https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Fri, 23 Oct 2026 14:33:28 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-make-or-buy-your-los-birthday-cake/page/2#post-1991864 Fri, 19 Dec 2014 13:11:30 +0000 .twist. 1991864@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I baked it. I'm not a spectacular baker, by any means, but I was so proud of the cake I made! It was a chocolate quinoa cake with coconut cream frosting! And it was SO DELICIOUS.</p> <p>ETA: There is a 96% likeliness that I will not be doing the same next year. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-make-or-buy-your-los-birthday-cake/page/2#post-1991858 Fri, 19 Dec 2014 13:07:10 +0000 autumnlove 1991858@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@wheres_c: love it!! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-make-or-buy-your-los-birthday-cake/page/2#post-1991854 Fri, 19 Dec 2014 13:05:36 +0000 wheres_c 1991854@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My friend made B's cake this year. I made it last year, but she has way more talent! </p> [attach=2346/14/ngucxd.450x600.2014-12-06-10.38.29.jpg] https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-make-or-buy-your-los-birthday-cake/page/2#post-1991778 Fri, 19 Dec 2014 12:31:41 +0000 Greentea 1991778@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@illumina: that's adorable! My LO would love that cake!</p> <p>We made LO her first cake with coconut flour, banana, greek yogurt for frosting... DH actually made it and it was really good! Not too fancy but it worked! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-make-or-buy-your-los-birthday-cake/page/2#post-1984030 Sun, 14 Dec 2014 13:58:58 +0000 illumina 1984030@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@PrincessBaby: I love this! Will be saving this as inspiration for next year as LO loves Mickey &amp; Minnie :heart:</p> <p>We bought ours... </p> [attach=3357/14/ngl62b.600x398.DSC_0510a.jpg] https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-make-or-buy-your-los-birthday-cake/page/2#post-1984026 Sun, 14 Dec 2014 13:54:10 +0000 Rainbow Sprinkles 1984026@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My second daughter just had her first birthday. I made her smash cake and bought a costco cake for everyone else. That chocolate sheet cake is my favorite cake ever!</p> <p>[attach=1616/14/ngl5ub.337x600.20141123_144630.jpg]</p> <p>ETA! Ahh! You can hardly see the cakes in that pic! Back cake is a sheet cake. Here's her smash. Super simple (I'm no baker).</p> <p>[attach=1616/14/ngl5x6.337x600.20141123_145144.jpg]</p> <p>And for older DD, I made all cake and cupcakes from scratch for all 75 people at her first birthday. That was totally insane, so I decided to buy a costco cake and make a smash cake from scratch for her second birthday (where I got the idea for my second daughter). </p> <p>Here are the cakes she had: </p> [attach=1616/14/ngl66j.600x600.Screenshot_2014-12-14-10-59-56-1.png] [attach=1616/14/ngl66k.600x478.Screenshot_2014-12-14-10-59-40-1.png] https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-make-or-buy-your-los-birthday-cake/page/2#post-1984018 Sun, 14 Dec 2014 13:47:08 +0000 photojane 1984018@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Buy! Well, my mom buys. :) Her good friend owns a wedding/party cake business, and gives my mom an awesome deal. She makes the best almond cake. I could never replicate it! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-make-or-buy-your-los-birthday-cake/page/2#post-1984016 Sun, 14 Dec 2014 13:46:50 +0000 erinpye 1984016@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Make! The first year I was overwhelmed and bought one, but I make cakes all the time just because, and made 4 for oldest DD's 2nd bday! I plan on making one or more for DD2's birthday in a couple of months, too.</p> <p>In the pic: the green one was GF banana, the purple one was chocolate (her 2 favorite colors), the sprinkles one was funfetti, and the chocolate frosted one was yellow cake. No cake mixes or canned frosting (except for the GF cake) because I'm crazy like that.</p> <p>[attach=1491/14/ngl5i3.600x600.image.jpg] </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-make-or-buy-your-los-birthday-cake/page/2#post-1983948 Sun, 14 Dec 2014 12:42:19 +0000 HappyBaker 1983948@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I made her first birthday cake and really wanted to buy one this year, but a peanut free bakery cake was ridiculously over-priced so I ended up making this year's too! </p> [attach=1530/14/ngl2il.600x450.062.JPG] https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-make-or-buy-your-los-birthday-cake/page/2#post-1983705 Sun, 14 Dec 2014 06:46:54 +0000 Dandelion 1983705@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I make by default, but if D says he wants a store bought one, I'll get it.</p> <p>I'm gonna make M's first cake. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-make-or-buy-your-los-birthday-cake/page/2#post-1983704 Sun, 14 Dec 2014 06:40:20 +0000 singingbee 1983704@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <br /><p><i>This comment has been deleted by the original poster.</i></p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-make-or-buy-your-los-birthday-cake/page/2#post-1983703 Sun, 14 Dec 2014 06:39:39 +0000 singingbee 1983703@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I made it. We didn't have a cake for everyone else. They had monkey cupcakes. </p> [attach=208/14/ngklq4.339x600.IMAG1052.jpg] https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-make-or-buy-your-los-birthday-cake/page/2#post-1983700 Sun, 14 Dec 2014 05:53:38 +0000 yin 1983700@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My friend usually provides cupcakes, and they are so yummy. For DS2's birthday I ended up making him special carrot cake (gf, vegan, nut and soy free) due to allergies. We bought a Costco cake for everyone else. I wasn't willing to spend $75+ on a cake that he couldn't eat, and the Costco cake was a hit for my hard to please crowd. