a rainbow cake!

Just wanted to share a few images of the rainbow cake I made last weekend. I actually made 2--one for G's birthday party and a second for some spring photo mini sessions we did. I believe that children always photograph better when incentivized with sugar, so I put together this simple dessert table for all of our little clients at the studio. It was super fun!There are tons of different rainbow cakes out there, so I won't launch into any secret recipes, but I will share a few tricks!
*I used 2 vanilla box cake mixes. You could surely use one, but I messed up a couple of the layers when pulling them out of their pans. (The more thin layers you can make, the better!)
*I mixed 5-8 drops of food coloring in each layer to achieve these pastel hues
*Place parchment paper at the bottom of your cake pans to pull the cakes out easier.
*After each cake has cooled from the oven, cling wrap and freeze them before frosting. They are much sturdier this way!
*There are lots of layers in this cake and therefore it requires lots of frosting!! To prevent it from becoming overly sweet, I used the easiest cream cheese frosting recipe ever:

2 sticks of butter (softened)
2 sticks of cream cheese (softened)
whip together in a mixer until blended
continue to add powdered sugar until it reaches your desired sweetness & spreading consistency!

Thank you all so very much for your input on the children and the internet controversy. You all had such insightful things to say and I really appreciate your honesty!! I think every blogger (and probably every modern person) struggles with where to draw the line online to some extent. I've decided that at the end of the day, you just have to do your thing. Do what you love and do it with common sense. There's definitely bad stuff in the world--but also a lot of amazingness that you will miss out on if you spend your days fearing the unknown.

Don't miss the splendid giveaway going on & Happy weekending!