So for Corban's birthday this year, he just couldn't decide what he wanted the theme to be. He's already done Legos. Swimming. A skateboard. Although he loves soccer and basketball, he wasn't interested in either of those being the theme. Hmmmm.
Finally, after pondering it for days, I presented the idea of a Board Game Party to him. He loves playing games and never gets the chance to play them with a group of friends - and he was instantly sold on it.
Although he is not super knowledgeable about chess, he does enjoy it and I thought doing a chess cake would be fun.
I got inspiration from Cake Central - and ordered molds for the playing pieces and the board off of Amazon.
From there, it was really very simple. I used chocolate candy coating - white and dark - to make the pieces. To make them 3D, I had to "glue" two halves together with more chocolate. I had a few mishaps and had to melt and re-do a few of them, but it wasn't too bad.
The checkerboard was trickier - because keeping the white and dark chocolate from getting into each other's spaces was a lot harder than I anticipated. The end result was FAR from perfect, but I don't think 9-12 year old boys really care. ;)
So I made the pieces the week before and stored them in the fridge and freezer.
I baked a 14" square cake (use ~13.5 cups of batter - I made homemade chocolate cake).
Then I just made Chocolate buttercream - a double batch, to which I added some sifted cocoa powder to make it darker brown.
I frosted the cake - put the mold pieces on - and then piped on some accents. I used the Wilton #17 star tip for the shells and the swirls - and a #4 round tip for the border around the checkerboard.
Oh, and the cake board is just foam board from the Dollar Tree - cut to a 16" square and covered with foil. Cheap and easy!
The only downside to the party was that Corban wasn't feeling too well. He had just come down with a head/chest cold and was just feeling tired and cruddy. In fact, he didn't even taste his cake until 2 days later. He just didn't have the appetite. So sad. But he loved his party and spending time with his friends.
They started off the evening playing a little basketball.
A good game of Apples to Apples Jr. - listening to them was so funny!
We had a Connect 4 Tournament.....
Corban had a little helper. What a good big brother.
Isaiah was the winner!!
Corban with Seth and Caleb (brothers). He had that Lego set built the next morning - despite feeling sick.
Israel and Corban - those Nerf guns are pretty fun!
Will and Corban - and some really cool camping gear.
Joseph and Isaiah (brothers) with Corban - and a new Superbook video. Awesome!
Happy 9th Birthday to our Corban!
Linked to Crazy Sweet Tuesday and Trick or Treat Tuesday
So for Corban's birthday this year, he just couldn't decide what he wanted the theme to be. He's already done Legos. Swimming. A skateboard. Although he loves soccer and basketball, he wasn't interested in either of those being the theme. Hmmmm.
Finally, after pondering it for days, I presented the idea of a Board Game Party to him. He loves playing games and never gets the chance to play them with a group of friends - and he was instantly sold on it.
Although he is not super knowledgeable about chess, he does enjoy it and I thought doing a chess cake would be fun.
I got inspiration from Cake Central - and ordered molds for the playing pieces and the board off of Amazon.
From there, it was really very simple. I used chocolate candy coating - white and dark - to make the pieces. To make them 3D, I had to "glue" two halves together with more chocolate. I had a few mishaps and had to melt and re-do a few of them, but it wasn't too bad.
The checkerboard was trickier - because keeping the white and dark chocolate from getting into each other's spaces was a lot harder than I anticipated. The end result was FAR from perfect, but I don't think 9-12 year old boys really care. ;)
So I made the pieces the week before and stored them in the fridge and freezer.
I baked a 14" square cake (use ~13.5 cups of batter - I made homemade chocolate cake).
Then I just made Chocolate buttercream - a double batch, to which I added some sifted cocoa powder to make it darker brown.
I frosted the cake - put the mold pieces on - and then piped on some accents. I used the Wilton #17 star tip for the shells and the swirls - and a #4 round tip for the border around the checkerboard.
Oh, and the cake board is just foam board from the Dollar Tree - cut to a 16" square and covered with foil. Cheap and easy!
The only downside to the party was that Corban wasn't feeling too well. He had just come down with a head/chest cold and was just feeling tired and cruddy. In fact, he didn't even taste his cake until 2 days later. He just didn't have the appetite. So sad. But he loved his party and spending time with his friends.
They started off the evening playing a little basketball.
A good game of Apples to Apples Jr. - listening to them was so funny!
We had a Connect 4 Tournament.....
Corban had a little helper. What a good big brother.
Isaiah was the winner!!
Corban with Seth and Caleb (brothers). He had that Lego set built the next morning - despite feeling sick.
Israel and Corban - those Nerf guns are pretty fun!
Will and Corban - and some really cool camping gear.
Joseph and Isaiah (brothers) with Corban - and a new Superbook video. Awesome!
Happy 9th Birthday to our Corban!
Linked to Crazy Sweet Tuesday and Trick or Treat Tuesday
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