Kaitlin's 18th birthday

This is a family post for Kaitlin's birthday with a few photos.  We had the family here for lunch, and had also invited three of Kaitlin's friends from school as a surprise.  We had to have a cake that had something to do with Skittles, so after trawling the internet I found a rainbow cake that was decorated with Skittles.  On Friday I had the house to myself (a rare occurrence) and cooked.  This is the state of the kitchen at one stage during the preparation.  

  
Actually, that looks pretty good.  Am sure it was worse than that.  I had to make six separate cakes, and only having two cake tins you can imagine how long it took. 

Four down, two to go.  

The final masterpiece!

All lit up, ready to go.  Yes, it was lopsided, but the skewers were there to hold it together in case it decided to slide.

And the best bit, the inside.  

 

It turned out just like I wanted.  The colours were beautiful, all layers were cooked properly and it stayed together while cutting - it did topple over later when there was about a quarter left though.  I was incredibly happy with the cake and Kaitlin liked it too.  

Not a great photo, but the birthday girl, happy with the final book in the Hunger Games series. 

And to justify being here, a few cards. Ours - spent more time on the cake than the card.

This one was made Grandma 

and this one by Kylie

So sorry for the long post, but we had a great day - it's just a shame my family couldn't have been here too.