An Unusual Birthday Cake Request But It Worked!

So this past Sunday was my son, Derik's, 8th birthday.  Now for all my boys' birthdays I try to bake their cakes myself if I can because I feel like it means more.  So I will ask a few weeks before their birthday what kind of cake they would like.  I'll get the usual answers such as "chocolate", "vanilla", etc.  And I will add decoration and themes to it.

So I asked Derik what kind of cake he would like and he said "Glazed Doughnut".  Hmmm - really?  Well, if that's what he wants that's what he gets.  I knew I couldn't make a glazed doughnut that big - he wanted the raised, not the cake kind.  So - my idea was to get two trays of glazed donuts and "pyramid" them and then get a nice big #8 candle to stick in the center of the top donut.  Guess what?  It worked!  And - it saved a lot of mess because I didn't have to cut cake!  This is how it turned out:

So it turned out to be one of the easiest birthday cakes ever - and he was just thrilled that he got the cake he wanted.

So now, this Sunday is my 2nd oldest son's 11th birthday.  Luckily, Donovan simply requested a chocolate cake with a "fishing theme" so back to normal I guess.  LOL

Tam

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