Happy Birthday, Gunner!

I will take any excuse to mess around and make a cake. So when Gunner (yes, Gunner my dog) turned one on the 2nd he needed a cake. Well, he didn't get the cake but it was a good reason to make one. So I took another idea I saw on Pinterest but used buttercream instead of the fondant that was used by the other baker. And here is Gunners first cake!

It was a triple layer white cake with cream cheese and strawberries between the layers. It tasted just like summer time!

And of course, since it was his birthday, he got a cupcake too!

I am the Lorax...I Speak for the Trees

Last month I went to see the Lorax with Geoff and his sisters. The one mistake we made was going to see it on opening night, we were the oldest people there that were not accompanied by someone under the age of 7. But we had a great time. It was my first 3D movie and I was impressed. The colors were fantastic and the story was of course an important one.

Anyway, what does that have to do with cakes? Well it was clear that Geoff and his sisters were big fans of the Lorax, and since I had left over batter from the rainbow cupcakes and Tierney was home from school on Spring Break I made her a Lorax Cake.

The cake was a two layer rainbow cake. The frosting was buttercream, and the Truffula Tree was made of a cake pop stick and Grandma Knoeck's method to make yarn pom-poms.

Somewhere over the Rainbow

As I've said before I love to experiment with cakes and the kids I teach are usually my taste testers. If I've learned one thing about teenage children in the past 6 years it's that they say whatever is on their mind. So I know they will be more than honest.

Before they headed out on spring break last week I treated them with some colorful treats. I saw this idea on Pinterest (Shocking, I know) and had to try it. I was short on time so I just used a few boxed cake mixes and then split the batter into six bowls, coloring each one a color of the rainbow.

I then spooned each batter separately into the cups, layering as I went.

After they were done I completed the rainbow theme with buttercream clouds and some store bought sour candy rainbows.