{"id":1274,"date":"2014-05-04T10:39:10","date_gmt":"2014-05-04T14:39:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bellapamella.com\/blog\/?p=1274"},"modified":"2018-10-05T17:05:39","modified_gmt":"2018-10-05T22:05:39","slug":"idea-71-let-them-make-cake","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bellapamella.com\/blog\/idea-71-let-them-make-cake\/","title":{"rendered":"IDEA 71: LET THEM MAKE CAKE"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #888888;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1275\" title=\"Cake_maker_girl\" src=\"https:\/\/bellapamella.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/Cake_maker_girl-1.jpg\" alt=\"Cake_maker_girl\" width=\"349\" height=\"269\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bellapamella.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/Cake_maker_girl-1.jpg 349w, https:\/\/bellapamella.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/Cake_maker_girl-1-300x231.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 349px) 100vw, 349px\" \/><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #888888;\">My friend and colleague Kiersten has an amazing cookbook collection. Baking beautiful cakes and treats is her creative outlet. And a holiday does not go by without K whipping up a cake or beautiful dessert creation. That\u2019s why it occurred to her that her young daughter Sydney might find it exciting to create a cake of her own.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #888888;\">Baking with young kids, we\u2019re often left with a choice: either create our thing of beauty and suffer the consequences of angry offspring, or allow them artistic freedom and leave our idea by the wayside.  That\u2019s why this idea of Kiersten\u2019s is so inspired. Using a box cake mix she didn\u2019t need anyway, and leftover candies, she helped her daughter make a simple sheet cake. Once it was done, Syd was given free reign to decorate &#8220;her canvas&#8221; any way she liked. Does she want the icing black? No problem. Would she like to pile all the candy in one corner? Why not?<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #888888;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1276\" title=\"Cake_maker_kid\" src=\"https:\/\/bellapamella.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/Cake_maker_kid-1.jpg\" alt=\"Cake_maker_kid\" width=\"349\" height=\"349\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bellapamella.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/Cake_maker_kid-1.jpg 349w, https:\/\/bellapamella.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/Cake_maker_kid-1-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/bellapamella.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/Cake_maker_kid-1-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/bellapamella.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/Cake_maker_kid-1-100x100.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 349px) 100vw, 349px\" \/><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #888888;\">As it turned out, Syd actually had a bit of talent when it came to a pleasing distribution of deco on the cake top. But the real beauty was that she was completely in charge. That\u2019s something that makes us all feel great. (Look at that sweet, proud face!) And, what an awesome gift to give your \u201cbig\u201d little child.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #888888;\"> <\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>My friend and colleague Kiersten has an amazing cookbook collection. Baking beautiful cakes and treats is her creative outlet. And a holiday does not go by without K whipping up a cake or beautiful dessert creation. 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