My mom made it for his party yesterday. He loves this Linny the Guinea Pig doll my mom gave him for Easter that is dressed like a chick. It sings this song about a baby chick being stuck in the mud that will make him smile faster than anything I've seen, so his party was a Linny theme. This is the cake my mom made him for his birthday (she was a cake decorator when I was younger)- the smash cake was the baby chick stuck in the mud!
Here it is next to the stuffed animal:

The close-up:

And the smash cake:

Re: AW: Brendan's 1st Birthday Cake
OMG...the chocolate was freaking amazing! The Linny cake wasn't big enough to feed everyone, and was a yellow cake so it would form better in the pan she used. She actually made an extra cake to feed everyone that was chocolate with ganache filling and iced. So. freaking. good!
Good God....yum.