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For some party planners, baking a homemade cake falls along the same lines as hand stamping the party invitations. They would no more dream of buying a cake as ordering the invitations from a stationary shoppe. For others, the thought of making a cake is clear-cut cause for insomnia.

Giant S'mores Cake

Not once in the nine years since I started planning my children’s birthday parties have I dared attempt to bake a cake. But recently, in a bid to fulfill my son’s scouting duty to bring a creative cake to his troop’s awards banquet, I resigned myself to see what would happen if we chose a cake idea from the Web and tried to make it. The surprising outcome of this experiment was that our first cake–his first and mine–won Cubmaster’s Choice Award.

The Easy Bake Cake

Here’s what I would suggest to any other nervous, novice cake baker like myself.

• Simple. Pick a concept that everyone can relate to and doesn’t require any guessing. S’mores are a favorite and everyone know what they are.
• Frosting. You can’t have too much, and you can’t mess it up. In fact, frosting hides the parts you do mess up and makes it look better.
• Construction. Choose a shape you can create by cutting and shaping basic layers. Sort of like Color Forms. This was actually five cakes, cut and stacked into the shapes of a cracker, chocolate piece, marshmallow and another cracker for top.

Once you’ve mastered a cake, give yourself a pass on the invitations. Go ahead and shop for great, custom party invitations at www.looklovesend.com. You’ll still be able to add your own touch using online personalization tools to upload a photo and write your own text. Choose from a wide variety of styles in unique designs, all printed on premium quality paper. It’s fast too–your order ships the next business day!