Happy Birhday Ben

We celebrated Benjamin's Birthday this week! He's four! He had talked non stop about a Lightning McQueen Birthday and I had sights on a car shaped cake. But frosting that red tastes bitter so I took a different approach. Don't judge the actual cake by it's looks--let me tell you about it.

I took a regular cake mix and put an inch of ice cream in the middle and covered the whole thing with ganache and toasted pecans.

And sprinkles in the piston cup.

It wasn't all about the CAKE--We played a "Luigi tire stacking game" with chocolate doughnuts. Then Presents. Grandma Christy brought over a bathtub fishing game and Ian gave him a Lighting McQeen with interchangeable monster truck tires. After we forced him to blow out the candles he went to play with all the toys. All the adults sat around and ate cake. It was so good so thanks Grandma and Grandpa and Noels for the presents and fun. Ben ended up eating his cake after breakfast the next day. A boy with priorities.