Along with an amazing kid turning 13, we also celebrated Abby's 8th birthday over the weekend. Since I'm a newly addicted convert to Pinterest, I figured that I'd try something I had seen on there.
So I bought a few boxes of Betty Crocker Vanilla Cake mix.
And don't get me wrong. I'm an OK cook. I can bake a cake from scratch. I'm down with the eggs and the flour and stuff. But this cake saved me a whole lot of time and besides, it's super yummy.
So I mixed up a couple of boxes of this stuff and I seperated the mix into 6 different bowls. Then I got colouring. That was the fun part. The kids were out, I put the music up loud and mixed to my heart's content. I made purples and blues, greens, yellow, pinks and reds. I wondered at the time if the mixing may have been better if I'd played Doodlebops or High Five, but I think I did well.
And then I baked. The cakes were way thinner than a whole cake, so I cut the cooking time right down. Then I let the cakes cool. Then (and this is my favourite part) I made mock cream for inbetween the cake layers.
Yum. Yum. 500gms butter to 1kg icing sugar and mix. Yes that is a lot of butter, but we know we'll all get over it once we take the first bite.
I trimmed the round parts off each layer. And I layered. I added cream and layered more.
And then I added more icing sugar to the mock cream mix to make it a harder frosting mix. And I covered the whole thing. And this... this is what happened....
It was possibly the most yummiest cake ever. Worthy of the two amazing kids that blew out the candles. Jacob turning 13 and Abby turning 8. ( Abby was born on Jacob's very first ever day of school ...talk about a big day for this Mummy!)
Leaving you with a pic of the cutest 8 year old ever, taken soon after finishing the yummiest cake ever. I'm off to the most addictive yet informative website ever. Perhaps I'll find an idea for next years' birthday cake...
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Loved seeing this post Nic, I am going to making this cake on Fri for my daughter's 5th birthday party. She is always drawing rainbows so cant wait to see her face. Yours looks fab, hope mine works out the same. I had thought of doing it from scratch but now you have got me thinking. Cheers :)
Posted by: Teryl McKenzie | February 08, 2012 at 12:15 PM
Happy 8th Birthday Abby! Gosh Nic the kids are growing up so fast! Abby looks so mature not so much that wee girl we had down our way a couple of years ago :-)
Hope you all had a great day, and the cake looks fab!
Posted by: Rachel | February 08, 2012 at 03:38 PM
That cake looks superb, but one would have to eat it sideways, right?? I used to have a rainbow cake for my birthday - chocolate, vanilla and strawberry layers. And of course layered with mock cream which was almost the best bit! Hang on a minute, it was the best bit!!
How did Abby get to be 8 years old??
Posted by: Nancy | February 08, 2012 at 07:41 PM
that cake looks amazing! Dont you just love pinterest?!?!?
Abby looks just like you in this picture, Nic!!
Happy birthday to both Abbey and Jacob!!
Posted by: Jean | February 09, 2012 at 12:29 PM
Love the cake and pinterest is the best.
Posted by: sandra de | February 10, 2012 at 10:23 PM