This week is thankfully quieter here at Valley Girl Cakes. Or at least quiet on the order side of things. Being at home 24/7 with two small things is never actually quiet! That being said the girls have been great at playing and letting me bake in relative peace...
Which is great since this week one of my besties is having her birthday. I've been recruited to bake her birthday cake and am thrilled to be creating something for her. Knowing her favorite flavours are coconut and vanilla, and that her favorite colour is purple (noted from being in the wedding party a few years ago!) I came up with what I hope is a girly enough cake for her...
I openly admit to being in love with this current trend of colours. It is called 'ombre' and gradually fades from one colour to another. Sigh... I love.
I chose to fade from dark violet to a pale pale pink, almost white. And since the cake isn't meant to feed an army I had to think of a way to put all my flowers on it with out entirely covering the cake.
So I came up with a swirl pattern that wraps around the cake from the bottom to the middle on the top.
The cake itself is a layer of vanilla cake sandwiched between two layers of coconut cake. The icing is coconut cream cheese (which runs a close second to the caramel icing as a fav!) I swirled the icing on the cake to run with the swirled flowered effect.
A bit about the birthday girl... Ashley is wonderful, kind and caring. She is extremely smart and funny. I love her with my whole heart and wish her oodles of happiness for this year. Happy birthday Ashley! I hope you enjoy your party and your cake.
Lots of love!
Sandy
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