My co-worker, Mary, and I both enjoy baking and use our department as a test ground for many of our creations. A couple months ago I found a box on my desk with 4 star cake molds/cutters in them. I asked Mary if they were hers. She said yes and hinted that her birthday was at the end of July. I thought they looked like a fun challenge, but put them away hoping come July I’d remember, and feel up to making them. Somehow through the pregnancy brain I actually did remember! The molds came with a recipe for this delicious sounding vanilla pound cake. I just wasn’t feeling that ambitious and went for Betty Crocker's boxed vanilla cake with a homemade chocolate butter cream frosting.
Here’s how Martha’s cake looked. Something to aspire to.
I made 2 9 X13s pans of cake and used the molds as cake cutters to cut out my stars.
I had enough cake leftover to fill a whole 9X13. I decided to turn that into a pudding cake. Yes, my ambition was really starting to wane at this point.
Here’s how mine turned out! The cake carrier that I was using only allowed for a 3 tiered cake. Definitely not as pretty as Martha's but it sure tastes good. I don’t own a frosting piper thing, nor did I want to try and make one. Like I said ambition was going quick. I was hoping to frost the outside too but the cake was very fragile and would’ve turned to a crumbly mess.
My 4th tier. I’m bringing it to work too. Maybe I’ll try to assemble it all there. Or I’ll just let people eat different parts…
Anyone have ideas on how to cut this thing? I think I’ll let the birthday girl tackle that part!
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