{"id":3039,"date":"2012-07-25T04:01:24","date_gmt":"2012-07-25T04:01:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cookiescupcakesandcardio.com\/?p=3039"},"modified":"2012-07-18T04:01:46","modified_gmt":"2012-07-18T04:01:46","slug":"birthday-cake-surprise","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cookiescupcakesandcardio.co\/?p=3039","title":{"rendered":"Birthday Cake Surprise"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I was honoured to be asked to be a part of a special birthday surprise a couple of weeks back. \u00a0A friend of mine&#8217;s daughter was about to celebrate her 10th birthday, and D, her mom, wanted to give Paityn an extra special birthday treat this year. \u00a0A baking opportunity with me! \u00a0Me? \u00a0Yes, me! \u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The Set Up:<\/p>\n<p>Paityn was under the assumption that I was going to teach her how to bake and decorate with fondant, a cake for a 10 year old&#8217;s birthday that was the next day. \u00a0 What she didn&#8217;t know was that the cake she was baking and decorating was actually for her! \u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The Filming:<\/p>\n<p>D, brought Paityn over to our house, where we film our videos, and Paityn was an incredible filming partner! \u00a0She is super adorable, and knows her stuff in the kitchen! \u00a0I had Paityn choose the flavour (chocolate) and choose the fondant designs, colours and style. \u00a0She was right at home with the baking, icing and fondant work.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The Surprise:<\/p>\n<p>After Paityn&#8217;s day spent smiling into the camera, we had to surprise her with her special cake. \u00a0Paul and I snuck into her house as her and her party guests were celebrating down stairs . . . you&#8217;ll have to watch the video to see the shocked, I-don&#8217;t-undertsand- what&#8217;s-going-on look. \u00a0It&#8217;s adorable!\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/yyndemKCnr8\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"600\" height=\"335\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Chocolate Birthday Cake Ingredients:<br \/>2 cups all-purpose flower<br \/>1\/2 cups butter<br \/>1 1\/2 cups sugar<br \/>2 eggs<br \/>2 oz. melted unsweetened chocolate<br \/>1 teaspoon baking powder<br \/>1\/2 teaspoon salt<br \/>1\/2 teaspoon baking soda<br \/>1 teaspoon vanilla<br \/>1 cup milk<\/p>\n<p>Vanilla Butter Cream Ingredients:<br \/>1\/2 cup butter<br \/>4 cups icing sugar (powdered sugar)<br \/>1\/4 cup milk<br \/>1 teaspoon vanilla extract<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><em><strong>A special thanks to D, for asking us to be a part of this fun project, and of course to our filming partner, the 10 year old star, Paityn! \u00a0<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"addtoany_share_save_container\"><div class=\"a2a_kit a2a_target addtoany_list\" id=\"wpa2a_1\"><a class=\"a2a_button_facebook_like addtoany_special_service\" data-href=\"https:\/\/cookiescupcakesandcardio.co\/?p=3039\"><\/a><a class=\"a2a_button_twitter_tweet addtoany_special_service\" data-count=\"none\" data-url=\"https:\/\/cookiescupcakesandcardio.co\/?p=3039\" data-text=\"Birthday Cake Surprise\"><\/a><a class=\"a2a_button_google_plusone addtoany_special_service\" data-annotation=\"none\" data-href=\"https:\/\/cookiescupcakesandcardio.co\/?p=3039\"><\/a><a class=\"a2a_button_pinterest\" href=\"http:\/\/www.addtoany.com\/add_to\/pinterest?linkurl=https%3A%2F%2Fcookiescupcakesandcardio.co%2F%3Fp%3D3039&amp;linkname=Birthday%20Cake%20Surprise\" title=\"Pinterest\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\"><img src=\"https:\/\/cookiescupcakesandcardio.co\/wp-content\/plugins\/add-to-any\/icons\/pinterest.png\" width=\"16\" height=\"16\" alt=\"Pinterest\"\/><\/a><a class=\"a2a_dd addtoany_share_save\" href=\"http:\/\/www.addtoany.com\/share_save\"><img src=\"https:\/\/cookiescupcakesandcardio.co\/wp-content\/plugins\/add-to-any\/share_save_171_16.png\" width=\"171\" height=\"16\" alt=\"Share\"\/><\/a><\/div>\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\"><!--\nwpa2a.script_load();\n\/\/--><\/script>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I was honoured to be asked to be a part of a special birthday surprise a couple of weeks back. \u00a0A friend of mine&#8217;s daughter was about to celebrate her 10th birthday, and D, her mom, wanted to give Paityn an extra special birthday treat this year. \u00a0A baking opportunity with me! \u00a0Me? \u00a0Yes, me! 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