Patty Cake, Patty Cake

Pat-a-cake, pat-a-cake, baker's man.

Bake me a cake as fast as you can.

Pat it and roll it and mark it with "B"

And put it in the oven for Baby and me.

For my birthday, the boys (on their own...honestly. I was going to bake a cheesecake!) decided I needed a cake and that they would bake it. So, we set off to Target (where else? We needed to see the post-Christmas sale stuff, anyways!) and the boys picked what to bake. Brennan, being older, got to pick first. He picked a white cake with sprinkles already in the mix. Jackson, being wiser, got to pick the frosting. He picked pink vanilla with sprinkles. Then, we got home and the boys got to work, just like their Grandma Cupcake does.

My Baker's Men...(you know, P.C., P.C., Bakers man...)
Ready to bake me a cake as fast as they can.
(I'm on the lookout for some great fabric for MAN aprons. I think my mom has some SpiderMan or tractor prints I might steal this summer)
Jackson adds the cake mix.Turning on the mixer. Brennan was very serious about his jobs. (Here's the "roll it and pat it" part...but honestly, what cakes are rolled and patted?)
Watching it stir...if you don't do this, it can burn, you know? (where, oh, where does Brennan come up with this stuff?)
Jackson chose to bake his cake in a 6 inch round pan. Brennan chose a small square one.
Tossing it in the oven (No, I did not really let Jackson do that...but he HAD to carry it to the oven for me to put it in the oven.) Notice my new red pots? I love 'em and can't wait to add a few red accents to the ugly green kitchen.After the cakes were frosted the boys enjoyed the "leftover" frosting. (No worries...that spoon did NOT return to the finished product.)
Brennan frosted the circle and Jackson did the square. (Okay, so I helped a lot with the square and in order to get frosting on the sides of the circle I had to do that, too)

The best sprinkle application technique? Tossing it with all your might. (I guess this would be the "Mark it with a "B" for Baby and me...which I never understood. Why mark it before it's frosted? Also, I don't even say that. Instead, I say {after "Fast as you can"}"Roll it up, Roll it up...{Dramatic pause} and THROW it in the pan!" Once again, who throws cake? But that's my version.) Notice the TONY'S seasoning and the LightSaber? Two must haves in every kitchen.The finished product, displayed by two fabulous bakers in training.
(Notice the traces of frosting on their faces???)

Enjoying the fruits of the boys labors.

The cake was as good as any cake from a box with no doctoring can be and we all really enjoyed the cake...though we left the corner with missing frosting for Jackson. (Notice my cricuit in the background? I went from having 2 cartridges to 7...well, I will be getting three really soon...what a great b.day present, right? Now my scrapbooks will have some variety!)

I love that my boys are so thoughtful that they wanted to do something special for Mommy and that they noticed that it was something I do for them.