Is it just me or do normal every-day Mums these days seem to turn into baking geniuses for their children’s birthdays. It appears to be de rigeur to create culinary masterpieces out of cake - I’m talking Elmo replica birthday cakes. And heaven forbid you buy the birthday cake! Anyway, I thought about baking Charlotte some kind of extravaganza and 2 seconds later I laughed. Nope, not me. But I do know how to bake something really delicious thanks to John’s Mum.

And it involves using a cake mix.

Now, I’m not the most domestic person but even I like to bake my cakes from scratch. In fact, I quite enjoy baking cakes. But I had witnessed my daughter hoover a small piece of this cake in Florida and she’s generally so fussy with food (yes, even cake!) that I decided to make what she likes!

And so I made lemon cake. From a box.

And everyone raved about how delicious it was! The secret is to add a carton off lemon pudding. And bake in a bundt pan. Seriously….so….good.

Oh, and Charlotte helped bake her own cake. We have a little step-stool that she uses to brush her teeth so I had her drag it into the kitchen and delegated as much as possible to her. So I guess technically my 2 year old baked her own birthday cake. From a box. (Did I mention the box part of the recipe?)

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