Tuesday night open thread: Icing on the cake

By Michelle Malkin  •  November 18, 2008 06:43 PM

I promised a photo of my son’s Pikachu cake from last week. Couldn’t have done it without my daughter, who happily provided supplemental icing services when my hand conked out. Not the neatest job in the world, but the birthday boy was happy:

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  1. #549377
    On November 18th, 2008 at 6:53 pm, CantCureStupid said:

    Good job, Michelle!!!

    Has anyone heard about a joke that some Polish politician told about Obama’s grandfather? Really poor taste, even if he didn’t mean it.

    I’m also enjoying how liberals get all offended about people comparing Obozo’s ideas to Hitler’s and Stalin’s after the YEARS of abuse they heaped upon George Bush. Suck it up, crybabies.

  2. #549381
    On November 18th, 2008 at 6:54 pm, pookysgirl said:

    Oh my. You and your daughter should be proud!

  3. #549382
    On November 18th, 2008 at 6:54 pm, Micheleeroo said:

    Suck it up, indeed.

  4. #549383
    On November 18th, 2008 at 6:55 pm, Drews2Cents said:

    Happy Birthday son of Michelle!

    Looks yummy!

  5. #549385
    On November 18th, 2008 at 6:56 pm, walterc said:

    but the birthday boy was happy:

    That’s the bottom line.

  6. #549388
    On November 18th, 2008 at 6:58 pm, CO2 Producer said:

    Mmm…Pikachu…

    (drool)

  7. #549390
    On November 18th, 2008 at 6:58 pm, tarpon said:

    I hope you didn’t take a knife to this masterpiece. They may indict you.

    Reject Obamunism in all it’s forms.

  8. #549391
    On November 18th, 2008 at 6:59 pm, CyberCipher said:

    My collie says:

    I hereby award you the collie seal of approval.

  9. #549393
    On November 18th, 2008 at 7:01 pm, MNUSMCDavid said:

    Awesome cake. The youngster had to be happy when he saw that. Hey, think you could make the Marine Corps emblem? A guy can wish, can’t he?

  10. #549394
    On November 18th, 2008 at 7:04 pm, Patchthebun said:

    Very cute!!

  11. #549395
    On November 18th, 2008 at 7:04 pm, 24Klady said:

    Oohhh, that is the cutest cake and I’m betting he thinks his Mommie and big sis are the bestest! Thanks for sharing.

    When your little ones grow up and leave the nest, you find yourself shopping, having lunch/dinner with friends, getting hair or nails done. Today I shopped – bought a cute little Walther P22 LR SA and spent the afternoon fondling it ;)

  12. #549397
    On November 18th, 2008 at 7:04 pm, Omu said:

    Awesome Pikachu cake. Well done! :D

  13. #549398
    On November 18th, 2008 at 7:04 pm, jencab said:

    As a former advid fan of Pokemon, I am now 25 yr. old woman, I say excellent job on the artistic depiction of my favorite Pokemon Pikachu! Honestly, I still watch the show once and a while. Great work Michelle!

  14. #549399
    On November 18th, 2008 at 7:05 pm, Room 237 said:

    My mom owned an ice cream store when I was a kid. Cake decorating is my secret talent.

    Once, when my wife and I were dating, I bought a small birthday cake for her. The person at the store did not know how to write on it, so I lept over the counter, and did it.

    In hindsight, I am lucky I did not get arrested.

  15. #549400
    On November 18th, 2008 at 7:06 pm, Joy said:

    Wonderful! Way better than I could have done.

    You and your family are blessed!

  16. #549409
    On November 18th, 2008 at 7:15 pm, letget said:

    Michelle,
    This a feel good story for the day. I do hope your son had a big sugar rush on that neat cake. I am happy to sometimes post here. All here, hug your children, they are jewells.
    L

  17. #549412
    On November 18th, 2008 at 7:20 pm, TMoney said:

    Happy Birthday, little Mr. Malkin.
    May all your years be blessed by the hand of the Living God.

  18. #549413
    On November 18th, 2008 at 7:20 pm, emjem24 said:

    Congrats on the cake, MM. I don’t have your fortitude. Are you sure you don’t have a future in cake decorating? I’m sure the Food Network will design a future kids’ cake competition with you in mind.

  19. #549416
    On November 18th, 2008 at 7:22 pm, Speakup said:

    Cute as can be, done that for my kids too.

    Not the neatest job in the world

    They taste better that way.

  20. #549417
    On November 18th, 2008 at 7:23 pm, AlohaGuy said:

    Nice! OK, I expected worse..:)

  21. #549421
    On November 18th, 2008 at 7:25 pm, SoCal said:

    It is the little things that keep the rich and famous in touch with the little people..

