Springtime Birthday Cake

I haven't been baking a whole lot lately, it just seems like it comes in waves like that. I was super busy Feb-May and then it slowed down. Which is good, because I've been so pregnancy related/boys getting up early- tired! I made this last week for a friend of mine who's birthday was several months ago and I'm just now able to make her cake! We had them over for dinner--grilling out, yay--and I seized the opportunity. This is a smaller cake, about 6 inches round. It is vanilla with mocha buttercream. Can you believe I forgot to take a picture of the inside! I kept it spring-y because that's when her birthday was.

I also made some chocolate cupcakes with strawberry filling last weekend, they were really good, but I didn't get a picture of those either! Ugh! I have a lot of the fresh-strawberry filling left and I don't really know what to do with it....I hate to let it go to waste.