Sunday Sweets: Happy Mother's Day!

Hi guys, Number 1 here!

I have fond memories of baking with my mother when I was growing up. Mom would make the most delicious homemade red velvet cake with the BEST butter cream icing every year for my birthday. (I still ask for it now, and I'll be 30 this year.) My mother is a Cake Wrecks reader. She forwards my (and Jen's) posts to her friends, and she is so super proud. So in honor of my remarkable mom - and the rest of you moms out there - I've scoured the web for cakes that remind me of her.

For the piles of stinky clothes you sorted and washed...

 

By Debbie Brown in her book 50 Easy Party Cakes

 

 

 

For the countless mittens knitted for my tiny hands...

 

By Pink Cake Box

 

 

(I know this is a birthday cake, but it's too cool and mom-ish to pass up. And I love the details! Fondant cat-eye glasses, sugar knitting needles, and rice-krispy treat yarn balls!!)


For all the torn hems you mended and homemade dresses...

 

By Zhanna Zubova

 

For the million messes I made that you cleaned up...

 

 

(Those suckers are adorable!)

 

For all the loads of dishes...

 


(This cake is from a page in Jane Asher's Calendar of Cooking from 1995. It wouldn't be my choice to remind mom of the constant mess in the kitchen, but it's too hilarious not to include. "Happy Mother's Day, Mom! Say, the kitchen's pretty messy - would you mind?")

 

 

And finally, for your beauty and elegance...

 


For all this and so much more, I just have to say thanks, Mom. I love you!

 

And for the rest of you moms out there: Happy Mother's Day! Here's hoping it's the sweetest one yet.


From John: Today's cakes are about Jen Dorsman's mom. And yup, they're a bit "Traditional." But that's who her mom is. If I had written this post, the cakes I would choose to represent my own mom would involve baseball and learning to fix things and becoming a gentleman. Because my mom had to be my dad as well. Just for today, let's look at the pretty cakes and remember that it's all about Moms and the many and varied roles they have played in our lives.