Things have been crazy hectic at my office lately, and it seemingly as crazy at home, although I'm not sure what I do in my evenings besides cook dinner, maybe do dishes, play with my sweet kitties and watch a little tv.
Anyways, I have some updates for you on the hallway painting. But that will have to wait.
Right now....the blog world unveiling of my flag cake.
Eric and I baked this cake before heading up to the cabin in Morris, PA for a fantastic Labor Day with friends and some of his family.
I saw a link to this idea on another blog (I believe it was Young House Love, which I love, but can't be exactly sure at this point), and felt the need to tackle it. Since I'm not quite Betty Crocker, I enlisted Eric's help (and for that, he wins the Best Husband of the Year award).
We mixed, we stirred, we colored/dyed, we baked, we trimmed, we stacked, we iced, and finally.....the next evening at the cabin, we cut!! And got to see how our masterpiece turned out.
I must say, I was very pleased! I will make this again. It was so deliciously moist, with icing between each layer.
Here's what I needed:
2 boxes of cake mix, mixed in seperate bowls
1 entire batch dyed red
the other batch split in half, so half a batch of white and half a batch of blue
THEN, bake
1 round 8'' red cake, thick enough to cut in half
1 round 8'' white cake, thin layer
1 round 4'' red cake, thin layer
1 round 4" white cake, thin layer
1 round 8' blue cake, thick layer, with a hole in the middle
I baked the 4'' round white cake INSIDE the regular 8'' pan while the blue baked, so I didn't have to maneuver cutting a hole in the middle, worked perfectly!
Then trim, ice between layers, stack and decorate!
VOILA!
