Blake’s 7th Birthday

This year we decided to have a Unicorn Theme for Blake’s birthday.

7 years old is a big milestone in Filipino culture. We usually throw a huge party and all the works. But this frugal mama decided to DIY the party, invite a few close friends and let the kids be kids (like, what’s new, right?)

Decorations

We got our decors from Party Centre and Daiso. There were unicorn tissues, cups, paper plates and danglers. The invitation was made via Canva.com

Food

Our party food was pretty much the usual. Spaghetti, Spring rolls, Fried Chicken and Fries. I made some cake pops, candy-coated Oreos and some cupcakes. The cupcake recipe is the same as the chocolate cake used for Adam’s birthday. 🙂

I used a different recipe for the cake this time coz I wanted to have a white base since it will be a unicorn. This is the first time I will be making a unicorn cake and I didn’t want an overly complicated design so I used buttercream and some fondant. I followed Rosanna Pansino’s recipe for this cake.

My cake lacked a bit of height but it was a hit with the kids. Here’s a funny story:

I did the fondant parts two nights before the party so they have time to harden a little. When I arrived home from work, ready to start making the other parts of the cake, I found out that Blake ate one of the ears! She thought it was not needed. That meant I had to redo the ears and I was running out of time. 😀

I had fun doing the unicorn cake by myself. Although it was very tiring because I can only do bit and pieces of it after work. Also, because this is a first, I hit a few bumps along the way. But all is well and its a big achievement for me to make my kids their own birthday cakes. I think this is going to be a start of a tradition 🙂

Since we did not have a grand celebration, we did have a special staycation at Lapita Hotel and went to Motiongate Dubai (Dubai Parks), just us 4. It’s all about making memories after all.

Happy Birthday Blakey. We still have a long way to go! Love you.

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