Cupcake Cakes for Birthday Parties

by clevercupcakes

A birthday party would be incomplete without a birthday cake.  If you have to, you can skip the ice cream, but a children’s birthday party isn’t a party without a cake.  Lately, I’ve been purchasing cupcake cakes for my children’s birthday parties, and they’ve been a huge hit with the parents and the children.

The first cupcake cake I purchased for my oldest daughter’s Rock and Roll Ladybug Princess Garden Party was out of necessity.  Looking for a ladybug themed birthday cake, I had called every commercial bakery in town.  The only place that sold a ladybug cake was Walmart, and it was a cupcake cake shaped like a ladybug. 

I contemplated buying a ladybug-shaped cake pan at Michaels or Hobby Lobby, so I could attempt to bake and decorate a cake for my daughter’s party, but my vivid imagination took over.  I envisioned disaster, so I ordered the pink and purple ladybug cupcake cake with the legs drawn on the cardboard, and my daughter was happy.  I, on the other hand, wished the cake had more personality.  I wanted a cute ladybug cake.

For my youngest daughter’s Dora the Explorer Water Party, I ordered a Dora the Explorer cupcake cake from Walmart.  The cupcakes were decorated like a cake would be designed.  The frosting covered all twenty-four cupcakes and had intricate flowers for a boarder.  Also, the cake’s decorations included Dora, Boots, and Swiper cake toppers.  The parents didn’t realize it was a cupcake cake until it was time to “cut” the cake.

Cupcake cakes are convenient and can be decorated almost as intricately as a cake.  I enjoy serving them.  Children love eating their individually wrapped cake, and I don’t have to concern myself with cutting equal slices.  Also, I know most children aren’t going to let a good cupcake go to waste.

July 30th, 2009 by Yolanda D. Young | Posted in Cakes, Party Stories | (0)