Who loves Sesame Street More then a Big 1 Year Old!!!

When ever there is a special occasion for my nephews who live close to me, I always make their birthday cakes! It is something I have done for many years now! Well back in November it was my nephews first birthday! I got an extreme request from my sister! She wanted a sesame street themed cake for him! Alright, I thought! That's easy! Well, I was thinking it was going to be one of Wiltons Sesame Street Toy kits! Then the pictures started to come in! Oh boy! I was getting antsy! She emailed me a picture of this huge three tier cake! I was like, wow! Is this for a wedding! Lol! Well all jokes aside, I had to think out how I was going to do this. I had to travel from my house with this cake on a 2 1/2 hour drive. First thing I thought was, I will just do the whole thing at my parents house where the party was going to be. Then I thought, no I will ice the tiers and only have to put the cake together. That though surpassed. So, now my thought was to just crumb coat it and freeze it over night then travel with them frozen. Plan worked! Got to my parents house safely with the crumb coated cakes!

       So now I was on a time schedule the next morning! I thought, this is going to be a breeze! Well, not when your tired from traveling! And all stressed out over when the party starts and not having any problems! Yikes! What a nightmare! Well I pressed through with the help of my little nephew! He was a big help too! I think as he gets bigger he can help me make his cakes! He seemed very interesting in what Auntie was doing! After, I'd say about 3 hours of work. Extreme frustration, patience, and concentration paid off! I managed to master this beast! Even though there was a slight problem with the cake being tilted, and having to remove it to fix it. That was scary! Well, this is my master piece! And it was a good piece at that! Just ask the birthday boy and his momma!