UPDATE: Here is the link to Janel's Cake Fan Page (Crave Confections) on Facebook. Check it out! She's posted lots of photos of other great cakes she's done. I still like Jonah's the best though. I could be slightly partial.
So the cake...
I have been meaning to post this forever, but just hadn't gotten around to it.
Janel is a bloggy/EB friend that I "met" after she found my blog shortly after Jonah was born. I had never even met her in person until the day before Jonah's birthday. She has RDEB, but is married, in her thirties, and has a sweet little girl!
She says she bakes and decorates cakes for a hobby, but she is AMAZING. Janel and her family drove all the way up for Jonah's birthday from FLORIDA, and Janel made this beautiful, wonderful, perfect cake for free. Did I mention she's amazing???
Almost there.
Check out the detail.
The Final Masterpiece.
The bottom layer was vanilla cake with buttercream icing, the animal layer was chocolate with buttercream icing, the games layer was carrot cake with white chocolate cream cheese icing, and the top layer was white chocolate with white chocolate cream cheese icing. The whole thing was covered in fondant, and everything was edible.
Pretty incredible, huh?
Jonah checking it out.
Jonah's Smash Cake (which he barely touched... cake is, after all, a solid.)
"Ready for my cake, Mom."
Jonah looking like he was trying to blow, but really just reacting to me blowing in his face.
Only a small portion of the Paparazzi.
It was almost too pretty to cut, but we quickly got over it.
So, thank you, Janel. What a beautiful gift. It was unforgettable. Thank you so much for blessing our family. We're so glad to now call you a "real life" friend. Hope to see you again very soon. (And by the way, Matt said it was the best carrot cake he'd ever had. And he does NOT play around when it comes to dessert.)
