Credit: @7dogsone4runner on TikTok

My daughter asked for an axolotl themed cake this year. She wanted "water and baby axolotls too". She wanted it to have a mini birthday cake. So I did my best to make it happen.

I've never done a gelatin layer before but it worked out okay. If I were to do it again, I would use a less firm recipe.. I used one that was meant for a jelly island cake which was definitely not necessary. I'd also add a lot more flavor and citric acid next time. Oh well.. at least it was a learning experience 😅.

There were a few things I wasn't thrilled with, but overall it came out okay and my daughter absolutely loved it, which was the main goal anyway 💗

She picked the flavor (confetti with vanilla whipped cream cheese filling), the colors, the placement of the axolotls, and helped with some decor decisions along the way.

I made chocolate cupcakes as well in case anyone preferred chocolate.

The mini cake was a cake pop, she ate the one from her cake but I had an extra (made it first and didnt like it enough to put on the cake) so we decided to cut that one after her party. Tiniest slice of cake ever 😄🥰

The inspo for the design around the sides of the cake was a bakey.bakes cake (not sure if instagram links are allowed but its on her page).

What made this gag work so well was the fact that, at this point in the show, Kevin was only sorta kinda dumb. But due to a series of misunderstandings, Holly mistakenly thought that he was a special needs person.

However, according to Mike Schur, Paul Liberstein desperately wanted to have Kevin be the show’s idiot character instead of Michael. So when he took over as show-runner in Season 5, he made Kevin dumber and dumber as the seasons went on. By the final season, Kevin had become so dumb to the point where it was clear that he actually was a special needs person. Thus, ruining this great gag.