Birthday Cake!

Ken’s birthday was on Saturday and for his birthday, I scheduled a very fun day of relaxation for him. He started the day with a massage (while I did our laundry), then came home and watched Jiro Dreams of Sushi while I baked him a funfetti cake from scratch! We loved the photo from the Baked Occasions book launch party and just had to recreate it:

It’s a pretty simple recipe with lots of sugar, butter, and more sugar. I added additional jimmies to the cake batter after everything was well mixed:

While I was baking the two layers of the round cake, I had some down time and decided to make the buttercream frosting. If you’re ever wondering what’s in buttercream frosting, it’s 4 sticks of butter, some cream, and sugar. I also added some vanilla beans that I have to give it a little more flavor.

The top layer post-icing:

The finished product:

I purchased the Happy Birthday candles because they were multi-colored and I couldn’t think of a better way to top the cake:

Lighting up my masterpiece:

Ken cutting it up:

The cake is moist, dense, and VERY sweet. It’s so heavy that I thought I was getting an arm workout while I was walking the cake to our neighbor’s house for our dinner! It was such a fun cake to bake – I want someone else to have a birthday soon so I can make it again!