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-make-or-buy-your-los-birthday-cake/page/2#post-1983683 Sun, 14 Dec 2014 03:40:39 +0000 snickers 1983683@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I made DS's 1st birthday cake and want to continue doing this.</p> <p>When I was little my mum had a children's cake book and me and my sisters got to choose a cake out of it every year for our birthdays. There was a huge choice:cartoon characters, sports related, hobby related etc it was so much fun choosing so I want to do the same with my children.</p> <p>This is DS's cake from June that I made. </p> [attach=1713/14/ngkdfs.600x450.Cake.jpg] https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-make-or-buy-your-los-birthday-cake/page/2#post-1983667 Sun, 14 Dec 2014 02:09:32 +0000 MrsF 1983667@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I've bought them so far just to avoid the stress. When we're having smaller groups I'll probably make them </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-make-or-buy-your-los-birthday-cake/page/2#post-1983665 Sun, 14 Dec 2014 02:08:04 +0000 anonysquire 1983665@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Buy. I do like to try and make my own stuff but don't really feel like messing around with a cake. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-make-or-buy-your-los-birthday-cake/page/2#post-1983648 Sun, 14 Dec 2014 01:03:19 +0000 MrsRcCar 1983648@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>For N's first birthday we made a cake for him to smash and ordered cake for everyone else.<br /> For his second birthday we made one and bought one. Both gluten and dairy free. </p> <p>For E's first birthday we will likely do the same. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-make-or-buy-your-los-birthday-cake/page/2#post-1983617 Sat, 13 Dec 2014 22:39:11 +0000 ALV91711 1983617@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I made cupcakes for his 1st birthday, but not from scratch. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-make-or-buy-your-los-birthday-cake/page/2#post-1983610 Sat, 13 Dec 2014 22:26:16 +0000 blackbird 1983610@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Mrsjets: WUT. That is amazing </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-make-or-buy-your-los-birthday-cake/page/2#post-1983606 Sat, 13 Dec 2014 22:22:41 +0000 Mrs. Train 1983606@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I make them. I bought one for my oldest son's third birthday party. I was having my daughter the next week and just couldn't get everything together. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-make-or-buy-your-los-birthday-cake#post-1983599 Sat, 13 Dec 2014 22:13:52 +0000 Arden 1983599@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I always make our cakes. Though this time, I'm thinking about just making a smash cake and buying cupcakes for guests so I have less to do. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-make-or-buy-your-los-birthday-cake#post-1983595 Sat, 13 Dec 2014 22:11:22 +0000 pastemoo 1983595@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Year 1 I made, Year 2 I bought. :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-make-or-buy-your-los-birthday-cake#post-1983592 Sat, 13 Dec 2014 22:06:27 +0000 Mrsjets 1983592@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My sister is a pastry chef so she always makes cakes for our whole families birthdays. They're delicious and beautiful. For my moms birthday in November she made a piecake - a pecan pie baked into a dark chocolate cake! If she didn't I'm sure I would bake them for my kids, I'm pretty good at baking (though I'm no pastry chef) and I'm thrifty too.</p> <p>[attach=2201/14/ngjy1c.600x600.image.jpg] </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-make-or-buy-your-los-birthday-cake#post-1983578 Sat, 13 Dec 2014 21:47:51 +0000 Mrs. Oatmeal 1983578@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I make the cakes, for sure. But I love that part best, when it comes to throwing a party. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-make-or-buy-your-los-birthday-cake#post-1983577 Sat, 13 Dec 2014 21:47:16 +0000 dolphin 1983577@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Buy at my favorite bakery </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-make-or-buy-your-los-birthday-cake#post-1983554 Sat, 13 Dec 2014 21:26:40 +0000 rattles 1983554@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Make! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-make-or-buy-your-los-birthday-cake#post-1983478 Sat, 13 Dec 2014 19:37:19 +0000 ValentineMommy 1983478@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Make! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-make-or-buy-your-los-birthday-cake#post-1982399 Fri, 12 Dec 2014 13:55:16 +0000 autumnlove 1982399@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@PrincessBaby: Ahh, so cute! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-make-or-buy-your-los-birthday-cake#post-1982396 Fri, 12 Dec 2014 13:54:11 +0000 fancyfunction 1982396@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I've made her cakes from scratch so far - it's work but I figure it's only once a year. Last year my MIL asked if I could make the same cake for my husbands bday less than a month after M's and I shot that right down! ;) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-make-or-buy-your-los-birthday-cake#post-1982383 Fri, 12 Dec 2014 13:51:52 +0000 Andrea 1982383@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Buy! </p>