My Mom is 60 and Fabulous!

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When my mom celebrated her 60th Birthday, I knew I had to make her a cake as fabulous as she is! Check out the cakes I’ve made and decorated for my mother over the years.

A Close-Up View of My Mom's Ruffle Peony Birthday Cake

My Mom is 60 and Fabulous

My mom is by far one of the best people I know. And she’s definitely the best mom. She’s always been there for me and we have so much fun together. She is one of my best friends.

Her birthdays have always been fun occasions. I remember as kids, my brother and I would love it because my mom was always about just taking forks and attacking a great store bought cake with crazy big buttercream roses all over it.

Since I started decorating cakes last year, the tradition has changed a little bit. Her cake last year was one of the first ones I did that I really tried to decorate in a fun way. I thought about what I’d do for a while because I knew my abilities were limited. In the end though, it didn’t turn out quite as I’d hoped.

My Mom's Pink, Flowery 59th Birthday Cake with Two Matching Cupcakes

See the icing sliding down the sides of the cake a little bit? Not cute. However, my mom still absolutely adored it and thought it was the most beautiful cake ever.

But it’s been a year and I’ve learned a lot, so this time I aimed higher. She didn’t have a preference for what the cake looked like, so I decided to have fun. Here’s the end result:

My Mom's Purple and White 60th Birthday Cake on a Purple and White Cake Stand

Much better than last year. And SO fun!

This was my first ever gumpaste peony. I’ve had the cutters for about a year now and finally got around to using them. Yay! I love peonies!

The Purple and White Flower on Top of my Mom's 60th Birthday Cake

 

And she loved it. The silver writing around the top layer of the cake is actually personal qualities about her – shopping buddy, best friend, etc. When she saw that it made her cry.

A Close-Up View of My Mom's Ruffle Peony Birthday Cake

Success! 🙂

And since she likes to freeze my cakes and take out little pieces at a time when she really feels like cake, I made her two.

Happy 60th Mom! You really are the best!

Below are links to the recipes and a tutorial 🙂

Thanks for reading!

The recipes for the cake:

Smores Chocolate Cake
Triple Lemon Cake

Tutorial: How I did the writing on the top

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8 Comments
  1. J.nelly

    AWESOME Dub-Con!!!! That cake is amazing!!!!! Love love love you and your mom, what an awesome way to personalize it too with the writing. You are truly talented woman!! 🙂

    1. lifeloveandsugar

      Why, thank you! Can’t wait to see your finished cookies when I’m done with them, my friend 🙂

  2. Marty

    Your Mom loves her beautiful daughter back…thanks for the birthday post and for sharing your creativity. It never ceases to amaze me! My birthday cake is amazing! So yummy!

  3. Brooke

    These cakes are works of art. How inspiring! Thanks for reading my blog – I love finding new blogs, and especially love the title of yours. I’ll definitely look around and check out your site!

  4. CollegeHillRenovation

    Love your website! Thanks so much for stopping by mine. Your cakes are amazing. Reminds me of my wedding 🙂

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I'm a wife and a mom to twin boys and a baby girl! And I've got a serious sweets addiction! Bring on the treats!

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