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With my middle child’s birthday on December 20 and my youngest on the 26th I make more cake this time of year than the rest of the year combined. It just so happens that I was also asked to make cupcakes for a bridal shower coming up in January as well, so we’ll add those to this month-long cake-baking extravaganza.
While I’ve truly been up to my eyeballs in cake flour and buttercream, family events like birthdays and Christmas are also the times I try my very best to step back and to just simply be a mom and not so much a food blogger.
I don’t ever want my kids to wonder if I’m working hard at decorating their cake or taking pictures of every moment on their birthday for just another blog post and not because they’re that…
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