Am I the only one to not know what a half birthday is? Because apparently I missed the little guy’s. And I’d like to say the cake you see below was for him, but um, no. Not only is it pink but he doesn’t like cake.
You can imagine how bad I felt when Matt explained to me “it’s a thing” and I had nothing made or ready for him. Although, ironically, I had this big celebratory cake, which by the way is for an upcoming project that needed to be shot in advance, so the recipe is coming. 
If you want to see how to pipe a cake like this, stay tuned. I’ll be doing a detailed step-by-step workshop soon (details coming soon). Trust me the piping on this cake is pretty easy to do once you see how.
As for the little guy’s half birthday, I’m working my way out of missing it. His request: macarons with no filling. Whaaat? I know. I can’t even wrap my head around that—no frosting, okay—but no fruit filling of any sort? Who birthed that child?
pretty cake Naomi!!
I saw this on twitter and I could not believe how beautiful it is! I would love for you be my mum and cook me this any day.
That cake looks amazing!
What a beautiful cake!
I didn’t know anything about this half-birthday business, but now I’m kind of feeling ripped off…
Ruffle perfection and that topper – love! (Trying to wrap my mind around macarons with no filling.. is that possible? What if you turn them into ice cream sandwiches?)
lol I have those kind of moments with my kids too (who are they?!) 😉 Beautiful cake!
That is the prettiest cake I have EVER seen!
This is such a pretty party cake! Love the icing!
Beautiful cake! I have a baby shower cake to do next month and this would be a great technique to try out.
FANTASTIC!
So pretty!! I am so excited to see the step by step!
Looks beautiful! Maybe I will try this style of piping for my birthday next week!
That cake is beautiful! It’s hard to believe that it is easy to do, I can’t wait to see how you do it! I love the pale pink color too! Where did you get the cute little flag banner?
Such a pretty cake! Love it!
Hi Tahny- I made it that. That’ll be in the tutorial as well.
Oh my how gorgeous!!! Those ruffles!!!
It is a BEAUTIFUL cake! I will cut Squishy a piece tomorrow and scrape all the frosting off! Thanks Naomi!
Nice that you stepped outdoors to shoot this recipe 🙂 So pretty!
Gorgeous cake, Naomi!
Such a beautiful cake, love the neat work.
Awwww, your little guy is adorable. I used to celebrate my half-birthdays too growing up.
Now this cake – if he won’t eat it, I will!
Perfection!
I don’t see where this tutorial or workshop was ever posted. Can you point me in that direction? thank you so much