  22. #549422
    On November 18th, 2008 at 7:27 pm, PKAmmoTroop said:

    mmmmmmm Anime Cake! Birthdays don’t get better than that. The youngsters must have loved it.

    imagines stale bagel half is anime cake

    :eats:

  23. #549425
    On November 18th, 2008 at 7:30 pm, TooMuchTime said:

    Today I shopped – bought a cute little Walther P22 LR SA and spent the afternoon fondling it.

    Nice!

    As for the cake – peeka, peeka!

  24. #549426
    On November 18th, 2008 at 7:31 pm, flmom said:

    Today I shopped – bought a cute little Walther P22 LR SA and spent the afternoon fondling it

    Careful, this is a family-friendly site. LOL.

  25. #549430
    On November 18th, 2008 at 7:31 pm, FamilyMan said:

    Much a do about a Pikachu
    YUM

  26. #549431
    On November 18th, 2008 at 7:34 pm, flmom said:

    Much better than my Big Bird cake, but what’s the diff, cake and frosting, mm mmm good. Great job, Michelle, you’re a woman of many talents. I always tell my kids, no matter what it looks like, there’s love in every bite-full.

  27. #549432
    On November 18th, 2008 at 7:34 pm, California Red said:

    Sunday I shopped for a cute little Glock and in 8 more days I will get to bring it home.

  28. #549434
    On November 18th, 2008 at 7:35 pm, rowsdower said:

    My hand cramped up just looking at all the individual dollops of frosting.

  29. #549439
    On November 18th, 2008 at 7:38 pm, vsatt said:

    Don’t knock yourself Michelle, you did an awesome job. Hats off to you and your daughter.

  30. #549440
    On November 18th, 2008 at 7:38 pm, AlohaGuy said:

    It is the little things that keep the rich and famous in touch with the little people..

    Sometimes people enjoy chit-chatting. It’s the left that sees class distinctions in everything…come out of the basement – your folks want to use it to grow muchrooms…

  31. #549441
    On November 18th, 2008 at 7:39 pm, AlohaGuy said:

    Ok, mushrooms

  32. #549442
    On November 18th, 2008 at 7:39 pm, mattymatt10 said:

    That cake looks very well done to my eyes.

    Hey, my b-days coming up soon. Any chance I can put an order in for Optimus Prime? :-D

  33. #549446
    On November 18th, 2008 at 7:41 pm, ajmontana said:

    I want a piece….. DUH!

  34. #549448
    On November 18th, 2008 at 7:41 pm, LibertarianRepublican said:

    Great cake Michelle, but honestly I never did “get” the pokemon thing.

  35. #549452
    On November 18th, 2008 at 7:46 pm, flmom said:

    I want a piece….. DUH!

    That should have been #1 on the DUH! list. LOL.

  36. #549453
    On November 18th, 2008 at 7:48 pm, Jet Jaguar said:

    yum-yum

  37. #549455
    On November 18th, 2008 at 7:51 pm, love2rumba said:

    I can feel the rise in blood-sugar from here….

  38. #549456
    On November 18th, 2008 at 7:51 pm, zorro said:

    Bravo! Bravo! the cake is bellisimo!

  39. #549459
    On November 18th, 2008 at 7:55 pm, Cathy B said:

    You wouldn’t want to see my cake decorating skills Michelle! ;-) Great job!

  40. #549461
    On November 18th, 2008 at 7:56 pm, rightisright said:

    way to go mom, great looking cake.

  41. #549462
    On November 18th, 2008 at 7:58 pm, rightisright said:

    ooops, sorry MM’s daughter. Great cake, mom and sis. Gotta give credit where it’s due.

  42. #549464
    On November 18th, 2008 at 7:59 pm, TxSkirt said:

    Great. Now my son wants a Pikachu cake. Where’d you say you got that pan? He hasn’t discovered the Bakugan’s yet. Shhhhhh.

  43. #549465
    On November 18th, 2008 at 8:00 pm, Lindsay said:

    Great job, Michelle.

  44. #549469
    On November 18th, 2008 at 8:09 pm, englishqueen01 said:

    Ah, frosting starts.

    That’s why I started doing stuff with fondant.

    Much easier. Mix some gel food coloring with vodka, and paint.

  45. #549471
    On November 18th, 2008 at 8:12 pm, calgirl said:

    looks really yummy, Michelle!

  46. #549472
    On November 18th, 2008 at 8:14 pm, Lucifer Jones said:

    Looks professional to me, and yummy. But is this good for Michelle’s kids?

