Hobbit & LOTR Party & Mount Doom Cake

My son loves Hobbit and the Lord of the Rings.  Not just the movies, but he has read the Hobbit more than once and even wrote his own abridged version.  Our kids get a big party for ages 5 & 9 so when he turned 9 of course he chose this theme.  Unfortunately it has been a crazy winter and we had ice and snow this day.  Our good friends made attempts to drive out anyways, but some had to turn around.  Thankfully some did make it.

We begin with the corner tree, made of brown paper mailing paper.  And fake leaves.

I hand drew this map of Middle Earth.  White crayon helped shade in the water.

The cake could have fed an army if everyone had come.  It was a huge base made to look like the Ring.  I used a whole can of gold spray coloring.  The mountain was rice cereal treat.

Complete with a Lego Frodo of course climbing Mt. Doom with the ring.

The whole family dressed up.  Josie was Gollum.  She's standing in front of the Hobbit Hole I drew for the wall.

Gianna and I were wood elves.  I'm supposed to be Legolas.

Jamie was Arwen.

Nana was Galadriel (that's her wedding dress).

Dad was Bilbo.  (of course with Frodo JP)

Yes, we even have a "Ring".  (the shirt says "my precious")

Gandalf showed up (Cousin Matthew)

The rest of the Dragon Piñata.

 The Menu:

(not shown:  Took Tea, Legolas Lemonade, and Water from Running River)

Jamie did all of the signs and studied the LOTR fonts.

The Birthday Boy

We played a "Riddles in the Dark" Scavenger Hunt Game.  And in addition to the cake was golden rings (butter rum Lifesavers) and riddles in the dark chocolate (kisses).

Tangled Cake & Party

For my daughter's 5th birthday we had a tangled party!  The yellow border is the "hair"' and it's attached to the back of the doll.

The long braid on the wall is made of yellow plastic party table cloths, with fake flowers stuck inside the braids. (it's still hangs in her bedroom today)

 The plates are shaped like frying pans with black paper handles stapled to them (made from extra plates)  Yellow hair candy (lemon licorice).  I did NOT make the cupcakes.  They were left over from my sister-in-law's wedding and I just added yellow sprinkles.  The Sun rice treats were for the wheat intolerant.

My mom made this wig out of yellow yarn and a headband complete with more fake flowers.

The party guests got a little wig too (from the dollar store...it was easy to find since it's almost halloween)

My favorite game:  Pin the nose on Flynn Rider

 My oldest set up a beauty salon and painted all the girls' nails.

Ordination Anniversary

Our Priest, Father Michael Forge, celebrated the 10th Anniversary of his Ordination. I jumped at the opportunity to make the cake for the party. It's 2 layers of Dark Chocolate Cake with a Turquoise and Chocolate Brown frosting. (I wanted it to be Baby Blue and Chocolate but I put too much coloring...oops!) Still, I think it turned out OK. The number 10 is actually made of House Numbers from the the hardware section, that are dipped in melted chocolate. Very cool! (The picture above is blurry)

Wedding Cake #2

My client happened to be my husband's 2nd cousin. They needed to feed 200+ people. The colors were light & dark ivory. I wasn't too thrilled on the shades that I got out of the icing, but the bride approved before I made the cake... so that's all that counts! See detailed pics below. (Sizes are 16", 12", 9", 6")

Golden Anniversary

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WHEW! Then on the same weekend as the wedding cake, I made this Golden Anniversary Cake for my Nana & Pepere. I was a bit more tired when I got to this one. This one only has 9 Roses and again with gold foil leaves. The Cake is Butter Golden with Buttercream Icing. Delicious!

Tier #1 Detail is "1956-2006".

Tier #2 Detail is "Ron & Marilyn".