How to do cake at a mini golf b-day party?

[limabean]

I'm excited about how we're doing DS's birthday party this year -- we're having a low-key family barbecue this weekend, and on Thursday I'm taking him and 2 friends out to play mini golf and have pizza. So stress-free for me -- I love it!

My question is, should I try to do the whole cake/candles thing in this setting? I don't really see how it would work. They sell ice cream there (just from a freezer case, so it's stuff like ice cream bars and popsicles), so I was thinking about getting them each a frozen treat, but it'd feel weird to sing "happy birthday" and all that with a popsicle.

The other way I could do it would be to drop off a small cake or cupcakes at my friend's house when I pick up her boys, then sing and have cake when I drop the boys back at their house. But that might feel kind of rushed.

Should I just not do that part, and just do the mini golf/pizza and have that be that? DS will get a cake/candles at the barbecue over the weekend, so he probably doesn't need to have one with his friends too, right? Maybe we could just do a silly toast to DS while we're eating our pizza or something? What would you do?

[notjustmamie]

I'd probably skip the cake and singing or arrange with the other boys' mom to do cake at her house for 20 minutes or so when you drop them off.

[eepster]

Cup cakes would be smaller and more portable, and also eliminate a need to cut and serve.

I would just call ahead to make sure they don't have restriction on outside food. In my area, the most common restriction is that the item must be kosher.

[mamakay]

We did a mini golf party for ds this year, and everyone first stopped by Baskin Robbins and we got a small ice cream cake (and did the song, etc) before caravanning to the go to mini golf place.