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Surprise Inside Birthday Cake and a Palace Pet Party

Yesterday my baby girl turned six.

It’s cliche to say but time really does fly! We celebrated her birthday this weekend with a Palace Pet party, at the skating rink, and my first ever surprise inside birthday cake! I’m going to show you the cake first because I’m excited with how it turned out.

Surprise inside birthday cake - Ask Anna

I am Baker is one of my favorite bloggers and because I love to make cakes I am always blown away by her incredible creations! One day I want to try one of her harder cakes but for this cake I went for the quick and easy, but fun, surprise inside. What kid doesn’t love colorful polka dots? 🙂

Surprise inside birthday cake - Ask Anna

It’s seriously SO easy but everyone was really impressed. Here’s how I did it –

Step #1

Mix a box of cake mix, then divide the batter between bowls. Use food coloring to color the batter.

Surprise inside birthday cake - Ask Anna

I used a combination of colors to come up with 7 different colors of batter.

Step #2

Bake the cake pops in a cake pop maker – it’s the easiest way to do it! I made multiple batches until I had used all of the cake batter. Aren’t they pretty?

Surprise inside birthday cake - Ask Anna

When they were all baked I let them cool then put them in the freezer. I left them in the freezer overnight and then used them in the cakes the next day. You probably don’t need to freeze them but I wanted to make sure they wouldn’t fall apart when I added them to the batter.

Step #3

Mix together the rest of the of the boxes of cake mix, I made a 4 layer cake so I used 3 more boxes of cake mix. Divide the cake batter between your cake pans, then add in the cake pops.

Surprise inside birthday cake - Ask Anna

Surprise inside birthday cake - Ask Anna

This is what it looked like when it came out of the oven.

Surprise inside birthday cake - Ask Anna

Step #4

Layer the cake and frost it however you’d like. Just for fun I decided to color the flowers, on the outside of the cake, with an ombre effect. When I was done my husband said, “the flowers get more purple toward the bottom, is it supposed to do that?” Um, yes, that was the point! 🙂

Surprise inside birthday cake - Ask Anna

Surprise inside birthday cake - Ask Anna

I love the way it turned out, I think the ombre effect is fun. 🙂

Surprise inside birthday cake - Ask Anna

Surprise inside birthday cake - Ask Anna

Malea loved the cake, when I showed it to her she was speechless (and that NEVER happens!).

Surprise inside birthday cake - Ask Anna

So that’s that about the cake, but what’s a Palace Pet party without a Palace Pet game? Since the party was at the skating rink I knew I wouldn’t have to entertain the kids too much but Malea really wanted to play pin the tail on a palace pet. I thought pinning a crown would be easier so I had my very talented teenager sketch out Matey and we played Pin the Crown on Matey. 🙂

Pin the crown on Matey the Palace Pet - Ask Anna

Pin the crown on Matey the Palace Pet - Ask Anna

The kids loved it and had so much fun! Here are a few pictures from the party.

Palace Pet skate party - Ask Anna

Palace Pet skate party - Ask Anna

Palace Pet skate party - Ask Anna

Don’t you just love skating rinks? I don’t know about the one in your town but ours hasn’t changed one bit since I was a kid! It sill has red and blue carpet walls and mustard yellow carpet on the walls around the skate floor, it’s like a living time capsule! It makes for terrible pictures but a super fun party!

Surprise inside birthday cake - Ask Anna

Palace pet skate party - Ask Anna

It was a great party and I know she’ll remember it for years to come!

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"Hi, I'm Anna! Wife, mother, child of God, and the founder of Ask Anna. I have always enjoyed cleaning, organizing, decorating and helping people, so I've put that all together on the pages of this blog. I truly hope my tips help you in your home and make sure to contact me if you have a question!"

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Comments

  1. Renee says

    February 24, 2015 at 7:12 am

    Wow! This is amazing! You are so talented! I’ve never seen such a beautiful cake!

    • Anna says

      February 24, 2015 at 8:07 am

      Aw, thank you sweet friend. 🙂

  2. sarah o says

    February 25, 2015 at 1:52 pm

    what an awesome cake idea! my mind is blown! lol
    and yes, our roller skating rink is exactly as I remember it 20yrs ago too. its so ugly it hurts and i love it!

  3. Autumn Cappalonga says

    March 5, 2015 at 2:35 pm

    I was actually at a birthday party right before Malea’s began. I saw her come in.. I glanced around to see if I could say “hi” to you.. you must have been carting this breathtaking cake inside! It looks AMAZING! 🙂 I hope she had a blast!

    • Anna says

      March 5, 2015 at 8:45 pm

      Ahhh, bummer! I had to run outside and grab something so I must have missed you. 🙂

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