Down on the Farm...

 Recently Adam and I had the opportunity to make a 1st birthday cake for our adorable neighbor, Jacob. How can you resist this face...

I promise this is not some form of child abuse...he actually LOVES to get inside of Max's cage and play!!

Jacob's grandparents are potato and corn farmers, not to mention the fact that I have a John Deere-lovin husband, so naturally we decided on a farm theme cake. After a trip to Michael's, Winn-dixie, and an attic dive to find the perfect combine from the hub's tractor stash, here's what we ended up with...

We went with my famous chocolate cake cupcakes for kid-friendly grabbing, and I must confess we used store bought frosting to save some time. Each corn stalk was made from popsicle sticks that we painted green on a piece of Styrofoam. Then we Adam individually tied 2 pieces of green ribbon on each "stalk" and curled the edges to look like the corn leaves.

 Needless to say, this took quite a while. Adam was a dedicated farmer for sure...

Even sporting the Wells family farm shirt!! He so wishes he could be a real-life farmer!!

We then arranged all of the cupcakes in a rectangle shape and added our "dirt" icing. The hubs carefully placed the combine in the corner, then individually lined up each corn stalk to match the blades. Finally I added the Happy Birthday writing (the most imperfect part of the cake) and individually piped "corn" frosting on each stalk. 

Let me just say, this was a VERY precise cake that had to be "just right" to present to the family. I mean, I hate to see what Walt's cakes will look like when this was for a 1 year old that isn't even our own :)  Ha ha!! It was lots of fun though, and kept the hubs occupied for hours.