Happy 3rd Birthday!

I added text and emailed this as an invitation

 

We haven't had the party yet, but I'm pretty excited about the cake. Thank you Pinterest for the inspiration I would never receive on my own.

 

I pinned this cake a while ago. I knew it was what I was going to do for Mateo.  Looks sort of easy, a 3 and CARS (most important part).  I first started thinking of how to make the shape. I had decided (after asking advice of my good friend) to use 2 bundt cakes, but once I read the tutorial, I decided her way was a little easier. And, I have to be honest here...I ended up buying the cakes. We were in Germany Monday and received some upsetting news, so when I saw them at the store, I realized how much stress they could save me. The taste of the cake as been compromised, but we were going for the looks this time.

Here were the links that were helpful.

Icing Recipe (I used 250g butter with 2 cups powdered sugar and 3 tbs whole milk)
Checked out what a grass tip looks like. Unfortunatly I didn't have one.
Butter conversion
Refresher on how to use a vanilla bean
And after a moment of fright of not having green dye...