Bake a personal mini-cake for your kid's first birthday |
| Published: February 3, 2008, 11:15 am |
| Tags: 0 01yrs infant, 01 03yrs toddler, feeding nursing, getting organized, holidays special occasions |
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Kristen's first birthday tip: Don't give the kid the whole cake to destroy, or even an entire one of his very own. Bake a mini-cake in a foil pot pie tin. Less mess and less wasted food. I think this is a great idea (cupcakes would work as well if you're baking for a crowd). Of course, for my first child's first birthday (long before Parent Hacks), I went all-out and made a full-sized cake in the shape of a Whoozit, my son's favorite toy. I admit there was special pleasure in creating such a culinary masterpiece, and special pain in seeing it massacred by the little party guests who attacked it like famished wolves...before the birthday boy had even caught a glimpse of the thing. Not that he would have cared...he was one! [ Full article ] |
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