This one is from a while back! (Around a month and a half.) My cousin turned 16 in August (yay!) and she decided she wanted a family party... but not just any old party... she wanted a TYE DYE PARTY! *Confetti* Anyways, I love to experiment with decorating cakes, so I thought "What would be better than a tye dye cake for a tye dye party!?".
So basically, I got boxed cake mix (I had some in the cabinet already), and made it according to the boxes directions. Normally I use applesauce instead of the oil, but I didn't want to mess around with my cousin's birthday cake. Once the batter was made (and some necessary "tasting" had occurred) I was ready to make a colorful cake! I first scooped the batter into the baking pans (8in. rounds). After each scoop, I added a glob of gel food coloring and swirled it around. Every time I scooped batter in, I swirled a different color of coloring. This didn't change the entire cake's color, it just created a marble-like effect.
All baked and ready for the frosting!
The frosting was more of a challenge, but not too bad. I separated the frosting (a homemade recipe from my mother's falling apart edition of the "New Cook Book") into smaller bowls and stirred in food coloring to make it a solid color. I stuck with white for the sides and middle layer for simplicity's sake. I spooned the colored frostings in a bulls-eye pattern on the top of the cake, then took a toothpick and dragged it in and out and all about. At first I wasn't sure it was going to look good, but I loved the results.
I finished off the cake by putting leftover colored frosting in a bag and piping a border. FAUX-PAS: I forgot to stiffen the frosting before I piped, so it sagged a wee bit. Oh well, its all going to the same place (mainly, my belly).
Sixteen candles on that cake!
The birthday girl!
Okay, so she's not the best cake-cutter, but somehow it seems that this is the only way a cake like this should be cut.
Like I said, into my belly.
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