Friday, April 23, 2010

On the Feast of St. George

Our first dragon cake!

I think it came out pretty well...
What do you think???

The boys were very happy with it.

Two 9-inch round devil's food cakes.  Cut according to Charlotte's suggestion, with a twist ;)


Rather than ding-dongs, I shortened the neck and used the pieces for legs.


Charlotte suggested freezing it to set the first layer of frosting, but I didn't have time (or freezer space), so I went with it.

I used Craisins for the red eyes and I figured a dragon that breathes fire *must* have red nostrils...
so I used them there too.

The spikes are Little Debbie devil squares.

We also read about St. George in:
Saints Lives and Illuminations by Ruth Sanderson 
and in 
Loyola Kids Book of Saints by Amy Welborn.  As a side note, this really is a great book!  It not only tells about the saint (like all other saints' books) but it also focuses on a strength/virtue of the particular saint.

We read:
Saint George and the Dragon by Margaret Hodges 
Saint George and the Dragon by Geraldine McCaughrean
Then we colored Saint George from Fenestrae Fidei

Velcro Boy


The Professor


He takes a bit longer to get these done (he's awfully particular), 
so his will be finished tomorrow.


3 comments:

  1. Your cake turned out GREAT!!! Happy Feast of St. George!!

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  2. Hi. Just found you from Catholic Cuisine. didn't do the cake this year, but will next year for sure. what a great cake, and fun activities for your children. Nice to meet you.

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  3. Great job Kelly! This was my first year to make the cake too.

    Thanks for the tip on the book *Loyola Kids Book of Saints by Amy Welborn* I'm going to look into it. I love finding new books to share with the children!

    God bless!

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