b'day for next week and hopefully one to take w/me to New Orleans as a gift for my friends. So, "birthday cake day" will have to be bumped again...but by golly, it WILL happen! icon_smile.gif
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Wendl
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post #24 of 93
7/5/08 at 6:52am
I made my own birthday this year (its the purse caek in my photos) but normally I wouldn't. My oldest son's birthday is the day after mine and usually, two cakes in two days is WAY too much cake. This year, his birthday party was two weeks before his actual day, so I was able to have my own cake. I'm considering purchasing the mini-tiered cake pan (that itty bitty one that makes just enough cake for two people) so that I can make two cakes, one for each of us, and this way there won't be TONS of leftover cake (is there such a thing as too much cake? i think so..)
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post #25 of 93
7/5/08 at 6:54am
The only thing sad about making your own cake is if you wanted someone else to make it. In other words, if it makes you feel forgotten or unloved. I have made my own cake several times for exactly the reasons stated by others. I wanted to try something new.

However, one of the nicest "cakes" I have ever had was a twinky with a single candle in it. I had just moved to a new town and job and was feeling very lonely; one of my co-workers put it in my mail cubbie with a card. I know that sounds stupid, but it was the emotion involved not the cake itself that made it special.
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post #26 of 93
7/5/08 at 6:55am
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Originally Posted by butterflywings

... (is there such a thing as too much cake? i think so..)



No, it's called "Midnight snackage" or even better "Breakfast!" thumbs_up.gif
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post #27 of 93
7/5/08 at 7:18am
No way will I make my own cake. Gives me a great excuse to check out the competition!! icon_smile.gif
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post #28 of 93
7/5/08 at 7:26am
last year I asked my husband if he was having a party for me, he said no so I told him no surprise parties because I needed to know when to bake my cake for...he looked surprised then laughed and told me about the party!! my I made a plain cake with MMF fondant and fondant flowers. my MIL commented that she preferred buttercream and the next time I should not do fondant, she didn't like it!!
it's MY birthday!!!!!!!!!! I think ALL my birthday cakes will be fondant....!
anyway, everyone laughed when they found out i wanted to make my own cake...but it's ok...they all want me to make their cakes too!!
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post #29 of 93
7/5/08 at 7:39am
My dear DD has been making my birthday cake since she learned to open a box of yellow cake mix and a can of chocolate frosting she was 9 when she started she is now 32 it is her favorite and her dads not mine she is a daddy's girl. Chocolate would be my favorite
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post #30 of 93
7/5/08 at 9:43am
I'm so picky about cake now (and so is my family) that the only kind they can buy that we won't all grumble about is a Cold Stone Creamery ice cream cake. icon_smile.gif Usually, that's what they do but I wouldn't be against making my own. Sometimes it's nice to be able to decorate it the way I want it anyway (with no input from anyone else!) icon_biggrin.gif
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