Strawberry & Cream Cake for Chase's 3rd Birthday

Three years ago today I had my 10 lb 11 oz baby boy. Three years have flown by. He's such a sweety. Chase cracks me up. Last night I was baking his cake and he came up behind me and asked why he had socks in his pocket. I turned around to find him with his white pocket lining hanging out! He thought his pocket lining was a sock :) Chase requested a strawberry cake that looked like Caillou. If you don't know who Caillou is, he's a four year old little bald boy on PBS sprout. I have to admit, it's a cute little show... I would just like to know why he's bald. Everyone else on the show has hair. Anyways, I found the perfect recipe a few weeks ago on Delectable Dining. Thanks Sarah! Everyone loved it.

STRAWBERRY & CREAM CAKE
Cake
1 package white cake mix
3 egg whites
1/3 cup vegetable oil
1 1/4 cups strawberry soda
Cream cheese frosting, recipe follows

Preheat the oven to 350. Grease 2 8 inch round cake pans. Prepare cake mix as directed, with the egg whites, the oil, and substituting the soda for the water. Pour into prepared pans. Bake as directed on the box and cool completely before frosting.

Frosting
1- 8 ounce package of cream cheese, softened
1 TBSP
1 tsp vanilla extract
4 cups powdered sugar
food coloring (optional)

In a large mixing bowl, beat cream cheese, milk, vanilla, and food coloring with an electric mixer on low speed until smooth. Gradually beat in powdered sugar, 1 cup at a time until smooth and spreadable.

Here's the birthday boy with his new John Deere bike.

Happy birthday to you... you belong in a zoo!

This is what I looked like 3 years ago today... look at my messy house! I felt so bad at the time I didn't care what it looked like.

Here's Porky Butt :) Can you believe I had him with no drugs!?! Man, I'm glad that's over with.

What a sweet 1 year old. He still looked like a baby.

Look who's 2. Check out the John Deere Cake :)