{"id":33185,"date":"2020-07-13T14:18:21","date_gmt":"2020-07-13T19:18:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ashleyannphotography.com\/blog\/?p=33185"},"modified":"2020-07-13T14:18:21","modified_gmt":"2020-07-13T19:18:21","slug":"3-weeks-of-celebrating-so-many-cakes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ashleyannphotography.com\/blog\/2020\/07\/13\/3-weeks-of-celebrating-so-many-cakes\/","title":{"rendered":"3 weeks of celebrating &#8211; so many cakes!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The end of June and early July are marked by back to back celebrations. We start with Father&#8217;s Day, then a few days later Chris&#8217; birthday. Fast forward a couple days and it is our youngest&#8217;s birthday and then the 4th of July. Finally we wrap up with my eldest daughter&#8217;s birthday.<\/p>\n<p>All that celebrating meant our resident baker was loving life and I was grateful I am on Team Cookies instead of Team Cakes!<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-33186\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ashleyannphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/13-33185-post\/7.20baker-01.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1200\" height=\"900\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ashleyannphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/13-33185-post\/7.20baker-01.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/www.ashleyannphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/13-33185-post\/7.20baker-01-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ashleyannphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/13-33185-post\/7.20baker-01-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ashleyannphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/13-33185-post\/7.20baker-01-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.ashleyannphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/13-33185-post\/7.20baker-01-50x38.jpg 50w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>She made a galaxy cake using a tutorial from <a href=\"https:\/\/sugarandsparrow.com\/galaxy-cake-tutorial\/\">Sugar &amp; Sparrow<\/a> for Chris&#8217; 40th birthday. Her little sister requested the same kind of cake &#8211; only she wanted it colorful on the inside and topped with legos. Mission accomplished.<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-33187\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ashleyannphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/13-33185-post\/7.20baker-03.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1200\" height=\"800\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ashleyannphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/13-33185-post\/7.20baker-03.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/www.ashleyannphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/13-33185-post\/7.20baker-03-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ashleyannphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/13-33185-post\/7.20baker-03-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ashleyannphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/13-33185-post\/7.20baker-03-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.ashleyannphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/13-33185-post\/7.20baker-03-50x33.jpg 50w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-33188\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ashleyannphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/13-33185-post\/7.20baker-04.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1200\" height=\"900\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ashleyannphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/13-33185-post\/7.20baker-04.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/www.ashleyannphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/13-33185-post\/7.20baker-04-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ashleyannphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/13-33185-post\/7.20baker-04-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ashleyannphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/13-33185-post\/7.20baker-04-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.ashleyannphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/13-33185-post\/7.20baker-04-50x38.jpg 50w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-33189\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ashleyannphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/13-33185-post\/7.20baker-06.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1200\" height=\"900\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ashleyannphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/13-33185-post\/7.20baker-06.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/www.ashleyannphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/13-33185-post\/7.20baker-06-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ashleyannphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/13-33185-post\/7.20baker-06-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ashleyannphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/13-33185-post\/7.20baker-06-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.ashleyannphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/13-33185-post\/7.20baker-06-50x38.jpg 50w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-33190\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ashleyannphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/13-33185-post\/7.20baker-08.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1200\" height=\"800\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ashleyannphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/13-33185-post\/7.20baker-08.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/www.ashleyannphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/13-33185-post\/7.20baker-08-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ashleyannphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/13-33185-post\/7.20baker-08-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ashleyannphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/13-33185-post\/7.20baker-08-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.ashleyannphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/13-33185-post\/7.20baker-08-50x33.jpg 50w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Next up the 4th of July. She and her uncle had a baking day and made sure our family was completely covered in the dessert department. I requested a cookie cake and it did not disappoint.<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-33191\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ashleyannphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/13-33185-post\/7.20baker-10.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1200\" height=\"800\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ashleyannphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/13-33185-post\/7.20baker-10.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/www.ashleyannphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/13-33185-post\/7.20baker-10-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ashleyannphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/13-33185-post\/7.20baker-10-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ashleyannphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/13-33185-post\/7.20baker-10-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.ashleyannphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/13-33185-post\/7.20baker-10-50x33.jpg 50w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>She also made a Strawberry Lemonade cake based off one by <a href=\"https:\/\/sugarandsparrow.com\/strawberry-lemonade-cake-recipe\/\">Sugar and Sparrow<\/a>. We got in a time crunch on that one, so her cakes didn&#8217;t cool enough..and the buttercream didn&#8217;t harden enough. Lesson learned.\u00a0<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-33192\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ashleyannphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/13-33185-post\/7.20baker-12.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1200\" height=\"800\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ashleyannphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/13-33185-post\/7.20baker-12.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/www.ashleyannphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/13-33185-post\/7.20baker-12-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ashleyannphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/13-33185-post\/7.20baker-12-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ashleyannphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/13-33185-post\/7.20baker-12-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.ashleyannphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/13-33185-post\/7.20baker-12-50x33.jpg 50w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-33193\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ashleyannphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/13-33185-post\/7.20baker-14.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1200\" height=\"800\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ashleyannphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/13-33185-post\/7.20baker-14.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/www.ashleyannphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/13-33185-post\/7.20baker-14-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ashleyannphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/13-33185-post\/7.20baker-14-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ashleyannphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/13-33185-post\/7.20baker-14-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.ashleyannphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/13-33185-post\/7.20baker-14-50x33.jpg 50w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">If you are looking for some cake inspiration, here are some of her favorites:<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/laurannaebakingco\/\">Laurannae Baking Company<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/sugarandsparrow.com\">Sugar &amp; Sparrow<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/10bloomcakes\/\">10 Bloom Cakes<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pinterest.com\/ashleyannc\/cake-decorating\/\">Pinterest<\/a> &#8211; this has a link to her favorite buttercream and strawberry frosting<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The end of June and early July are marked by back to back celebrations. We start with Father&#8217;s Day, then a few days later Chris&#8217; birthday. Fast forward a couple days and it is our youngest&#8217;s birthday and then the 4th of July. Finally we wrap up with my eldest daughter&#8217;s birthday. All that celebrating meant our resident baker was loving life and I was grateful I am on Team Cookies instead of Team Cakes! She made a galaxy cake using a tutorial from Sugar &amp; Sparrow for Chris&#8217; 40th birthday. Her little sister requested the same kind of cake &#8211; only she wanted it colorful on the inside and topped with legos. Mission accomplished. Next up the 4th of July. She and her uncle had a baking day and made sure our family was completely covered in the dessert department. I requested a cookie cake and it did not disappoint. She also made a Strawberry Lemonade cake based off one by Sugar and Sparrow. We got in a time crunch on that one, so her cakes didn&#8217;t cool enough..and the buttercream didn&#8217;t harden enough. Lesson learned.\u00a0 If you are looking for some cake inspiration, here are some of her favorites: Laurannae Baking Company Sugar &amp; Sparrow 10 Bloom Cakes Pinterest &#8211; this has a link to her favorite buttercream and strawberry frosting<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":33191,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-33185","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-everything-else"],"aioseo_notices":[],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ashleyannphotography.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33185","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ashleyannphotography.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ashleyannphotography.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ashleyannphotography.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ashleyannphotography.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=33185"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.ashleyannphotography.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33185\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":33194,"href":"https:\/\/www.ashleyannphotography.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33185\/revisions\/33194"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ashleyannphotography.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/33191"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ashleyannphotography.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=33185"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ashleyannphotography.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=33185"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ashleyannphotography.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=33185"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}