Happy Birthday, Toshi
Another year, another cake. Knowing that the subtleties of a made-from-scratch cake would be lost on preschoolers, I took the easy way out and made a double batch of yellow cake mix in a 15 inch round pan.
We carved away excess to shape the head then did a simple vanilla frosting with about three gallons of red food coloring. White and black piped accents and voila! Spiderman.
I think he liked it.
That is a LOT of food coloring, but I think it came out very nice! I also like the other cakes you have made in the past, very creative!
Okay, maybe it wasn't three gallons but it seemed like it as I kept dumping more and more food coloring in. The frosting went from white to pink to Spiderman. Maybe it was my imagination, but I swear I could taste the food coloring itself in the final cake.
Best dad ever.
Thanks man.
been there--worth all the work, definitely, but red doesn't taste good!
Kealohi, speaking of the work, each year I say to myself that I will make the next year simpler. By the time the next birthday finally rolls around, I've forgotten my good sense and do it all over again.
Awesome Cake! To get red frosting faster with less food coloring...start with pink frosting not white :D
Pink frosting... of course! Thanks for the tip. -alan
Reduce your food colouring drops to about 2 drops needed by using this simple trick- ice your cake with regular white. Then paint on the food colouring using a paint brush. Not only do you need only a drops of red dye to cover the entire cake, but if you need to do different colours (ie. the multi-colour butterfly cake I did for my daughter last year), you can brush different colours on.
Laura, that makes perfect sense now that you say it, and would seem to give a lot more control over where color is applied and where it isn't. Thanks for the tip!