Abbie's 10 year old birthday

My friend's daughter recently celebrated her milestone double digit birthday. She turns 10 years old. I was honored to be asked to make her birthday cake. Creating the cake was super exciting for me and my kids. We got together and put various ideas together on what we were going to make. A child's birthday cake is super special. Every bit of it from the design, colour, flavour has to be spot on.

My son suggested that the cake had to be chocolate as girls love chocolate cakes. He also said that well, girls this age do not like cute stuff like Barbie doll cakes or any animal cakes. So, teddy bears, rabbits were out of the question.

My daughter came out with all the girly girl ideas. So, in came the love hearts, present with bow cake and basically anything pink and sparkly.

In the end we decided to make Abbie a swimming pool cake since her birthday was to be held at the Wave Pool in Mt Albert. Abbie provided some of her favourite toy animals which will be attending the "party at the pool".

So, the creation begins.

The cake was a chocolate sponge cake layered with buttercream and surrounding it was chocolate sponge fingers. I am sure after all the chocolate, the girls will be hyped up enough for their swim at the Wave Pool.

I hope Abbie loved her cake as much as I loved making it.

Happy 10th birthday Abbie!!!