Tie Dye Cake

For Wesley's 8th birthday, Rachel told him she'd make him a tie dye cake. She got a fondant recipe from her young women leaders that uses marshmallows and powdered sugar (with intent that it would be more edible). I had watched a re-run of Martha Stewart one day while sitting in the auto shop waiting for Mark's truck to be inspected. (I walked in and was the only one there and it was on Martha. I thought it should be on sports center or the news since it was an auto shop) She had on a college girl who was making a rainbow cake. I thought that would be fun (note-we are not rainbow fans-Mark especially wants to make that clear) So we got home from church, which was Father's Day and Wes' actual birthday and spend the afternoon in the kitchen. The kids had a blast and I was so proud of Rachel for tackling the fondant. The girls helped me make the batter for the rainbow cake. It was so fun and turned out so cute. The cake recipe was a little different. It was a mix between a pound cake and sugar cookie. (Which isn't a bad thing-Lots of butter, sugar and eggs). Mark said never in his life had he not been able to finish a slice of cake, until Sunday. It was very rich. None of use could finish a piece of cake. I don't think I will use the recipe again. It may have also been the frosting in between the layers. I wasn't able to eat the fondant, but you could if you wanted. The kids did such a good job on the tie dye look. We tried to keep the inside of the cake a surprise for Wes, but I think he had an idea of what was going on.


The kids made me a PYT slice, I guess since I'm a pretty young thing!(: