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Pink Ombré Cake

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I am no baker by any means, but for my children’s birthdays my inner Betty Crocker seems to come out. For each of their birthdays, I make it a project of mine to bake them a theme cake along with cupcakes. For Gemma’s first birthday, we didn’t really have a theme other than pink so I decided to bake her a Pink Ombré cake. I had no idea what I was getting myself into or what it actually entailed but with a little help from Pinterest, I managed to bake a 6 layer cake, each layer a different shade of pink, and decked the sides of it with rainbow nonpareils (sprinkles). Here is the finished result. Pink Ombré Cake and the inside…(I so wish I took a better picture) Pink Ombré Cake

Pink Ombré Cake

Although I prefer to actually make the batter from scratch, I wasn’t sure exactly how I was going to execute this so I chose to go with box cake. Here’s  what I did… 3 boxes of vanilla cake mix 3 jars of frosting Rainbow nonpareils Red food coloring

Pink Ombré Cake

For each box of mix, separate into two batters. You should have a total of 6 batters. Since I used red food coloring and didn’t want to make the batter red. I was very minimal with the amount of food coloring. I started with one drop for one batter, then two for the next, and so on. But from learning, I would start your lightest layer with three drops of coloring. Once all the cakes are baked, let cool and frost. The side sprinkles were a bit messy, as I did that by hand. I wound up getting sprinkles everywhere but couldn’t find an easier and less messier way. So have fun with it!

Pink Ombré Cake

Here are some other cakes I made for the kids…..

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Siellas 1st birthday

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Ryder’s 4th birthday

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Ryder’s 3rd birthday

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Ryders 5th birthday

It’s really amazing to see the look on my children’s faces when they see what I created for them. It may take more time but so so worth it! Looking forward to Siella’s birthday, we are doing a ballerina theme!

Pink Ombré Cake

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  1. Your cakes are AMAZING! I’m so impressed with them all and I’m sure that they will be well remembered by your kiddos for many years to come. I love your ombre cake too and your minimal use of food coloring. Happy Birthday G!

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