  47. #549474
    On November 18th, 2008 at 8:15 pm, KitFox said:

    I am by no means casting aspersions on your cake decorating skills, Michelle. That is a darned fine Pikachu. :) But it made me think of Cake Wrecks–which I think kids everywhere should see, so they thank God for Moms like you who D.I.Y!

  48. #549476
    On November 18th, 2008 at 8:17 pm, FamilyMan said:

    SoCal said:
    It is the little things that keep the rich and famous in touch with the little people..

    Can’t you let it go for one minute.
    GEES!

  49. #549481
    On November 18th, 2008 at 8:26 pm, SoCal said:

    On November 18th, 2008 at 7:38 pm, AlohaGuy said:
    It is the little things that keep the rich and famous in touch with the little people..
    Sometimes people enjoy chit-chatting. It’s the left that sees class distinctions in everything…come out of the basement – your folks want to use it to grow muchrooms…

    You can’t even see humor when it is right in front of your..too subtle I guess.

  50. #549482
    On November 18th, 2008 at 8:27 pm, cicerokid said:

    Got milk??!!

  51. #549483
    On November 18th, 2008 at 8:28 pm, SoCal said:

    Can’t you let it go for one minute.
    GEES!

    It was a joke..oh yeah, I forgot, religious nuts don’t have a sense of humor.. lol

  52. #549484
    On November 18th, 2008 at 8:30 pm, zorro said:

    On November 18th, 2008 at 7:25 pm, SoCal said:

    It is the little things that keep the rich and famous in touch with the little people..

    Stuart Smalley, is that you?

  53. #549485
    On November 18th, 2008 at 8:30 pm, FamilyMan said:

    SoCal said: I forgot, religious nuts don’t have a sense of humor

    I have told you many time, I not religious. Got that now sport!

  54. #549486
    On November 18th, 2008 at 8:31 pm, SoCal said:

    Oh and by the way, religious nuts, like familymoron….

    It is not GEES, or GEEZ… it is JEEZ.. which is short for JESUS!

    So you are using the name of your lord and savior in VAIN!!!!

    jeez   /dʒiz/ Show Spelled Pronunciation [jeez] Show IPA Pronunciation

    –interjection (used as a mild expression of surprise, disappointment, astonishment, etc.)

    ——————————————————————————–

    Origin:
    1920–25, Americanism; euphemistic shortening of Jesus

    dictionary.com

  55. #549487
    On November 18th, 2008 at 8:33 pm, FamilyMan said:

    GGGEEEEESSSSSSSSSS!!!!!!!!!!!

  56. #549488
    On November 18th, 2008 at 8:34 pm, SoCal said:

    I not religious. Got that now sport!

    You not religious? You familyguy, no? Me not religious either! Me no your sport! But me have sport with you, dude. lol

  57. #549491
    On November 18th, 2008 at 8:38 pm, FamilyMan said:

    SoCal
    GIVE IT A REST SPORT

  58. #549492
    On November 18th, 2008 at 8:39 pm, usmcgrunt6467 said:

    Rush isn’t the only one with talent on loan from God.

    Dibs on the cake. Good job.

  59. #549496
    On November 18th, 2008 at 8:47 pm, FamilyMan said:

    HEY zorro.
    How old do your think SoCal is? My guess is 23 years and unemployed.

  60. #549498
    On November 18th, 2008 at 8:53 pm, zorro said:

    Not sure family, I usually skip over “his” comments.

  61. #549511
    On November 18th, 2008 at 9:11 pm, steveegg said:

    Not the neatest job in the world,…

    You could have fooled me with that pic. It looks very good.

    …but the birthday boy was happy:

    That is, as always, the important thing.

  62. #549512
    On November 18th, 2008 at 9:12 pm, bjc said:

    Kids are a blessing; Great moms like MM are too!; Great dads as well, but they seem to be optional extra these days!

  63. #549514
    On November 18th, 2008 at 9:12 pm, PKAmmoTroop said:

    On November 18th, 2008 at 8:28 pm, SoCal said:

    It was a joke..oh yeah, I forgot, religious nuts liberal androids don’t have a sense of humor.. lol

    fixed.

  64. #549515
    On November 18th, 2008 at 9:13 pm, FamilyMan said:

    Hey Michelle
    FamilyWoman and I really enjoy you sharing some of your private family times. That gave us an idea. Most of these people on your blog and yourself are conservative constitutionalist, so we’ve renamed this place as
    THE FREEDOM FAMILY

  65. #549530
    On November 18th, 2008 at 9:36 pm, happy2behere said:

    Johnny Raincloud humor just isn’t that funny.

