Back in June, we had a cake walk tragedy… and it came to pass that we would have a CAKE WALK BIRTHDAY PARTY this year for Teddy’s fifth birthday. Does the world generally know what a cake walk is?? Or is it a Canadian thing, or a carnival game of yesteryear? It’s like a cake-version of musical chairs, where you walk in a circle, jumping from number to number, and when the music stops, a number is drawn from a hat, and if that number is the one you’re standing upon, you win the cake.
I made nine mini cakes for Teddy’s family birthday party – one for each cousin, plus my sister had two Japanese exchange students visiting. Before you think I’m completely crazy, know this: I love that shit, plus, baking nine cakes wasn’t too bad – I used the ol’ sheet pan method, baking two sheets of cake then punching out layers with a four inch round silver cutter! I whipped up a huge ass batch of vanilla buttercream, filled some piping bags and away I went!
Buttercream burgers.
Ground control to Major Ted!! Birthday present astronaut suit. Jealous of those silver gloves.
A happy and excited cake walk winner!! (um, everyone won.) No fork, no problem. Teddy’s squeals of excitement and the cheering of when his number was called and seeing him and his cousins BOOGYING to the music… all worth it! xo Lyndsay
Erin
Omg this is amazing!! We don’t have cake walks in Bew Hampshire, but I NEED to make this a thing!
Erin
Lol, NEW Hampshire
Lyndsay // Coco Cake Land
oh my goodness! you would make the most BONKERS cake walk, this i know!!
anne
this is fabulous!!!! (we had cake walks at carnivals when I was a kid, and I hear that they still do them at similar things here in Indiana) Love the 4 inch rings cut out of the sheet and decorated and all. <3
Lyndsay // Coco Cake Land
Hi Anne! Thanks so much! Oh cool to know that cake walks happen in other places! Yes, the cake ring idea makes it a LOT easier to slam out a bunch of mini cakes, ha!