Mark turned 30 this year and I wanted to make sure he had a really good birthday party. Turns out I don't really like party planning, nor am I necessarily gifted at it. When asked what kind of cake he wanted, he showed me a picture from Pinterest...so of course mine wouldn't look nearly as good. :) The one on Pinterest was a 30 layer rainbow cake and Mark was kind enough to not make me do that.
I took some cake classes from the woman who made my wedding cake, so I'm always excited to pretend that I can make nice cakes. :) Mark and I decided on alternating layers of double chocolate and classic white cake, which was MUCH easier than a rainbow cake.
9 cake mixes, tons of eggs, plenty of sour cream, and lots of some other ingredients later, we had 30 small cakes.
And now we begin putting it together... I got this cake board at Home Depot in the bargain wood section. They trimmed it down to the size I wanted and I only had to pay 51 cents for it. :) I love good deals!
Orange buttercream frosting between the layers...mmmm...
Adding the final layers...
And finally covering with frosting....
The candles...
And Happy Birthday!
Quite a feat if I do say so myself.
I wish I'd gotten a better picture of the different layers because it looked really cool, but this will have to do. This is the last few layers.
Happy birthday Mark! I love you!
