Mother's Day!

I made a cake for all mothers on mother's day. Well not ALL lol. On mother's day the family gets together to celebrate at a park or someone's house. Then we exchange gifts, etc. This year i decided to make a cake (no suprise there). And i wanted to make something yummy and cool looking. I found this recipe online for a rainbow cake (Conversations with a cupcake) -or-

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Bow in the Clouds Six Stack Cake

Coming out of the oven, the combined smell of each layers fruity flavors from will make you wonder if you've just created a dessert version of Fruit Loops. Fear not. Though the wild colors will appeal to even the tinsiest tasters, adults will adore the subtle fresh flavors of orange zest, lemon, lime and picked berries. As the host, you'll get far.too.many kicks from arriving at the table with a crisp, white-frosted cake then cutting into it to reveal a full spectrum of surprise!

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2 boxes white cake mix

6 eggs

1 c. water

2/3 c. oil

1/2 c. raspberries

Zest of 1 orange + 2 T. juice

Zest of 1 lemon + 2 T. juice

Zest of 1 lime + 2 T. juice

1/2 c. blueberries
1/2 c. blackberries

Wilton Icing colors in red, orange, yellow, green, blue and purple

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In a large bowl, combine cake mix, eggs, water, and oil together. Scoop 1 cup of batter into six small bowls. In the first bowl, mix raspberries and 1/4 tsp. red coloring. In the second bowl, mix orange zest and juice, and 1/2 tsp. orange coloring. In the third bowl, mix lemon zest and juice and 1/4 tsp. yellow coloring. In the fourth bowl, mix lime zest and juice and 1/4 tsp. green coloring. In the fifth bowl, mix blueberries and 1/4 tsp. blue coloring. In the sixth bowl, mix blackberries and 1/4 tsp. purple coloring.

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Prepare six 8 inch cake pans by greasing and flouring each generously. Using a spatula, spoon and spread each color of batter into its own cake pan. Bake in an oven, preheated to 350 degrees for 17-20 minutes, or until tops spring back when touched lightly. Allow to cool completely. Frost with White Chocolate Frosting.

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Billowed White Chocolate Frosting

You're going to want to lick the bowl, the spoon, the cake. Do try to restrain yourself.

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1 c. butter, softened

1 bag white chocolate chips

3 lbs. powdered sugar

1/2 to 1 full cup milk

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In a large bowl, microwave white chips until melted. Immediately beat in butter until smooth. Add remaining ingredients and beat with an electric mixer until light and fluffy. Makes enough frosting to ice between each layer of cake, and around the outside of the cake.

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Everyone LOVED it!! :D Check out the pix/ process :




The End result



Yeah it was really good :)

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How cool that there was a rainbow in the playground! It was meant to be lol. And at the end of the day.....




Hope everyone had a happy mothers day!

More Cakes!!

Man this is starting to look more like a baking/ cake blog rather than an art blog.. Baking can be an art too... right? lol. Well i have been drawing and creating... I just can't show to ya because its not my property.. or i don't have the rights yet.. u know what i mean. Til then ill just post up Cakes and Photography. :D

So I have made 2 nice cakes one i did for my bf's birthday in Feb which is a Red Velvet Cake with Cream Cheese Frosting (he requested it) and blueberries on top. I have a hard time working with fruit because they give off water/ juice when i stick the cake in the fridge. And i want fresh fruits.. not glazed fruits. And blueberries are the only fruits i've worked with that don't give off the juice stuff.

Here's are a few pix!





Thennn... (no im not done yet lol) I took this class in SF called BakingArts which has a variety of different classes from chocolate molten cakes to souffles to layered cakes. And i took their topsy turvy cake class and came out walking with this!! Unfortunately i didn't take a picture of it before i drove home so i only have the pictures of what it looked like after the drive home :( The top part fell off so its even more crooked than its supposed to be :P The flowers are done in Fondant and so is pretty much everything on the outside. The inside is a Chocolate cake with buttercream frosting! YUM. My design and neatness could have been better but i was running out of time. But the next topsy turvy cake i do.. It will rock i promise :P