Confession time: I am not fond of Boston Cream Pie. However, my beautiful little boy LOVES it. And he loves Wii. So for his birthday last year I made a BCP to look like a Wii Remote. Instead of the traditional round cake, I baked it in a square pan, divided the layers, filled with pastry cream & ganache in alternating layers, added a thin layer of ganache on top, and then covered it in fondant. Yes, I know, fondant is totally not appropriate, but there was no way I could get it to look somewhat realistic without it. Everyone loved it. MJ - I have my birthday & a half birthday 6 months later, and I ususally have at least 2 different cakes for my birthday, so YES, have as many cakes as you want for your birth week! (My birthday is the same week as Christmas & New Year's, so a birth week is a little too much for my situation.) This year's half birthday cake was over the top decadent - I made chocolate cake filled with raspberry and covered in almond macaroon. Seriously wow. Absolutely brilliant way to make the Wiimote! Sometimes you do need to go the fondant route to get the details you are looking for too. My daughter's b-day is 6 days before Christmas, so she would total agree with you about a tough time to get birthday stuff done. Today I'm leaning towards the cheesecake, but we'll see what happens when the end of the month rolls around. :) ~ MJ

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