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Birthday Cake Ideas

Southern_Belle · Nothing's Impossible

Do the small GF cake and then some non gf cupcakes.

Nobody Just Nobody · Rib-it! Rrrib-it!

I've seen where they do cupcakes and then put them in a design like a snake. Something like that but with a cake would be cute.

Fort Worth Mom · Mod/Penguin lover/Princess!

Gosh, I'm not much of a cake person.

I used to make some cute cupcakes in ice cream cones, when my kids were little.

They were a big hit!

But, I think your son is a little too old for that! wink

lilyofcourse · My spirit animal is a pink flamingo.

It's a once a year thing. I'd do the cake and not worry about it.

Nobody Just Nobody · Rib-it! Rrrib-it!

Well Lily, I don't think you really understand how much GF stuff costs. A loaf of bread is six dollars. Four cupcakes is five dollars. A bag of rice flour is anywhere from 15-20 dollars. GF is pricey.

lilyofcourse · My spirit animal is a pink flamingo.

I do.

And once a year for a birthday cake special made for my child wouldn't be a big deal.

That's just me. My opinion.

Nobody Just Nobody · Rib-it! Rrrib-it!

Well, we work hard for our money and live on a budget. Money is not an unending thing with us.

Dona Worry Be Happy · Vette's SS!!

A small gf cake (like a six inch round) perched on top of your favorite 9x13.
That is what I used to do for my BIL.
Best part--you could make the bottom yourself. Just make sure it is a solid color that will compliment the decorations.

Dona Worry Be Happy · Vette's SS!!

Also--look in your local natural food store. Mine sells a gf blend in the bulk section cheaper per pound than the pure boxed stuff you can get elsewhere, plus you only need to get the amount you want.

lilyofcourse · My spirit animal is a pink flamingo.

Nobody Just Nobody wrote:
Well, we work hard for our money and live on a budget. Money is not an unending thing with us.

I have a very tight budget. I live on less than 500 a month.

I scrimp and save and pinch for the extra things.

A kids birthday cake is one of those things.

Dona Worry Be Happy · Vette's SS!!

For the love if God Lily, if she doesn't feel she can afford a gf cake big enough to feed her family of growing teenage boys, she doesn't. It doesn't at all mean she doesn't want to make the day special, it means her priorities are not on the cake.
Drop it already, you are being super snarky.

Nobody Just Nobody · Rib-it! Rrrib-it!

Dona Worry Be Happy wrote:
For the love if God Lily, if she doesn't feel she can afford a gf cake big enough to feed her family of growing teenage boys, she doesn't. It doesn't at all mean she doesn't want to make the day special, it means her priorities are not on the cake.
Drop it already, you are being super snarky.

THANK YOU Dona. I don't WANT to spend $80 on a GF cake when we don't NEED that much GF cake. My son is the only one who needs it. I would rather spend the extra money on a gift for him. And he wants a bakery cake. Why? Because he never gets to eat anything from the bakery. It's like a kid who had to wear hand me downs all their life wanting a new dress. I totally understand his feelings. I could easily make a cake. That is not the point. I am sensitive of his feelings. There's a store by us that sells really good carrot cake cupcakes with cream cheese icing that are GF. Whenever we have a bday, mothers day, or fathers day I buy him some cupcakes. But it's not the same as having a slice of cake from the bakery. I found a lady who will make him a cake. She owns a small bakery.

Anyway, he loves fish and has six fish tanks. Someone sent me these pictures. I think I could pull this off pretty easily. I could even go to the local grocery store bakery to get the cupcakes.

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Fort Worth Mom · Mod/Penguin lover/Princess!

How cute! smile

I like the fish idea!

Nobody Just Nobody · Rib-it! Rrrib-it!

Thanks FWM. Someone sent those pics to me. I think we could unbabyish them. I'd do the little cake for him and then cupcakes for everyone else. I think you could probably use gummi fish too. He loves fish. He has some neat ones in his tanks.

Dona Worry Be Happy · Vette's SS!!

I once made a gf cheesecake (SUPER EASY, I can pm you the recipe if you want!), so cute, a little tiny 4" one. It was lemon, with starfruit decorating the top, and perched it one top of my MASSIVE 11X15 pan.
THe cheesecake was pretty and yellow, and I put blackberry whipped cream on the cake, I was going for a night sky theme, it turned out pretty, but even with the starfruit I had to tell people it was the sky--the whipped cream was a sort of light purple, and nobody got the cheesecake was the moon.
It was sooo pretty though! I wish I had taken a picture.

Nobody Just Nobody · Rib-it! Rrrib-it!

Yes. PM me the recipe. I was thinking of maybe doing gummi fish on top of that cake and then just putting number candles for his age on top. Like I could have her put the fish all the way around the edge on the top. I think that would be a little less babyish. It would look like fish swimming on the blue icing. I like the cupcakes too.

Tignanello · My dog name is, Sasha!

You could do a tiered cake - with one of the tiers GF for your DS. Then you could really play around with decor!