Yesterday was my husbands birthday. Since Halloween is next week, my oldest daughter wanted to have a Halloween themed party for my husband and his twin brother. My daughter placed paper balloons she decorated around the apartment. We baked cupcakes and she insisted we have “twin” Jack-o-lantern cakes for my husband and brother-in-law. I started thinking about how I could create this idea for her with what we had at home. This is what we came up with:
I don’t have a round cake pan and I only had 1 box of cake mix. I realized that our Oogga bowls are oven safe and the perfect size for personal size cakes. See my past Oogaa post. We made the cake mix according to the package and then filled the two bowls. We used the remaining mix to make twelve cupcakes for the guests. I added green food coloring to the end of the batter to make one green cupcake for the stem (do not ice this cupcake when done baking).
We only had a container of hot pink funfetti icing. We put a little pink icing to the side because both of my girls wanted a pink cupcake and started talking about how we could turn it orange. My daughter did a color mixing unit at school last year and she pipped up, “we can mix yellow and red to make orange”. I pulled out the food coloring and we started with yellow. As we were mixing, it turned bright orange and she realized we didn’t need red.
Once the cakes and cupcakes were done baking, we started icing. After we finished icing both cakes, we cut the green cupcake in half and cut one end off. We added it to the top of the cake. We always keep chocolate chips handy because my oldest loves them. We decided they would be good to use for the eyes and mouth of the jack-o-lantern. She insisted I put them on for her. The “twin jack-o-lantern” cakes were ready.
My oldest had so much fun she asked if we could make them again. There is a Halloween bake sale at her school next week so we plan to make a few to sell. Leave the Jack-o-lantern face off for a great Thanksgiving dessert.
Disclaimer: I was not compensated for this post. All photos, ideas, and opinions expressed are my own.
I don’t usually do birthday parties for my girls. We did a big party with a friend when my oldest turned one and the rest of the birthdays have been cake or cupcakes with family. I don’t like having them because I feel like I have to invite EVERYONE, feel guilty when I can’t, and then miss the whole point of having one in the first place. Not to mention, planning a party is stressful, and a lot of work. This year my daughter turned 5, kind of a big deal. She is a September birthday and the youngest in her group of friends. As she was attending parties for her friends, she kept telling me she wanted to go back to Magic Kingdom for her 5th Birthday to see the Princesses again, we went a year and a half ago when visiting my brother in Florida. I knew Magic Kingdom wasn’t happening because she was starting so we came to an agreement that we would have “real” Princesses at her party. After researching “Princess” in the New York area, I found 
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