We celebrated our Griff's second birthday this past weekend!
It is so much fun when birthdays fall on the weekend because then we're free to celebrate without lame things like work cramping our style. ;)
We just had a small family party for him and so I didn't really do many decorations.
I just wanted to get some fun balloons and a fun birthday banner and call it good.
But day-of I realized I didn't think about anything for his cake.
Then I remembered a simple trick I had done for Grady's 2nd birthday party and
decided to do the same thing for Griff's cake.
It is so simple and really comes out cute and makes a statement in a pinch!
Here's all you need for this cake:
- sprinkles
- card stock paper
That's it. And I've made it easy for you by creating a document with printable numbers 1-9 in a nice thick, sans serif font.
Download your number, print it on card stock paper, cut it out, and then lay the number on top of your already frosted cake. You want your frosting to still be a tad sticky so the letter lays flush. And this is important so that your sprinkles stick too. Dried frosting will be a sprinkle disaster, trust me.
And I like to fold up one tiny corner of the number so it's easy to take off after the sprinkles go on.
Other helpful tips: Lay down a dish towel around where you'll be sprinkling because it's easy to catch the strays and then throw them away after and avoid unnecessary sweeping.
Once your number is laying flush on your cake, go to town with the sprinkles. Sprinkle your heart out. And make sure they especially fill in around the outline of your number.
When your cake is sufficiently sprinkled, take your folded up corner and slowly peel off your number.
Use an icing knife to smooth any icing that came off.
And behold your super easy statement cake!
I still like to add cake flags because I can't help myself.
And seeing my sprinkle-loving boy light up is the icing on the cake. ;)
Trying hard to blow out those candles.
Happy Birthday to my Griff, Griff.
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