Sometimes birthdays occur when it’s just not practical or convenient to celebrate with a traditional cake. This can be when you’re on the move on vacation or in outdoor situations like the beach or camping. That’s why a portable birthday cake comes in handy!
Trying to carry along a traditional cake complete with frosting can be tricky and end up a bit messy too! Also, if you’re doing a quick birthday celebration before leaving home on a vacation, it is sad to make a big cake and go away, knowing that the cake will just be stale by the time you return.
We were in this situation last week. Mario’s birthday was on Wednesday and at 6am Thursday we were leaving for BlogHer in NYC. Not only that, he worked the full day on Wednesday and played volleyball in the evening meaning there was little time to eat a cake and if we did we would have a couple of slices and the rest would be inedible by the time we got back.
Nevertheless, I didn’t want his birthday to pass without a cake, so I improvised with a portable cake.
He LOVES SuzyQs, so I decided to buy them as his birthday cake. But a plain ol’ box of snack cakes isn’t very festive, plus lit candles and bare cardboard don’t mix well, so I dressed it up and you can too. Here’s what you need and how to do it:
Portable Birthday Cake Supplies:
Box of snack cakes
Aluminum foil
Small knife
Birthday candles
How to Make a Portable Birthday Cake:
Open one end of the box and remove cakes.
Wrap box with foil, leaving bottom of box exposed and the opened box end slightly loose.
Use the knife to make small X marks where you want the candles positioned.
Put cakes back in box, close end and press foil into place.
Place candles in holes.
When you’re ready to celebrate, light the candles!
They look really cool reflecting on the foil.
lucy24 says
Actually, this is a pretty neat idea!! I wish I know about this for my Daughter’s Birthday last year when were were traveling
Jennifer Hiles says
This sounds like a great idea. I am really enjoying reading your posts! Things I would never think of!
Liz @ A Nut in a Nutshell says
You are BRILLIANT!
wildbliss says
Jinxy, One of the great things about cake is, you can save a cake for up to 1 yr and it will taste as good as the day you served it. Put your cake in a box or container….wrap in reynolds wrap, then plastic garbage bag, and another layer of reynolds wrap. freeze. when your ready up to 1 yr. Pull your cake out of the freezer. Dont take the wrapping off….let thaw for 8 hrs. then unwrap…..it will still be as moist and delicous and you didn’t waste any cake. The topper for wedding cakes is done this way to preserve on that 1st yr anniversary.