That takes the cake

We’ve established that Will has quite the imagination. The other morning he wanted to make a cake so he got out all the necessary ingredients and got to work. The recipe he used? Why cereal, oatmeal and bread, of course. What did you think went into baking a cake?

“You just cut the paper with the knife. That’s how you make a cake. Then you put it in the stove and when it’s done it goes in the frigerator. Then you take it out for Christmas and eat it. That’s how you make a birthday. I need cereal to make my cake. Cereal makes cakes then we try it and it be yummy. I need oatmeal too mommy. I’m gonna make a yummy cake. Bread makes it too. Is this going to be super duper yummy?”

"I want to make it here with you two. 'Cause I don't wanna be by myself." (awwww)

"I need to take a break"

As you can see, he went all out…a four-layer cake! And nothing tops a cake off quite like little serving knives. Ready for the oven! "Thank you for letting me bake this. Thank you for letting me put it in the oven."

Will left his cake in the oven for awhile, especially for a 3-year old playing pretend. I asked a few times, in case he forgot, but he continued to tell me it wasn’t ready yet. When it came out of the oven and still looked like this, he was so upset. He said, “that’s not cake, that’s just bread!”

Turns out Will was not playing pretend. He really really thought he was making a cake and was obviously proud of his efforts. It broke his heart, just crushed him when the bread and oatmeal concoction did not turn into an actual cake, which was precious but also broke our hearts. So Daniel told him mommy could get some cake stuff at the store. I have been looking for an excuse to make buttercream and went to none other than Glorious Treats for her recipe. I had all the ingredients on hand which made it cheaper than buying a can of frosting and gave me a chance to try something new! I made chocolate- it was pretty good- but very sweet.

His birthday, two days after Christmas is likely to be CARS themed so he set out to make a CARS birthday cake. That’s why I added his little cars and he was very happy with the end result!

Aaaaaaand he had to use 'his' knife to cut it… love that little man!