Made it Monday!

    We had a little party at school today during lunch for one of our sweet coworkers. We are so blessed to have her at our school this year! Her precious little girl is due any day now, so we wanted to have a little treat for her before she leaves us for a few weeks. I always love baking and crafting...it's basically therapy. So, of course I volunteered to bake a cake! Since she is having a little girl, of course I wanted to do something pink! I used this Strawberry Cake recipe. However, I wanted to get a little fancy since the cake was going to be for a special mommy-to-be and her Madison. So, I wanted to try an ombre cake. After baking the cake and letting it cool, I made the frosting in the recipe. Then I separated it in to three bowls. I added some pink food coloring to two of the bowls, and I basically just played around until I had a dark, medium, and light pink color.

    Next, I iced the cake starting with the darker one on the bottom. As I added the lighter colors, the colors did mix. However, it gave it a nice blended effect.

     Lastly, I made a fun little topper that had sweet Madison's name on it and some fun pink and grey birds and elephants. The topper turned out a little big, but it was still cute!

     I'm a total fan of ombre cakes now! They are so fun to make!! I want to do a purple or blue one now. All I need is an occasion...