I mentioned on my Facebook page a few weeks ago that I was making a five layer cake for my turning-five-year-old daughter. I have to say, I am a girl that rarely has projects like these turn out like I want them. I am a good cook, but don’t do so well in the “pretty food” department. But this one came out better than I thought! And it was fun and tasty, too, which is always a bonus!
Birthday girl got to help. She may or may not have sampled the green batter. I just made 5 really shallow 9 inch cakes that I dyed different colors. One of the layers was red velvet, the others vanilla.
Here are four of the layers together. The colors, from the outside, looked really dull, so I was a little disappointed at first. {Although I was more than a little excited the whole thing didn’t topple over!}
Instead of covering the whole cake with fondant (which I don’t think tastes great) like the original that I saw on Pinterest (of course!), we cut out shapes from fondant and I let the birthday girl decorate them with gel icing.
Here’s the cake covered in cream cheese icing I made. I think it’s my fave! Cream cheese, butter, powdered sugar- what’s not to like?
After we finished decorating- looking cute! I got her name candles at Party City.
I think she likes it!
All lit up!
And finally, we cut it! The colors were definitely vibrant on the inside- matching my little girl’s personality!
Mmmm wish I had a piece left over! 😉
What project have you had that turned out great? Either way, it’s fun to try new things!
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That turned out adorable!!
I am going to try my hand at a burp cloth tutorial from Pinterest and then
next Thursday, I am treating myself, my daughter in law and my daughter
to quilting classes for a sampler quilt. We are too excited!!
Great job! That many layers is really difficult to do! I love the different colors…but even more I LOVE your daughters face seeing her cake! So sweet! Happy belated birthday to her!
Heather
I can tell your daughter got a kick out of that cake! I love how much you included her in the process. Those colors turned out so vibrant too! Thank you so much for sharing this at Drab to Fab Fridays! I hope you’ll come back next week and share more of your great ideas. I think your “Outdated Cabinet do-over” would be perfect! Have a great week, Kelli!
Amy @ Sugar and Spice
Kelli, just wanted you to know that I’ll be featuring this tomorrow at Drab to Fab Friday! Hope to see you back to link up more of your great ideas. They can be OLD or NEW. Have a great day 🙂
Amy @ Sugar and Spice
Thanks Amy! So exciting!
Yes, that is what I love too! 🙂
That sounds really fun!
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