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April Fools’ Day Meatloaf Cake with Gruyere Mashed Potato Frosting

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Surprise your friends and family on April Fools’ Day with this comfort-food-gone-fancy Meatloaf Cake. Each slice delivers a perfect serving of savory, flavorful meatloaf covered with smooth, creamy Gruyere mashed potatoes. Surprise your friends and family on April Fools' Day with this comfort-food-gone-fancy Meatloaf Cake. Each slice delivers a perfect serving of savory, flavorful meatloaf covered with smooth, creamy Gruyere mashed potatoes. My family takes April Fools’ Day pranks quite seriously. One year, my older daughter started taking hard-boiled eggs to school for lunch months ahead of time to set up an early morning joke on me….

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All Lit Up | 100th Day of School Cake

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Learn basic tips for frosting and decorating through a six-year-old’s 100th day of school project  — a three-tiered cake!

100th Day of School Cake | Flour Arrangements

As we walked into school with my daughter’s 100th day of school project, a few parents and teacher raised their eyebrows as they smiled at Tessa holding her three-tiered cake laden with 100 birthday candles….

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In Bloom | Poppy Cake

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Add festive flair to any event with this bright and bold Georgia O’Keeffe-inspired Poppy Cake. While it looks quite elaborate, it doesn’t require any special equipment to make. Poppy Cake | Flour Arrangements Tessa’s birthday parties always involve flowers, so it didn’t surprise me when she and her friend Sabrina decided to have a joint Georgia O’Keeffe-themed party this year. …

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Floating on Air | Balloon Cake

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Basic shapes and bold colors come together in a simple but striking balloon cake design. When we lived in Santa Barbara, CA, and then farther afield in Friday Harbor, WA, my mom and dad always made a point of coming to visit for my kids’ birthdays….

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Roses are Red | Rose Cake Pops

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Ice cream cones make perfect edible flower pots for Rose Cake Pops. A dusting of chocolate cookie crumbs over ice cream looks just like dirt.

Rose Cake Pops

My daughter Tessa has been asking me to make cake pops for about a year.  I’m usually game to experiment in the kitchen, but whenever she brought up the subject of cake pops, I always found some excuse to put her off….

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The Princess and the Dragon | Komodo Dragon Cake

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Create a komodo dragon cake from a single sheet cake and marshmallow fondant. My friend Ellie, who just turned six, asked for a pink bedroom for her birthday. Her mom and grandmother spent a week painting her walls a combination of Pom Pom and Princess pink….

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Seeing Spots | Dalmatian Cake

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Baking a cake in two bowls rather than cake pans make it easy to create this dalmatian cake. My daughter Eliza thinks she’s a dog.  When she feels especially puppy-like, she puts underpants on her head and tucks a pair of socks under the elastic to give herself floppy ears. …

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