i'm gonna cheat and post my kiddo kraft(s) from my daughter's birthday. leila has been loving rainbow colors and painting, and we've been needing an art smock, so i thought her birthday party would be a perfect excuse to ask honey to make her one. so, we planned an art-themed playdate with two of her friends and her sister. it was marvelous and super fun for all. and they all looked dashing and CLEAN in their new art smocks!
but, i'm going to go ahead and highlight the birthday cakes for the kiddo kraft of the month: rainbow cakes!
we had 2 celebrations back to back, so leila and i made 2 different rainbow "cakes."
we had 2 celebrations back to back, so leila and i made 2 different rainbow "cakes."
they are both easy (from a box) and turned out beautifully!the first one was a rainbow brownie cake. and this was a courtney original idea.
i baked a 9x13 pan of box brownies and let it cool completely (cooked it in the morning, covered it with foil, and cut it before dinner). then i used my spatula/brownie knife to indent (not cut down to the bottom) the arc of the rainbow. i made 5 arcs because i had 5 of the colors of the rainbow in M&Ms. then i cut the top left and right triangles of the pan of brownies out and the bottom half-oval, leaving the rainbow alone in the brownie pan.(save those brownie pieces and eat up up later when the guests are gone!).
then i filled the 3 "holes" in the pan with little white marshmellows for the clouds. and then i placed the M&Ms on there to gauge the proper spacing (RED - ORANGE - YELLOW - GREEN - BLUE). when i got the spacing right, i dipped the "M" side of the M&M into some peanut butter i scooped on a spoon (just a little dot) to get them to stick to the brownie.
then i filled the 3 "holes" in the pan with little white marshmellows for the clouds. and then i placed the M&Ms on there to gauge the proper spacing (RED - ORANGE - YELLOW - GREEN - BLUE). when i got the spacing right, i dipped the "M" side of the M&M into some peanut butter i scooped on a spoon (just a little dot) to get them to stick to the brownie.
wha-la! brownie M&M rainbow "cake."
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the second cake is not a courtney original. my friend jennifer found it on pintrest and i just had to do it for leila's party playdate.
i followed this recipe (http://blogs.babble.com/family-kitchen/2011/04/08/rainbow-cake-in-a-jar/) and i also liked what she said on this site: http://liferearranged.com/2011/06/cake-in-a-mason-jar/
i used one box of white cake mix and that was barely enough for 4 12oz WIDE-mouthed mason jars. i highly recommend the wide-mouth jars - for ease of pouring the different color batter and for ease of EATING!
i used one box of white cake mix and that was barely enough for 4 12oz WIDE-mouthed mason jars. i highly recommend the wide-mouth jars - for ease of pouring the different color batter and for ease of EATING!
i topped them with whipped cream (which i found out my girls didn't "like," or rather, didn't want to eat) and rainbow sprinkles. cute cute!
and, what the kids didn't finish, we put the lids on their cake jar and sent them home with them! party in a jar!-
leila helped me with both projects - definitely the making of the batter. she loved mixing up the food coloring in the cake batter and seeing what colors she created! and, if she hadn't been sleeping and i hadn't wanted the M&Ms on my brownie cake to be "perfect," she would've done that too. maybe next time. :)
happy 4th birthday, ladybug! you are a gift from God and we pray for His richest blessings on your life!
