Cake & Ice Cream {Cocktails}

In addition to Labor Day, we were also able to celebrate Erin's {belated} birthday while she was here! We went to McGuire's for dinner and then came back home for cake and cocktails.  The cocktails were super easy and super delicious....I just put a raspberry sorbet popsicle in each glass along with a shot of St. Germain and topped it off with champagne.  So fruity and perfect with cake!


Inspired by this cake, but knowing that boxed cake mix (and icing!) was definitely more my speed, I tried my first "un-iced"cake.  I just used 1 box of chocolate cake mix split between two 9 inch pans and two containers of whipped butter cream icing.  I mixed chocolate chips in one container of icing and used that for my icing in the center.  I also coated each layer of cake with a layer of caramel sauce.  Topped with flowers and fruit, and ta-da, a not-so-typical birthday cake!