Sylvia Jeffreys threw her eldest son Oscar the most epic party to celebrate his milestone second birthday, and she stopped at nothing to make sure it was a hit.
The Today Extra host made a homemade racetrack cake with an Australian Women’s Weekly recipe and got friends and family together at Sydney Park for the festivities.
Of course, doting dad Peter Stefanovic and little Henry were there along with their cousin Harper, Karl and Jasmine Stefanovic’s daughter.
Sylvia shared a slew of pictures from the big day, including a family portrait with the cakes, a plethora of cousin snaps taken on the playground, cuddles, and an appearance from Karl and Peter’s mum Jenny.
Oscar rang in his second birthday with his nearest and dearest.
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The besotted mother wrote a sweet caption to mark the successful day.
“Cars on a cake and cuddles with mates…Oscar had the best time at his party. A fun little afternoon celebrating our sweet boy’s 2nd birthday. 🎂 🚗 🤗,” she wrote.
Ahead of the big day, Sylvia shared her cake making journey with her fans, and all went to plan in the end.
She began with a picture on her Instagram stories of her KitchenAid and the iconic AWW Children’s Birthday Cake Book.
The mother-of-two captioned the shot, “Please join me for another unimpressive journey in the kitchen as I attempt another @Womensweeklymag birthday cake for Oscar.”
This was followed by a video of the cake batter getting mixed, and she explained her ingenious plan in case things took a turn.
“Double batched the cake mixture (using a @donna.hay vanilla cake recipe) in case one of the cakes was a failure. It’s always best to prepare for failure. Am I right?”
Henry suspects something is up with the cake.
(Credit: Instagram)However, she took a risk when she decided to butter her tins instead of lining them with paper, and she asked, “Will the cakes survive the cutting of this corner?”
Alas, her query was answered when she took the cake out, and it crumbled.
Grateful for her second batch, she messaged her mother-in-law Jenny for advice, and they decided the failed cake could be saved.
Sylvia’s cake journey in pictures.
(Credit: Instagram)With a picture of the cakes, Sylvia wrote, “@jennypenny_49 managed to convince me that the crumbled cake was salvageable and that all it required was a bit of icing surgery… so we boldly carried on with two cakes (rather than slicing one in half, as the recipe suggests).”
Finally, she shared her final product and even though she called it “a not-so-perfect race track for my car obsessed boy,” it looked like a success.
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