<p style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.karolineskitchen.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/IMGP3732-2.jpg"><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-1332" alt="lion smash cake" src="http://www.karolineskitchen.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/IMGP3732-2.jpg" width="421" height="500" /></a>My college roommate is still one of my favorite people in the whole world.  So, when her son turned one, I was eager to make his smash cake.  Corey's mom selected a jungle theme for the party, and I sent her a bunch of photos on Pinterest so she could pick out a style that she liked.  This is the one she chose:</p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><img alt="Lion Birthday Cake by cakeheaven1, via Flickr" src="https://s-media-cache-ec0.pinimg.com/736x/08/9d/8c/089d8c34faae3262be135ee596e4bdde.jpg" /></p>
<p style="text-align: center;">I came pretty close, right?  Well, we won't see it on "<a href="https://www.pinterest.com/mathomson/nailed-it/">Nailed it</a>" anyway.  (She also favored <a href="http://www.karolineskitchen.com/513-first-birthdays">this lion cake</a>, but I wanted to try out a new style.)</p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.karolineskitchen.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/IMGP3737-2.jpg"><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-1333" alt="first birthday" src="http://www.karolineskitchen.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/IMGP3737-2.jpg" width="478" height="500" /></a></p>
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<p style="text-align: center;">As a general rule, we should probably stop singing "Happy Birthday" to one year olds.  They don't seem to enjoy it very much.</p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.karolineskitchen.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/IMGP3752-2.jpg"><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-1334" alt="smash cake" src="http://www.karolineskitchen.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/IMGP3752-2.jpg" width="306" height="500" /></a></p>
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<p style="text-align: center;">Corey recovered nicely and after a few minutes snuggling with his mama, he was more than ready to dig into his very own cake.</p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.karolineskitchen.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/IMGP3754-2.jpg"><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-1335" alt="smash cake" src="http://www.karolineskitchen.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/IMGP3754-2.jpg" width="403" height="500" /></a></p>
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<p style="text-align: center;">He REALLY got into it (not like <a href="http://www.karolineskitchen.com/763-rainbows-and-unicorns">this birthday girl</a>).</p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.karolineskitchen.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/IMGP3763-2.jpg"><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-1337" alt="smash cake" src="http://www.karolineskitchen.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/IMGP3763-2.jpg" width="425" height="500" /></a></p>
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<p style="text-align: center;">Seriously, I don't think I have ever seen a more enthusiastic smasher (though <a href="http://www.karolineskitchen.com/1215-gluten-free-vegan-smash-cake">this birthday boy</a> came close and my own O did a pretty destructive job at <a href="http://www.karolineskitchen.com/593-smash-cake">her smash cake photo session</a>).</p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.karolineskitchen.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/IMGP3759-2.jpg"><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-1336" alt="smash cake" src="http://www.karolineskitchen.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/IMGP3759-2.jpg" width="500" height="430" /></a></p>
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<p style="text-align: center;">He was even giving out high-fives to his cousins, who wanted in on the mess!</p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.karolineskitchen.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/IMGP3769-2.jpg"><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-1338" alt="smash cake destruction" src="http://www.karolineskitchen.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/IMGP3769-2.jpg" width="500" height="331" /></a></p>
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<p style="text-align: center;">That was one enthusiastic kid!  It was worth every second of my efforts to see this little/ not-so-little guy attack that cake.  Congrats to his mommy and daddy on surviving the first year and raising such an incredible boy!</p>
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