Saturday was Camden's birthday party. A few weeks ago she told me she wanted a mermaid cake with a pink river. That request lead to the theme of the party. I bought a mermaid costume tail and we took pictures for the invitation.
From that point for the next two weeks until the party, she non-stop about the celebration. She was slightly obsessed about her birthday.
Our menu for the day kept with the undersea theme. We had grilled shrimp and baked flounder tacos. I made pineapple salsa which supplemented the store-bought tomato salsa. We bought guacamole and tortilla chips from the Tamale Place in Indy. I also made coleslaw (to eat on the taco or as a side) and fresh corn salad with basil. Finally, I carved a watermelon to look like a shark and served a fruit salad inside.
Her cake turned out well, too. Not my favorite decorating attempt, but it fulfilled her request (and was simple to do). It had three layers - a chocolate base with two small white tiers. On top is a treasure chest, on the second tier sits the mermaid and a pink river flows down the side and a cross the base. A pink dolphin is swimming in the water. There are also pink, yellow, and blue chocolate shells around the cake.
Grandma Pat's birthday is 4 days after Camden's so I made her a cake as well.
Mom's cake was four layers. It was a french vanilla cake with two layers of triple berry filling and one layer of lemon curd. Everyone, except Camden, had it. It was pretty impressive...and tasty!
