PHOODIE’S MISS 4’S RAINBOW BIRTHDAY PARTY! 20
March 17, 2014
Welcome to another PHOODIE Birthday Party Post!
This year’s theme, (in case you’re still not sure!!) was RAINBOW!
Pictures speak louder than words.
So here you go!
A few notes / tips / FAQs answered for those wanting to host a similar party:
- Start collecting decorations and all the bits and pieces as far in advance as possible. That way you will save money (as you will be on the look out for the cheapest items and not feel stressed to just buy stuff at an inflated price at the last minute!)
- The cake itself was a 4 layer Rainbow Marble cake. Overall, it was 60cm long x 60cm wide x 30cm tall
- The cake was filled and covered with a vanilla buttercream icing.
- I made the 4 layers of cake over the period of a week and froze them. I brought them out of the freezer the night before the party, at which time I assembled them together and decorated it. This makes the job of creating such a LARGE and DETAILED cake actually achievable as you don’t need to find a period of 12 uninterrupted hours to work on it – I mean WHO has the time for that!?
- Decorating the cake with the Smarties took 4 hours. I sorted them into colours before I began adding them to the cake as it made the 2nd part much faster! Start in the centre and work outwards in a circular pattern. DO NOT freak out about being perfectly neat, the overall effect is awesome regardless!
- Instead of lolly bags as party favours I did “Rainbow Cookie Jars.” I bought the jars from a discount store and sterilised them. I then filled them with all of the ingredients (except butter) and stuck a recipe sticker on the back of the jar so the kids knew how much butter they needed to add to the mix and how to prepare them. The stickers were ordered online from Pink Frosting. The recipe for the shortbread can be found here (note: I added colourful choc bits to this recipe, about 1/2 cup per jar.)
- If you like this post, you may be interested in the other parties I have posted about; Click HERE, HERE, HERE and HERE to see those!
- If you have ANY other questions about this party please leave me a comment below!
HAPPY BIRTHDAY PRINCESS GIRL!
20 comments
Wow, you’ve outdone yourself!
OMG. Amazing. The cake looks like a goodie taste wise as well – yummo!
Beautiful party, lots of good ideas!
Wish you were my Mum! lol Awesome job, that cake just seems to pulse before your eyes on the screen :)
HOLY MOLY THAT CAKE IS SPECTACULAR!!! i love all the decorations and foods, esp the rice krispies paint brushes! i want to come to one of your parties!!!!
Holy cow, Phoodie – that cake is beyond awesome. Not sure i would have the patience in a cake that size, but sure is food for thought for a smaller version.
My eyeballs are popping out and my mouth is drooling!! Totally incredible, artistic and truly amazing!!!
Thanks Mrs L!!
Works just as well on a smaller sized cake! :) Give it a go!
I would love you to come! :)
Thanks Catherine!
Thanks Liz!
Thank you! :)
Not sure if I’ve missed it or not but is there a recipe link for your buttercream icing? It looks so white and delicious, not like mine!
I will do a post on it!!! :)
I would love the recipe for the mini quiches pictured
I’m hoping to do a post on them soon! :)
Wow that party looks amazing. The cake is fantastic and so is everything else. Wish my parties looked like that!
Thanks so much!!!! All very easy to do just need to spend the time! :)
I love the rainbow cookie jars, I wanted to recreate these as my wedding favours as I love to bake. Would you please be able to provide the recipe as such?
I don’t actually remember the recipe I used but if you google Martha Stewart or donna Hay Choc Chip cookies you will definitely get a great recipe!
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