Buttercream – Learning With My Boys

Gender Reveal Cake

Since we are stuck at home for COVID-19 pandemic, no one could go with me to my ultrasound to see the baby gender. When I got home I made a gender reveal cake for the family to cut open and see the gender of baby. I also Zoom called extended family members so that they could be apart of the excitement too!

I mixed up a white cake mix then add either blue or pink food coloring for the reveal.
Then I greased 2 heart shaped cake pans and put half of the mix into each pan.
I baked them according to the directions on the box and then let them cool.
I mixed up some of my homemade buttercream to cover the cake with. 1 cup butter, 1 cup Crisco, 4 cups powdered sugar, 2 teaspoons vanilla, 1 tablespoon milk (if thick).
Last I colored the left over food coloring blue and pink to decorate the cake with, I wrote “Brother or Sister?” on the cake.
My husband cut open the cake to reveal the gender during our Zoom call with family!

Cubs Birthday Cake

I made a Cubs birthday cake for my friend. He has loved watching the Cubs play baseball, and he is excited that they are on their way to the World Series for the first time in his life.

Buttercream Recipe

Ingredients:

1 cup butter
1 cup Crisco
4 cups powdered sugar (2 lbs)
2 teaspoons vanilla
1 tablespoon milk (if thick)

Directions:

Cream together the butter and Crisco with a mixer.
Slowly add in 1 cup of powdered sugar at a time.
Add the vanilla, if it seems too thick you can add a bit of milk.

Monster Birthday Cake

I made a Monster birthday cake for my friends 1 year old. I also made some cupcakes to match. I bake two box cakes and then decorated with my homemade buttercream icing recipe. I decorated the monsters with M&M’s, Candy Eyes, Candy Corn, and other small candies.

Buttercream Recipe

Ingredients:

1 cup butter
1 cup Crisco
4 cups powdered sugar (2 lbs)
2 teaspoons vanilla
1 tablespoon milk (if thick)

Directions:

Cream together the butter and Crisco with a mixer.
Slowly add in 1 cup of powdered sugar at a time.
Add the vanilla, if it seems too thick you can add a bit of milk.

Minecraft Birthday -10

J loves Minecraft so he decided on a Minecraft party this year. He is 10 years old and he loves Legos, science, and video games like any other 10 year old boys.

He wanted his cake to look like the cake on the game so I tried my best.

Buttercream Recipe

Ingredients:

1 cup butter
1 cup Crisco
4 cups powdered sugar (2 lbs)
2 teaspoons vanilla
1 tablespoon milk (if thick)

Directions:

Cream together the butter and Crisco with a mixer.
Slowly add in 1 cup of powdered sugar at a time.
Add the vanilla, if it seems too thick you can add a bit of milk.

I tried to make a Nether Portal, Spider, and Creeper Face for decorations.

I copied pictures of the food items from the game and placed them with the food set out on the food table.

He got more Legos… he was so excited!

I made games this year since it was nice outside for the kids.

Creeper Toss

Minecraft Chess

Cubes to play with.

Jewel Mining

I made a TNT pinyata for J.

Brewing Stand

This was such a fun party for the kids!

Happy Birthday to my double digits boy… I love you!

Softball / Basketball Cake

I made a cake for a friend’s daughter. She plays softball and basketball, so I made half of the cake a softball and the other half a basketball. I used my homemade buttercream recipe.

Buttercream Recipe

Ingredients:

1 cup butter
1 cup Crisco
4 cups powdered sugar (2 lbs)
2 teaspoons vanilla
1 tablespoon milk (if thick)

Directions:

Cream together the butter and Crisco with a mixer.
Slowly add in 1 cup of powdered sugar at a time.
Add the vanilla, if it seems too thick you can add a bit of milk.

Backyardigans Party -4

J loves to watch The Backyardigans and play dress up. I had a mirror set up low for the kids with a basket full of fun hats for them to try on and see themselves. We played The Backyardigans theme song and the kids danced with their hats on. J also loves music right now. We decorated with our usually crepe paper and balloons around the room.

For the cake I made a 9×11 sheet cake covered in green frosting. I found a Pablo candle and then placed some of his Backyardigans toys on the top. I tried to make green trees from buttercream along the edges. I made the sand box with licorice and brown sugar. I formed a shovel and pail out of Starburst candies. I made the picnic table out of wafer cookies and stuck a mini umbrella in it.