Its all about the cake stand.
My MIL often listens to my random rants about things that I am obsessed with. I wouldn’t blame her if she just tuned me out most of the time.
Luckily for me though, she listened extra good the day I went off on some random tirade about how I needed to own every cake stand ever made.
She found me this little gem at a garage sale.
I sorta like it.
A lot.
And I knew I wanted to make a cake just for it.
So I laid in bed at night and tried to figure out a way to make giant flower petals to mimic the cake stand.
Cause people do that right? Lay in bed and think about cakes. That’s not abnormal right? Right?
And then I decided I wanted to make up my own white cake recipe.
Now whatever gave me the indication that I could just create my own recipe from scratch, I don’t know.
I did create a recipe. Its just tastes NOTHING like white cake. It does however taste exactly like sugar cookies.
But I happen to enjoy sugar cookies.
And then I found the perfect icing tip to make the flower petals for my cake.
It was a good day in my kitchen.
Sugar Cookie Cake
Ingredients
- 3 cups cake flour
- 1/2 teaspoon almond extract
- 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
- 1/2 cup milk I used skim
- 4 eggs
- 3/4 cup butter
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 1 3/4 teaspoons baking powder
- 2 cups super fine sugar
- 1/2 cup melted white chocolate chips
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Prepare two 8in. pans.
- In a medium bowl sift together flour, baking powder, baking soda, and salt. In a mixer, cream together sugar and butter. (I used chilled butter but room temperature would work as well) Add in extracts and eggs, one at a time. Add flour mixture to butter mixture alternating with milk. (a third of your flour, half of your milk, and repeat until both are gone)
- While that is mixing place white chocolate chips in microwave and heat for one minute. Remove from microwave and stir, then return and heat in 30 second increments until melted.
- Add melted white chocolate chips to batter and immediately pour into prepared cake pans.
- Bake for 25-35 minutes depending on your stove. Start checking at 25 minutes.
- Let cool.
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(can you tell its raining?)
New Favorite Buttercream Icing
Ingredients
- 4 cups powder sugar
- 1/2 cup shortening
- 5 tablespoons milk
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
Instructions
- Combine all ingredients in mixer on lowest setting for 30 seconds. Switch to medium high and mix for 2-5 minutes
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Yes its got shortening in it. No I would not substitute butter.
Just try it. Once. Then you can go back to butter. Trust me, I always go back to butter. And no, I am not just talking about frosting anymore.
I had SO much fun making this cake I am going to make it again just so I can show you how. That should be coming soon!
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I find myself lying awake thinking about cooking and baking all the time! Although I’m usually in some sort of nervous sweat about what I’m going to make and if I’ll be able to pull it off in a normal amount of time.
What a cool cake plate and the cake matches it beautifully! I love it.
How CUTE is that… love it!
So pretty I LOVE it 🙂
Beautiful cake plate, it screams summer!
It couldn’t be more perfect!!!!!!!!!! And I love the cake stand!
Beautiful cake to match a beautiful cake stand! I also love sugar cookies, so I can’t wait to try this…it’s bound to be delicious in cake form too. Looking forward to your post about creating the flower…I have my suspicions about which petal tip you used, but I’d like to know for sure!
I also thing about cakes at night while I’m in bed 🙂 And some times I think about yours and how, me being so little talented in the kitchen, could make something similarly beautiful! I have some many of the recipes bookmarked I don’t know which one to start with 😛
Today’s cake is trully gorgeous!!!!
That sounds like my kind of cake!
I have this same cake stand (got it for our wedding almost 10 years ago)!!! Now I just need the cake 🙂
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It’s so good to know that I’m not the only one “crackers” for lovely dishes and serveware. If only I had kitchen storage the size of an airplane hanger. I’ll share one of my secrets with all the Baking Beauties here. I shop the yard/tag/garage sales, consignment & charity type stores for serving pieces. I store them until holidays, birthday or shower parties. I’ll bake a goodie & put it on a piece which becomes part of the gift, wrapped in colorful plastic and tied with a bow and I include the recipe. It’s a one of a kind gift.