Channeling My Inner Amanda

The other day I decided to channel my inner Amanda and try to get all creative with my baking.

Have you seen her baking blog I Am Baker?

Oh.My.Word. She is so incredibly talented and makes everything look so easy.

She is totally responsible for my cookie decorating & cookie cutter addiction.

I admired her so much that I stalked her until she became my friend.

I just want to put her in my pocket.

(Ooh..that sounded creepy)

About a month ago I got the idea in my head that I wanted to bake a pink & purple birthday cake for Jordan's second birthday which is at the end of this month. I am talking about the innards of the cake, friends. Pink & purple on the inside.

Amanda said it might be a good idea to go with one colour on the inside and use pink and purple in the frosting.

But no. I march to the beat of my own drum and I was gonna pink & purple this cake right up.

Right around the time I separated the batter into two cake pans and added the food colouring, I started to regret it. They looked gross.

Still....I popped those babies into the oven, full of hope.

I mixed up my frosting and added the food colouring and went to work.

Before long, I began to feel like Buddy from Cake Boss.

This is the end result.





Looking at the pictures now, I wish I'd cut each layer into two and alternated them.

I can't decide if it's cute or gross. It changes by the minute!

What do you think? be honest, but please be gentle!