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Cat Cakes

My baby sister's (Anna) birthday was a couple of weeks ago. We have a family tradition of coming together for a family meal to celebrate birthdays. Of course my wonderful dad cooked a fantastic meal.We are quite spoiled by my dads good cooking skills! The other tradition is that the birthday girl gets to pick the food that is served for her birthday.  Anna chose to have steak, veggie casserole, mashed potatoes, and Cinnabons. It was absolutely delicious and not at all good for us!

Ever since Anna was little I've made her birthday cake. I don't know how this started, but I quite enjoy making a fun cake every January. In the past I've always made a cake to match what Anna was interested in that year. This year was the year of cats. If she could, she would have my parents house filled to the ceiling with cats that needed homes. So of course, I HAD to make a cat cake. Now....if you look closely I tried to make it look like her cat "Schmu" with a 'mole' above his lip.
And of course the special birthday girl had to blow out candles on her cat cake. I can't believe that my baby sister is 19 years old! I love you Anna! :)



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  1. AnonymousJanuary 27, 2012 at 8:16 AM

    We do that tradition as well! We make birthdays a big special occasion in our family too! Makes it more fun! :) Love the cake! :)

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