Wrapping up the fiestas was Camie's birthday on the 31st.
I wanted to do something really great for Camie's birthday, but having to spend the whole week prior to the day out of town really limited the amount of pre-Birthday prep I could do. But I figured that at the very least I could make her a cake.
And I knew just what kind of cake to make. (Twirling the proverbial mustache)
I figured something along these lines would be perfect.
Go ahead and take a look. I'll wait.
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Ready? Ok. So clearly the bar has been set pretty high. And I wanted Camie's cake to be just as funny if not funnier than those cakes. But I didn't want it to be gross or real mean. Fake mean was ok, but only if she knew it would be fake mean and not real mean. And I wanted it to tell her that I love her and am super glad she's my best pal and roommate. But didn't want to, you know, flaunt that status in case the other party goers felt a little weird eating a cake with a sentimental greeting written on it. Hello AWKWARD!
Believe me, with all of these feelings to convey striking the right balance in your cake text is trickier than you might think.
Here were the runners-up:
Bite me
I figured this one was too literal
You are Smart, and Funny, and Kind to Animals
But then everyone there would just think I'd written a bunch of lies down. Cake Text should be a distiller of truth.
Shut Up! No YOU Shut Up!
I liked this, but I worried it wouldn't fit on the cake
Sorry You're Soulless
This was good, but it lacked a certain personal touch that would really make it meaningful. So I morphed it to this:
Sorry You're a Soulless Bitch
PERFECT!!
Except there wasn't enough room on the cake. So I had to rework it. And ended up with this:
Sorry You're Old BitchShort. Truthful. And most importantly, it held up a time honored tradition in which I either call her a Bitch or give her cards or presents that do it for me.
And if you think that I'm saying Bitch like its a bad thing, then you should know that under all of that cream cheese frosting is a DROP DEAD AWESOME HOMEMADE Red Velvet Cake. If that don't say Love Ya Like A Brother From Another Mother I don't know what does. Unless its making 34 mini red velvet cupcakes with mini swirls of cream cheese frosting and candles arranged into a giant flaming 34 so every party guest could blow out their own cupcake and make a wish. But wait a minute! I did that too.
Happy Birthday Camie!
