Getting Frugal: Making a Birthday Cake Instead of Buying One

We do our best every year to make a special cake for the children on their birthdays.  My youngest daughters birthday was last week, and we wanted to make her a Barbie cake it turned out really well.  I can walk you through what we did.


Recipe for the frosting:
1/2 cup butter
1/2 cup Crisco
4 cups confectionary sugar
2 tsp. vanilla
Milk in small increments ( Tbsps.) until it is a spreadable consistency.
Mix all ingredients.








This was another one of the birthday cakes we made, when our son turned 4 years old.

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