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A Rainbow Cake for DW

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birthday candlesI have a countdown at the right side of my blog to DW’s 2nd birthday. Unlike his first birthday, we plan his second to be a small celebration with just family and good friends. But of course, I still want a theme and good food and a cake. Last Saturday, I bought these candles in preparation of a big project I am hoping to pull off for the kid for his birthday.

It’s ambitious for someone who can only make pancakes and grilled cheese sandwiches. But the thing is, I want to make a cake and I really want to make this one:

Super Epic Rainbow Cake by Whisk Kid

The Super Epic Rainbow Cake by Whisk-Kid

(Visit the blog too, she does the most amazing things with flour and sugar! Some are even too pretty to eat!)

DW can call out some basic colors now although he has trouble with his R’s hehe so he says Wed for Red, Owenge, Vehmillion (joke!) Anyway, this cake would just be so fun to do for him. Ambitious? OO NAMAN! haha I don’t know how I’m going to make this but I better start practicing now. (Update: I just bought cake mix and a hand mixer from Oster!)

Joy, a friend from UP who blogs at  Gourmeted gave me a “simple” recipe” to lemon buttercream frosting based on a Mamon Cake she made for her brother.  I have to warn you guys that you should never read Joy’s blog on an empty stomach.  You’ll soon find yourself reaching for something as soon as you land on her page.

I’ll be posting about stuff that I come across that I might use for DW’s party which I hope could give some of you who are planning kiddie parties on your own some ideas too 🙂 I have a folder in my PC that just houses pics of party ideas and I can’t wait to share them with you!

I do hope this baking thing takes off. It’s one of those things that I’ve been wanting to do but have never gotten around to doing because of a lack of an urgent reason to do so and now I can’t wait to bake!

Before I turn the stove on, do you have any tips for me so that I won’t blow up the kitchen or at least my cake would be edible? LOL! Please feel free to share your war stories in the kitchen too 😀

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    • hi khaye – gourdo’s has a lot of pretty cake candles 🙂 you can also try cook’s exchange. i bought mine at the department store of SM Megamall

  3. Good luck, Neva! 🙂 parang gusto ko na rin tuloy magbake para next year, ako na rin gagawa ng 2nd birthday cake ni baby. 🙂 –mapi, N@wie sis

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  5. hi teeps!

    what i learned from all the baking classes i took in san miguel:

    1. mise en place – have all the ingredients ready and measured (white ingredients have to be put in colored bowls lest you mistake your salt for sugar and baking soda for cornstarch) before you even start anything else. sometimes recipe asks to mix all the dry ingredients together na before you start baking. sift when told to sift!

    2. after the ingredients shempre all your baking tools including the oven and your mitts and cooling racks and kitchen towels. never forget your timer!

    3. never bake when you have a cold – affected ang smelling and tasting skills mo and it might affect the cake too 🙂

    4. baking is soooper fun! i liked it more than the cooking classes we had even if baking requires more precision in measurement of ingredients and cooking time so let loose and just have fun with it. the DWs will love anything you worked hard for even it tastes just a little silly for them 🙂 ngayon ibang usapan na sila vic and beth, hehehe!!!

    p.s. the oven looks intimidating to fire up but believe me hindi pa ako nasunog or nakasunog sa pag-fire up ng ovens khet manual. napapaso ako palagi kc i always underestimate the heat of the pans, hehe!!

    pahingi ng rainbow cake ha!
    i’m baking the hershey’s perfectly chocolate chocolate cake myself!!!

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  6. Hi Clarissa!!! I just went to your site and I’m so happy for you 😀 I hope Frupcakes will open again soon 😀 Good luck with school!!

    Thank you so much for the tips grabe 😀

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  7. Hi Neva!
    This is Clarissa. Here are some simple tips. I hope they can help 🙂

    1. Re-read recipe, measure and double check measurements of all of the ingredients before hand, grease and line pans(you can use Cisco vegetable shortening for this and use a pastry brush to coat the pan thoroughly), preheat oven.

    2. The “creaming” of the butter/margarine & sugar is a very important stage para maging moist yung cake.
    Dunk in the butter and sugar together in bowl, mix & wait for the mixture to get a very pale yellow color then you’ll know its properly creamed 🙂 I leave it sa stand mixer around 5 minutes but it’ll probably take the same time using a hand mixer. Scrape the sides, bottom of the bowl as well with a spatula after para they get mixed in well with the other ingredients later on.

    2. For the eggs, just to be sure you’re adding good ones, break it one piece at a time in a separate bowl(not directly to the mixer’s bowl). Add eggs one at a time and wait for it to get a creamy, shiny consistency. Around 3-5 mins all in all. Scrape sides & bottom again. (I don’t know if medyo OC lang ako with the scraping but for me it helps)

    3. Turn off the mixer when adding flour/dry ingredients and start with a lower speed para di lumipad everywhere yung flour 🙂

    4. For the baking time, adjust it to end around 5 mins before the prescribed time just to be sure hindi sya maoverbake. 🙂

    Also if you have a metal tray/cookie tray available you can put on the first level(if your oven has two levels) para di sobrang masunog yung top ng cake. Yung oven namin here sa house kasi hindi masyadong ok yung temperature control (it’s an Elba oven) but if you’re using La Germania it’s a much better oven. 🙂

    5. Level/cut the top of the cake using a bread knife/serrated knife. To make sure level sya I mark the side lightly first with a guideline. Then I move the cake clockwise by moving it on the side with one hand, hold the knife steady with the other hand while marking lightly the whole side of the cake.(I cut my cakes around 10 mins after baking so medyo mainit pa yung cake this time)

    Once completed na yung guideline on the side of the cake, you can cut it na moving the cake clockwise again while making a sawing up and down motion along the guideline. Sorry medyo vague instructions! There are cake levelers available though like the one shown here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mNix3qZ3qnk

    6. Before icing the cake make sure its completely cool 🙂

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  10. hi neva, where did you buy those candles? i was looking for that for my daughter’s 2nd bday kaya lang wala akong nakita, puro magic candles lang at musical candles.

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  13. I’ve made the mamon recipe thrice…always works like a charm. 🙂 Btw, you might also want to check out this rainbow-zebra cake http://www.omnomicon.com/rainbowcake I’ve been wanting to make something like that for my nephews. I think I’ll invent a third birthday for them this fall just so I can bake that. 😀

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