Mia's Birthday Party Theme

Check it out!  We made the above flip flop cake today!  Huge thanks to Emily!  

These Number Tees by Resa Design make great Party Gifts! We will be giving out special, personalized tees to the boys and custom monogrammed flip flops for the girls at Mia's birthday party next week. Fun stuff. Check out Happy Chickadee to order your own! Available in short or long sleeve.

A flip flop wearing, slip and slide going, cake eating outdoor swim party is what we have in store for my little mermaid! I can't wait to celebrate with some of our best friends next week as Mia turns 3 in cool relaxed and chill style that has become her. We will have homemade Popsicles, 5 cheese mac & cheese, frozen lemonade, and of course cake!

We are attempting a flip flop cake. I can't wait to see how it turns out! With a little help from the Cake Doctor (my new manual for baking) and good friends, we should be able to pull it off! Here is a link to a recipe for a flip flop cake... Betty Crocker Style! You can use this recipe OR do it like me, start with the box mix and doctor it up with added ingredients and homemade butter cream frosting.

http://www.bettycrocker.com/NR/rdonlyres/2B9921D9-CADA-45B9-B0A3-2AD559B87070/0/flipflop_cake_instruction.pdf

You can even print out a template! How cool is that!

1 box Betty Crocker® SuperMoist® yellow cake mix
Water, vegetable oil and eggs called for on cake mix box
Tray or cardboard, covered with foil
2 containers Betty Crocker® Whipped vanilla frosting

Assorted food colors
About 40 small round candy-coated fruit-flavored chewy candies
Assorted colors Betty Crocker® decorating icing (in 4.25-oz tubes) or Betty Crocker® Easy Flow decorating icing (in 6.4-oz cans)
1 roll Betty Crocker® Fruit by the Foot® Green Apple Wave® chewy fruit snack (from 4.5-oz box)
2 edible pansy or silk daisy flowers

1. Heat oven to 350°(325°F for dark or nonstick pan). Make cake as directed on box for 13x9-inch pan. Cool 15 minutes. Run knife around sides of pan to loosen cake; remove from pan to cooling rack. Cool completely, about 1 hour.

2. Cut cake lengthwise in half. Continue cutting each piece to form flip-flop shape as shown in diagram. Place pieces on tray. Freeze pieces uncovered about 1 hour for easier frosting if desired.
3. In small bowl, mix 1 cup frosting with food color to make desired color; frost sides of each flip-flop. In another small bowl, mix 1 cup frosting with second food color to make desired color; frost top of each flip-flop. Place small candies around side edge of each flip-flop to look like jewels. Decorate top of each flip-flop with decorating icing. Cut two 6-inch pieces from fruit roll; cut pieces lengthwise in half. Arrange on flip-flops for straps. Just before serving, top with flowers. Store loosely covered.
High Altitude (3500-6500 ft): Follow High Altitude directions on cake mix box.