Happy Dad Day Pink Cake
June 21, 2009
What better way to say thanks, dad than a lemon layer cake with a strawberry and cream center and lemony-sweet icing? That’s right, there is no better way! Adapted from this recipe, my cake was a soft, ultra-moist and delicate sponge of sweetness. Far too much sugar for my tastebuds, I was a bit dizzy after a piece of this party cake. Here are the clicks of the story:
Color!
Let me go a bit more in depth on this natural food coloring set from India Tree (see rainbow cookies below, too). The packaging and containers are reminiscent of the set sold along Duncan Hines and Betty Crocker since childhood and there is a draw there. The coloring, however, is subtle and, as the website notes, meant to color food with the hues of nature. I probably would not shell out $20 to buy this set again and would instead opt for D.I.Y. color.
Berries!
Berries!Can I get a label on these plumped up strawberries? They are quite unnatural and I fear genetically-modified. I’m going to have to get D.I.Y. again.
Blend, blend, blend. Blending is the secret. Now that I have a hand blender, I don’t see how I survived without it. So what I have no deep mixing bowls and make projectile icings that chase my cat out of the kitchen? I cannot go back.
Buttery goodness! Nevermind that my pan ate the center of my cake. I plumped its belly full of strawberries and vanilla buttercream taking the sugar total on this layer cake to disturbing levels.
Viola! A pink cake for dad.
Blend, blend, blend. Blending is the secret. Now that I have a hand blender, I don’t see how I survived without it. So what I have no deep mixing bowls and make projectile icings that chase my cat out of the kitchen? I cannot go back.
Buttery goodness! Nevermind that my pan ate the center of my cake. I plumped its belly full of strawberries and vanilla buttercream taking the sugar total on this layer cake to disturbing levels.
Viola! A pink cake for dad.