    Its a thread about a little kid’s birthday for heavens sake.

  66. #549538
    On November 18th, 2008 at 9:48 pm, BKennedy said:

    This birthday demands more Charizard.

    I kid, I kid. Good job Michelle. If you ever do quit your day job, all that means is your kids have more time with the best mom in the world.

  67. #549572
    On November 18th, 2008 at 10:20 pm, tuffy said:

    Aw. It looks like it was fun to make. That’s the most important part.

  68. #549587
    On November 18th, 2008 at 10:32 pm, Oh-nO said:

    On November 18th, 2008 at 9:12 pm, PKAmmoTroop said:

    It was a joke..oh yeah, I forgot, liberal hemorrhoids don’t have a sense of humor.. lol

    Fixed

  69. #549589
    On November 18th, 2008 at 10:35 pm, Oh-nO said:

    Love the cake though, my daughters must have attended the same baking class as MM’s.

  70. #549617
    On November 18th, 2008 at 11:25 pm, purplepeep said:

    Ah – so that is what a Pikachu is supposed to be. Cute, I bet the little one loved it!

    Of course, the cranky ol’ curmudgeon in me would still say go with a couple dollars worth of Duncan Hines cake mix and frosting instead! :)

  71. #549633
    On November 18th, 2008 at 11:33 pm, feebiebabe said:

    Bravo!

  72. #549675
    On November 19th, 2008 at 12:34 am, ent said:

    Michelle, I suggest that you read this and sign up.

    Victory in Iraq Day

    Spread the word!

  73. #549676
    On November 19th, 2008 at 12:37 am, Thutmose said:

    Michelle,

    That cake is absolutely precious! I’m sure your little guy loved it.

  74. #549687
    On November 19th, 2008 at 12:58 am, Prime Director said:

    Awesome. MM, you’re not only a right-thinking individual, you’re a great mom.

    I still remember the homemade The Black Hole themed cake my mom made for me on my 7th birthday. Was it picture-perfect? No, not even to my young eyes. Still, it showed that she knew me, she knew what I liked and what mattered to me.

    I hope your son loved his cake as much as I loved mine.

  75. #549719
    On November 19th, 2008 at 2:00 am, American Elephant said:

    Pika-chew?

    Pretty darned impressive, Michelle. She writes, she blogs, she pontificates…she bakes!

  76. #549736
    On November 19th, 2008 at 2:40 am, Kevin K. said:

    Thanks for the picture, Michelle. In order to get a cake like this, it might even be worth having birthdays again. Glad your son was happy; he’s got a great Mom.

  77. #549939
    On November 19th, 2008 at 8:56 am, mojoe said:

    It reminds me of a birthday incident during my youth.

    My Mom had made a homemade 3-layer yellow cake with chocolate frosting (my favorite!). Another relative had brought a store made cake with all the fancy swirls and fancy writing.

    The adults decided to put the candles in the homemade cake because the other one was so darn pretty.

    When candle-blowing-out time came around, I leaned across the table to blow them out, leaning my chest onto the fancy cake, which stuck to me as I stood back upright.

    Sadly, there are no known photos of what has become known as “the cake incident”. But my Mom sure had a gleam in her eye as they peeled that cake off my sweater.

  78. #549972
    On November 19th, 2008 at 9:28 am, NJ-Aviator said:

    Looks awesome. Great job.

    Hope everyone had fun.

  79. #550045
    On November 19th, 2008 at 10:15 am, CleanGuy said:

    Very cool! It always tastes better when made with a mother’s love!

  80. #550246
    On November 19th, 2008 at 12:16 pm, Right By-The-Sea said:

    You and your daughter did a beautiful job on your son’s cake, Michelle! Thank you for sharing this picture.

    [Why am I suddenly hungry for cake?] ;-)

  81. #550325
    On November 19th, 2008 at 12:44 pm, Jvette said:

    I miss those days when my kids were little and I could do stuff like this for them.
    Now, they are teens and store bought cakes for them. Easier on me but not as personal.

    Michelle, enjoy this time with your little ones. It goes by so fast. Soon, you will be looking at pictures and wondering where the time has gone.

    And one day, your little ones, grown to adulthood will remember the thoughtful things you did and be grateful.

    This is what it is all about folks. It doesn’t get any better than family.

  82. #550656
    On November 19th, 2008 at 3:10 pm, Kevin K. said:

    Jvette said: (#81)

    This is what it is all about folks. It doesn’t get any better than family.

    God and family: what make life worth living.

    (Okay, there are other things, like Country, but let’s not get complicated here.)

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