Birthday Cake= Kit Kat Cake

You may have figured out that #3 and #3.5 were born 16 hours apart… each year I ask them what kind of cake do they want.. This year they asked for a Kit Kat cake. I'm not really a Kit Kat kind of girl, I like Mounds or Almond Joy, maybe a Snickers.

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This cake was really pretty easy to make.  I doubled a devils food cake recipe, poured them into 3 cake pans to make 3 thick round cakes.  Once they were cooled, I split them in half, frosted them with dark chocolate butter cream, and then pressed the Kit Kats to the side. I ran about 10 Kit Kat's through the food processor and put those crumbs on the cake.

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I thought the cake was too rich, but everyone else really liked it.  I think it would be better with just plain butter cream.  If you ever want to make this cake, put your frosting on thick, it helps the Kit Kat's stick to the sides. 🙂

 

Happy 8th Birthday #5

Eight years ago today my sweet little muffin #5 was born.

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#3 holding #5

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#5 is an interesting child.  He love super heroes (and cats)

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Counseling his sister's doll's is just one of the services he provides.

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He loves anything with the Legend of Zelda..

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Getting dirty

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Cake.. he really loves cake.

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#2 and #5.  They kinda look a like huh?

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Don't hold it against him, but his mother let his hair grow out SO Long.. he looked like a very cute girl.

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Sometimes when he doesn't get a hair cut.. he looks like lime kitty.

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Did I tell you he has an imagination?

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See…

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Happy Birthday #5 Our lives would not be the same without you!

Happy Birthday to My Sweet Baby Brother..

My brother and his beautiful wife.

Today is my sweet baby brother's birthday.  I remember my mom and dad telling me I was going to have another brother or sister.. (I had just had a baby sister a few months earlier).  I rode my bike around our neighborhood thinking.. we are going to have 5 people in our house… FIVE.  That seemed like a lot to a 9 year old girl that didn't know she would one day live in a house with 8 other people. 

On the day he was born I was sitting in my 4th grade classroom in Wichita Kansas.  My dad came walking into the class with one yellow rose.. and told me that my sweet baby brother was here.  I wanted to go back to the hospital to see him and my mom.. but my dad said I couldn't. 🙂

I had lots of fun with him growing up.  He loved watching He-man, riding his Big Wheel, and playing the Atari with me. When I got my drivers license, he kissed the guy that gave me the test!

Happy Birthday to Jay! I love you so!