Did you know Mothers Day is May 9th? That is only twenty-seven days you have to find the perfect gift!
Good thing you stopped here.
Over the course of the next twenty-seven days I am going to be sharing with you some simple yet tear-inducing gifts that your mom will love.
I mean love.
First up is the Mothers Day Cake.
You can do this! Just bake a cake then make swirly things on top. Mom’s love swirly thingies!
But lets take it a step further.
Mom rocks right? She deserves something more. She deserves the little extra effort.
Can you see it? The swirls are actually made up of letters! (I did this before with my Spring Celebration Cake)
Its says, “happy mothers day” over and over and over again.
When you give mom her cake, she is going to feel so special. When you tell her that *you have devoted hours and hours to painstakingly writing out each individual letter to spell out ‘happy mothers day’ she is going to flip out.
*Disclaimer. Don’t lie to your mom. This cake took me less than an hour to decorate.
I used a box mix for this cake. Devils Food.
For the fondant… (this is exciting news for me so I have a little drum roll going in my head)..
I made it from scratch!
Now. People have been telling me for over six months to make my own, but I was scared.
It seemed hard! There are so many ways to mess up! It’s not going to look as nice and smooth as the store bought!
Psh-aw.
Nonsense.
1 bag mini marshmallows
1 pound confectioners sugar
1 tbsp water
shortening for greasing hands and surface
(cake before I added little hearts)
So not only was it easy, it tastes Great!! I actually ate cake with fondant and I enjoyed it!
Plus, it is SO MUCH cheaper!
Thank you, bakers of the world, for sharing your secrets. My wallet and taste-buds are forever grateful.
Be sure to stop back for my next Fantastic Mothers Day Gift Idea. (imagine an announcer with a really deep voice saying that in a really significant way)
I promise you won’t be disappointed!
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super cute and creative but my wrist hurts just looking at it!
Once again you have seriously impressed me!
That is so adorable!! And thanks for sharing the fondant recipe…I just may try it someday!
That is just so neat to see the tiny little letters! I don’t know how you do that!!
Ilike chocolate cake…# Easy-to-make chocolate cake mix.
# Bakes into a moist, delicious chocolate cake.
# Just stir together eggs, oil, water & mix, then bake.
# Layer and frost, or simply sprinkle with confectioners’ sugar if desired.
amanda, i want to make a rainbow cake, but i cant find your vanilla cake recipe. i dont want to use a box mix, can you direct me to the vanilla cake recipe? i have been looking all over your site. thanks
I made fondant for my son’s birthday cupcakes, my recipe was a little different but still easy and definately tasted better than store bought. My husband went to a cake supply store for me to get some glycerin, he told the lady what I was doing and she said I was crazy, that she always uses store bought.
Your cake is super cute by the way.
Emily @ http://456eleven.com
I LOVE this!!!
amanda,
well now it took me forever to get to the bottom of all the compliments… and i think i saw oh my goodness a few times… i just say … oh my goodness… it just makes me marvel at what you create… it is amazing! so… keep it up… i would love to come to your house and eat some of that good stuff…. hope you are doing well.
kathy