This weekend Oh, Sugar! was hard at work putting together lots and lots of goodies for a super hero birthday for a darling four year old boy named Jett. Jett's mom needed dozens of cupcakes, cookies and a small smash cake. (Little did she know, I had a big surprise for her!) Jett's mom wasn't disappointed, and the goodies were a huge hit! Now go put on a cape and check out the pics of these heroic party treats. Enjoy!
Cookie platter.
Superman, Batman, Thor, The Hulk and Spiderman
Love Superman's signature spit curl.
Are your Spide-y senses tingling?
Thor's winged helmet detail.
Classic comic book sound effects.
Superman and Captain America symbols.
The birthday boy's name - super hero style.
J = Aquaman
E = Captain America
T = The Hulk and Wonder Woman.
On to the cake! The order was for a small smash cake, but I'd been wanting to try a cake using my iced sugar cookies, a la One Tough Cookie, whom I adore. So I made a two tier cake using yellow cake on the bottom with chocolate filling, and rich chocolate cake on top with a fudgy filling, all covered in vanilla butter cream. Add some strategically placed cookies and voila! I LOVE how it turned out and so did the birthday boy and his mom! Take a look at the results:
Gotham cityscape candles.
Detail.
The cupcakes! Your basic tasty chocolate cuppies with milk chocolate frosting got dressed up with wrappers made from actual comic books. That was an adventure in itself. I went to our local comic book shop for supplies and found out that all the stereotypes are true. Surly, 30-something dweebs with a lot of passive aggressive nerd-rage bubbling at the surface behind the counter offering up some AMAZING (ha) customer service. It was quite the cultural experience. I grabbed my comic books and ran home to cut them up, which I'm sure would not fly with the geek squad.
Happy birthday Jett!
