Thursday, September 5, 2013

Easy Polka Dot Cake

I've been doing so many quilting posts lately, I thought it was time to switch things up a bit and show you this cake.

It was such a fun one to put together and really easy.

I volunteered at the last minute to make my niece a cake for her 7th birthday.  She loves polka dots.  I may or may not be a little proud of the fact that she loves polka dots because it all goes back to the burp cloths I made for her when she was a baby...but that's a story for another time.  There she is in her polka dot dress.



Not only did I volunteer at the last minute, but I volunteered while we were out of town for the weekend, so I didn't have all my usual cake decorating supplies with me.  (Not that my supplies are all that fancy...and pretty much just what I bought years ago when I took a Wilton cake decorating class.)  And yeah...I have an awesome mother-in-law to let me bake a cake in her kitchen while we're visiting.

I basically baked two cake mixes up in circle pans for a total of 4 layers.  Ideally, you'd use a cake leveler so your layers stack nice and flat, but I didn't have one with me...hence the slightly crooked look.  My mother-in-law said the whole creation reminds her of something out of a Dr. Seuss book.  I think the bright wonky colors and crookedness are what does it.

Anyway, after layering it with an incredible amount of frosting to fill in all the cracks, I added chocolate candies all over.  I went to Winco in their bulk section and just got a few of each kind.  It's mostly chocolate and vanilla melts and different sizes of M&Ms.

My niece was thrilled with the cake.  My nephew said it was the first "real cake" he'd ever seen...which I think just means he hadn't seen a stacked circle cake like that before...because I know my sister has baked her kids plenty of cakes.  To add to the coolness of the whole thing, my mother-in-law happened to have birthday candles with different colored flames.

I may or may not be someone's favorite auntie...at least for a few days.

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8 comments:

  1. That is an adorable cake. And something I could make. Pinned!

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  2. Love the cake - wonky and all! And dental floss works great as a cake leveler - I didn't know they actually made such a thing as I've never seen one!~D

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  3. My grandkids would LOVE this! We'd love to have you share your post at our weekly Saturday Link Party at www.madefrompinterest.net It's live now! Happy weekend! Debbie

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  4. My daughter would love this cake - thanks for the idea!

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  5. I'm not sure what is cuter the cake or your little girl. This is very cute.
    I would love to have you to link up at my weekly Clever Chicks Blog Hop: http://www.the-chicken-chick.com/2013/09/clever-chicks-blog-hop-51-with-egg.html



    I hope you can make it!
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    Kathy Shea Mormino

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