Birthday cake

[grey]

OK... couldn't resist this one! SMURF GRIM REAPER!!!! Who knew?

OMG!!! That is TOO FUNNY! I laughed so hard I almost woke the hubby and dogs who are happily sleeping in this morning. Collectors item for sure!

[jesvetmed]

I agree that the other friend is the emo influence

Ok... I'm old. What is EMO?

[Melalvai]

Ok... I'm old. What is EMO?

I'd very much like to know the answer to that question.
I think it's the new goth. It's the opposite of pink barbies. It involves black anyway.

[Kimmyt]

Wikipedia to the rescue!

Note that for most people, at this point in time, Emo is a semi-derogatory term for those adolescents who tend to grow long shaggy hair over their eyes, put on mascara, and listen to Morrissey in their rooms. A propensity depression, playing bad guitar ballads and painting their fingernails black is also a factor. Bonus points if it's a guy who looks like a girl. Can also be used to make fun of your friend for being overly emotional/melancholy/dramatic. i.e. "You're so emo!"

Or, as icanhascheezburger puts it:

[Melalvai]

This year's cake:

[Blueberry]

Cool Looks quite realistic - you get the creative points

CA

[Zen]

Very nice! but it would have been better if you had buried a Barbie and had gummy worms coming out of the grave

[Melalvai]

Very nice! but it would have been better if you had buried a Barbie and had gummy worms coming out of the grave

I got gummy worms, but they were so huge I thought they'd overwhelm the cake. I seriously considered incorporating a Barbie into it...

[Miranda]

Those cakes are awesome. I bet she loved it.

I'm late on the thread, but for future reference, Wilton is a company to check out for cake decorating. I took two of three of their cake decorating classes at a local craft store. It was a Hobby Lobby. The last course was making wedding cakes.

They usually have a cake section in any craft store, and Walmart also carries their line in the craft department. Less selection at Walmart vs an actual craft store.

They also publish a yearbook every year with all sorts of cakes in them. I have never made one to the letter from the yearbook, but get ideas from it. A local library might even be able to get the book on the tax dollar for browsing.

My kids are spoiled in that I can make anything. One year for my daughter's b-day she was having a party at Build-a-Bear and wanted a bear cake. The cake bite the dusk on the floor last minute. We ended up with a store cake to carry to the party. I just told her that she got her own private cake at home then that she didn't have to share (the floor cake).