Today is my baby girls birthday! I can't believe she is 4 already. We had her party on Saturday, and she was spoiled rotten as usual. She requested a rainbow party, so I did my best to accomodate! Her birthday cakes was probably one of the easiest I've done yet, but definitely had the biggest wow factor!
I started with a basic vanilla cake recipe; this one to be exact. The original recipe yeilds 12 servings, or 1 9" cake round. For the rainbow cake, I needed more cake, so I adjusted the recipe for 36 servings. I mixed up the batter, and then divided it by weight into 6 bowls. I colored each layer a different color, and then baked--each layer took approx. 15 min.
For frosting I used the Wilton buttercreme recipe. I took the original recipe x 3, and had enough frosting for the cake, and 24 cupcakes..with a few scoops leftover!
So, enough talk, and onto some pictures!
Birthday Girl
(I also found out that hubby hasn't leveled my oven--each layer came out uneven...I tried to stack them so it would be less obvious, but the top layer blew my cover!)
The big reveal! (and my camera was set on the wrong settings :( Sorry the pics are so dark!)
Overall, I love how it came out! The cake tasted great--like a big sugar cookie--and McKenna loved seeing the rainbow!
Linking up to these parties!
OMG! This is so lovely :D
ReplyDeleteMy mummy really loves it and so do I.
I'm following from Get your Craft on. Hope you enjoy your day and come by if you have time :)
Hi Jo Dee,
ReplyDeleteWhat a pretty birthday cake to give to a pretty birthday girl.Thanks for sharing your happy memories and have a great day!
Happy Birthday to your daughter as well :)
ReplyDeleteway to go!
ReplyDeleteLevel oven or not....you did a beautiful job! :-)
ReplyDeleteBeautiful cake, I love how deep you got the colors! That's one lucky little girl!!
ReplyDeleteCouldn't be more darling!
ReplyDeleteHappy Day,
Jasey @ Crazy Daisy
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This is Nicole from Colie's Kitchen I am a new follower!! I love your cake! It's so eye catching!!! Nicole @ colieskitchen.com
ReplyDeletethat is awesome! I made that same cake a couple years ago for a birthday. My dog ate 4 of the layers while I was sleeping and I had to remake it:( Looks like a fun party:)
ReplyDeleteYou did a beautiful job on the cake! I thought the gumballs on top were a cute addition.
ReplyDeleteThe cake is beautiful! Great job!
ReplyDeleteHow "did" you get the colors so vibrant?
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