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A Lovely Cake for a Little Miss

This past weekend I had the wonderful privilege of making a dear friend's daughter's first birthday cake. Her little one seriously has the biggest eyes you've ever seen on such a little girl - accompanied by a teeny tiny mouth that is almost always at a pucker. It's downright adorable. 

When she had so willingly babysat the Manchild when I was recording a couple segments with some local tv stations, I was more than happy (and eager!) to make her dear little one's birthday cake. When I dropped off the cake, you should have seen the amazing decorations and beautiful food she had ready for the party. It was a French Cafe theme, and so perfect for such a little sweet girl. I thought the cake was perfectly feminine, and with just the right amount of daintiness. The Eiffel Tower is actually a souvenir from Paris when the little one's Mom visited France a while ago.

The cake was two-layers, with the top layer being slightly smaller than the bottom. To me, the cake was basically a lovechild between my Cherry Almond Vanilla Cupcakes and the frosting technique I used with my Almond Infused Cream Cheese Frosting. I added a light layer of sliced maraschino cherries inside each cake layer, and loved using the little frosting pearls to complete the petal frosting theme with a flower on top.

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  1. LOVE this! So beautiful. And, makes me want to jump in through the CPU and grab a peice! :)

    Love the frosting pearls too! :)

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    1. That's how I feel with so many food blogs! I seriously can't blog before breakfast or else I just get way too hungry, too fast!

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  2. So pretty - I love using that frosting technique! Sounds delicious, too. I bet they were thrilled.

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    1. Isn't it a blast? And I love it the most because you can fix it immediately if you don't like how the smear turned out.

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    1. Thanks, chica! Took a look over at your blog - in LOVE with your stuff.

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  4. Oh my gosh... I would eat at your house any day! Way to go gal. You've got some skills.

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    1. Oh my darling Courtney, what can I say :) You're welcome to come over anytime. So happy you're back in the states and in P-town at last!

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  5. What a BEAUTIFUL cake!!!! I love the pink, and just love the top of the cake! Beautiful!

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  6. Yay!!!! I so LOVE that you blogged about the to die for cake you made for my Birdie's Birthday! Seriously, you are the best of friends chica~! And yes...everyone gobbled up the cake in a matter of minutes; especially Birdie :)

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    1. Anytime Michelle! So happy it tasted as well :) Thanks again for trusting me with such a fun cake to make for Birdie.

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  7. What a beautiful cake! My daughter would love it! She loves anything French:)

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    1. Sooo, I'm having difficulty finding a cute little Eiffel Tower topper. Would you be able to share where you got yours?

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    2. My friend (who I made the cake for her daughter) actually bought that Eiffel Tower IN Paris when she went a few years ago. I'm sure you could find a similar one on Amazon - it's worth a shot. Good luck, June! Let me know if/where you find one.

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  8. such a pretty cake and color! love that icing design, must try it!

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