Mason Jar Birthday Cake !!!

Don’t you just love Mason Jars????

Well, I do.  I must have a million of them.  Between all the empty ones from canned goods I’ve used, to all the ones I decorate with, I might have to change that number to a BILLION!

They are pretty much a staple here in the South, mostly because they are so versatile.

Well, the other day was no exception!

Em turned a Big Ole’ 8 over the weekend and decided she wanted a slumber party.  Yes, I still have all my hair…… BARELY! 

I thought it would be fun to change up her Birthday cake.  So, instead of doing one big cake, I did several smaller mason jars for all the girls.

First, I made a boxed chocolate cake (Em’s favorite).

Then I took one of my biscuit cutters that I knew would fit into the mason jar and cut holes out ….

The cake was a little thick, so I cut those in half and layered them in the bottom of 1/2 pint  mason jars.

Then, I took the buttercream icing I made.  (* I used this homemade recipe here , but store bought is fine.  I mean, come on…. I used a boxed cake mix.  )

Added a swirl of it to the top of the cake.

Then topped with some rainbow sprinkles.

Yummmmmmm.

Now, at this point, I realized that with the amount of buttercream icing I made and the amount of mason jars I still had to do, I would never have enough to keep going at the thickness I originally cut the cake.  So, I decided to keep the cake as thick as the biscuit cutter cut it this time.  If you do less jars than I did, you can always keep the thickness of the cake the same.

Then, I repeated with the buttercream and topped off with more sprinkles.  Once I was finished, I felt like they looked like little milkshakes, so I stuck these cute blue and white polka dotted paper straws in them I found at Target.

TIP:  Stick them in the fridge for 5 minutes and serve.  There is something about giving them a slight little chill that makes them better in my opinion.  😉

 

My favorite part of the whole thing was that Em decided she wanted everyone to be able to make a wish that night, not just her.  So, every girl got their own mason jar with their own candle to blow out!

I love her sweet heart!

Just a little side note:  I had a lot of leftover cake.  If you do not want to waste the cake, it would be great to break up the remaining cake and either freeze for later or use it within a day or so in a trifle.

Everything is better in a Mason Jar!  These would be great for entertaining a large crowd too.  Not to mention, they could be technically considered portion control, right?

 

XOXO,

Esther