For my son's third birthday - we had a safari theme. I made cupcakes (lions, zebras, elephants and monkeys) for him to bring to preschool and then I made 2 cakes - one was for his actual birthday. The other cake ... I never quite finished. He got the flu, so we had to cancel his birthday party. We did eventually celebrate with the cake ... but, I never actually finished making all the animals to put on the cake. I really loved the cupcakes & they were a BIG hit with the preschoolers! I also LOVED how the lion cake came out ... he was so cute. The cupcakes and lion cake were all buttercream - no fondant, so that made it even more fun. It reminded me of the way my mom used to make all of my birthday cakes.
My other birthday party cake ... with only one animal - a giraffe!
