Spent the day baking a birthday cake for my friend's daughter. She's turning 2. I love baking and since we couldn't make it to the party tomorrow, I made it as her birthday present. I'm not a pro baker by any means, but I think it turned out pretty good. I know the cake tastes good. It's my secret recipe. Ok, not really a secret. It's a box cake mix. 😂
The secret part is to not use water and oil like the package tells you to. Replace the water with milk in equal amounts. Replace the oil with melted butter and double what the box calls for. Add one more egg than the box calls for.
This will give you a rich and dense cake, just like from a bakery. If you want that Costco creme filling stuff, just mix a box of instant pudding mix with some heavy cream. It's so easy and people won't believe it's homemade. 😊
Since I had some time and a new canvas, I painted this cute little name art for miss Frankie. Her name is so unique and it suits her well. Her little smile is like a rainbow sunshine. 😙
We're supposed to be getting more snow the next few days. Might be more baking in my future. It's just what I do when I'm stuck inside. Lol. Love and light to all who read this! ❤❤❤
Aaaww how cute, happy birthday to Frankie! And the cake looks great, I think it's really sweet that you bake it for her. And thanks for the tips, really smart to get a better taste!! 🎂
That's nice of you to send a cake instead. As a kid, she probably likes that better anyways. Heh.
Those are some good baking tips. I'm going to keep those in mind for the next time we need to bake a cake. Although, it doesn't happen a lot because I tend to eat them for breakfast lunch and dinner. Just thinking about it my brain is trying to figure out where in the house I have hidden the cake. There's no cake, but it's still looking. Oh, and I'm trying to figure out how much trouble I'll get into with my wife for eating it. "Honey, did you fill up on cake?"
"Yes, but it wasn't my fault, the cake jumped in my mouth. I kept telling it to stop, but every time I opened my mouth to tell it no, more jumped in!"
🤣🤣
it looks really good, thanks for the tips of the recipe but I know that even with such well-explained steps I would end up ruining, anyway Happy birthday miss Frankie you have the best cake.
I congratulate you for your cake, it looks great, you had a good time celebrating that birthday. Congratulations to Frankie for her two years
Yum Cake! Cant go wrong with butter :)
For real! 🤣
Happy birthday frankie.Her cake is very nice.
How clever you are!! I Congratulate Frankie)). Health it lifetime of sound.
I also baked a cake for my son's birthday. Adorned herself that everyone thought that the cake monkey, though I sculpted fondant bear. But the cake was delicious)))
thank you for sharing the recipe cake from the box recipe 😁
happy birthday to frankie..
Her cakes look very tasty
I will try to eat it 😀
Those are good baking hacks. I have not considered replacing oil with butter, but it definitely makes sense.
I typically use buttermilk in place of water on the rare occasion I make a cake. It was the same effect as regular milk. Makes the cake super moist.
Happy birthday to frankie.God bless you.
Aww...I love the cake, and the painting. The way you described Frankie is soooo cool. She sounds pretty special, thanks for sharing this with us <3
What is Costco creme filling? Like the white cream inside a Hostess cupcake? Do yoi inject it into the cake, or use it as an icing layer between cake layers?
Now I want cake...
I was just thinking today, all us OHA people were out there doing ops left and right and we've quieted down the past week or two. I think we're all stuck inside and bored. 😂 The pet food order is supposed to be delivered mid week or so for my neighbor (and my pet food as well, I just tacked her stuff on to my order of wet food, lol. Then I don't have to try and cart it home on the bus). I've been mostly sewing.
Costco creme filling is that sweet custardy layer they put between their cakes. It's so good. 😍
It's been too cold for us to get out much, I have stacks of cards made up, but it's been either raining or snowing here for a week. 😑 Lol
happy birthday frankiee..
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Must be very delicious, I like birthday cake, because there is chocolate.