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post #11 of 21
11/15/11 at 5:58pm
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If it's for a party with their friends I usually get store bought because I can't decorate them that well. If it's just family I make it.
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post #12 of 21
11/16/11 at 4:56am
I have done both depends on what my child wants.
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post #13 of 21
11/16/11 at 5:03am
I prefer bakery cakes. If anyone asks for a homemade cake or other dessert, I'm willing to bake.
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post #14 of 21
1/10/12 at 4:52am

I've done both.  Bakery cakes are usually pretty reasonable.  Our Walmart has all their day-old cakes marked down 40%.  Go early in the day for the best selection.  They'll write your child's name on it for free too.  Cheaper than making one!!

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post #15 of 21
1/11/12 at 1:50pm

homemade, icing too

 

Cake decorating is my hobby so can do anything you want including bridal cakes. 

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post #16 of 21
1/11/12 at 1:57pm

usually Imake but this year I will buy , since I still just do not feel good

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post #17 of 21
1/11/12 at 2:04pm

I normally buy (store bought cake is one of my favorite foods ever)...but this year I'm baking all of mine (Thanks to Pintrest biggrin.gif ).  I've gotten some fabulous ideas!

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post #18 of 21
1/12/12 at 7:18am

Forever we've gotten those Costco cakes, but that's because we usually have a party for ds.  If we weren't going to have a big party I would bake one (from a mix).  Last year we only had 6 boys at the party and we had SO much left over, so I'm not doing that again, I'll just buy a mix.

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post #19 of 21
1/12/12 at 7:22am
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Usually homemade. I do the 50/50 sheet cakes sometimes, if I don't have time to make chocolate and vanilla and don't want to listen to random kids whining that they don't like whatever flavor I chose to do. I made a carrot cake one time, you would have thought I told each child I just killed their dog the way they moaned and carried on.

Next year I'm just baking birthday brownies. Maybe some special ones for me so I don't have to be annoyed by other people's children


That's funny!  Because when we had ds' birthday party in December, I also had kids whining that they didn't like chocolate.  I looked them in the face and said, "Oh, I'm sorry.  It is ds' favorite".  I would think that 4th graders would be more polite than that, and was really annoyed and it didn't bother me the least and I certainly didn't say it like I was sorry.  I said it like, "well though Cr@p,!"  Honestly the same boy said the same thing when I brought in cupcakes for ds.  "I don't like chocolate".  I said the same thing in the same tone.  So you don't like it I'm not forcing it down your throat!

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post #20 of 21
1/14/12 at 1:08pm

Homemade.   They cost way less. 

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