Girls Just Want to have FUN ... Zebra & Leopard Print Cake (On the Inside)

One of my friends hired me to make a cake for her daughter's 13th birthday party.  You know I love love to make themed items, so when I found out she wanted a Zebra and Leopard print cake.  I found some cool Safari Leopard Print Edible Cake Border Decoration and Safari Zebra Print Edible Cake Border Decoration on Amazon.  Which I knew would be cool but I of course wanted to do something more then just on the outside.  On to the Google Search I went and found a cool idea on how to make a Zebra Cake and a Leopard Cake!

I started with the Zebra Cake (which is my FAVORITE), I found this idea on My Cake School.  NOW you can buy a Duff Cake Mix for this, but you know me I rather make my own.  I started with my moist white cake mix, making 2 batches. One batch I left white the other I died black using Wilton Icing Color.

Zebra Cake

What you Need:

Vanilla Cake mix (or homemade White Cake Mix)

Chocolate Cake Mix (or white dyed black)

Black Wilton Icing (if you want to do black)

Start by dropping 1/4 cup of white batter in the middle of a 8" or 10" cake pan.  It will spread a little. Then measure out a 1/4 cup of chocolate batter and pour it in the center of your vanilla batter. Repeat this process, continuing with 1/4 cup scoops of alternating flavors, each flavor of batter dropped into the center of the previous circle of batter. The batter is thin enough that it does not take long at all for the batter to spread out a little bit.  Continue the process until your pans are approx 2/3 full.  Bake at 350 for 40 minutes.

I found using this cake mix was the best it was a bit thicker then using a box mix (which I tried and was just too liquid for me).

Next on my list was to make a Leopard cake, I found a great idea on Artese Cakes how to do Leopard cupcakes and used that for a cake.

Leopard Cake

What you Need:

White Cake Mix

Orange Wilton Icing

Black Wilton Icing

Make 3 different colors of cake batter, I used a white cake mix and dyed 2 parts orange and black.  I put the two colors in 2 different piping bags and left the white in a bowl.  On the bottom of the empty cake pan, draw spots.  I made circles with orange and then black on top to resemble spots.  Carefully top the spots with white cake mix.  I did this 3 times until the cake pan was 2/3 full.  Bake at 350 for 40 minutes.  It wasn't as cute as I thought but still I thought it was pretty darn cool!

Let the cakes cool and then you can make your cake, I stacked two cakes with a mouse filling then rolled out fondant and added the strips I bought.  Come back tomorrow for the reveal of the cake.

Here are the two cakes done and ready to be frosted and do the fondant work!

Don't forget to see the parties I link up to HERE. 

Mom to Be Kit Featured on Weekend Wonders #56

I'm so excited my Mom to Be Kit was featured on Weekend Wonders #56.  I am even more excited because this was a project I made myself and didn't just see and copy.  This one gives me a even bigger smile!

Thank you so much for stopping by and saying hi!

Featured on Crafty Thursday Obsessions

I'm so excited that my Back to School - Apple Sugar Cookies was featured on Crafty Thursday Obsessions #30!   I was so excited on how they turned out and I'm THRILLED that I'm being featured!  I made those 215 cookies for all the kids at the Boys and Girls Club to get ready for the school year.  To see their faces light up with a special treat was a blessing to me.  Then the sugar on top is other's like them too!  I'm so blessed!!  Thank you so much for liking my cookies, which I could take full credit but as my friend said we all see stuff on pinterest doesn't mean we all do it like you crazy lady ... LOL.  I'll be that crazy lady anytime if brings a smile to someone.

Have a GREAT day!!!
Thank you again you really made my week!

Hit of Lunchroom ... Star Power Lunch

Last on our lunch feature this week is the easiest of all, using all my star cookie cutters.  Thank God for holding my guns and saving that box with 101 cookie cutters!  SEE Rick I told you I'd use it, hehe it may have only taken 4 years give or take another 2 years!

What you Need:

Bread

Meat

Cheese

Mayonnaise and/or Mustard

Melon

Star Shaped Cracker

Star Cookie Cutters

Easy Lunch Boxes (cheap on Amazon)

Cut your bed with the star cookie cutter, add cheese and meat.  You can take a star cookie cutter to the cheese if you would like.  Take a small cookie cutter to the melon.  I found these star shaped crackers at Safeway and put them in a silicone cupcake holder.  Put it all into a Easy Lunch Box and tada done!

Have fun with this I sure am!

Don't forget to see the parties I link up to HERE. 

Hit of the Lunchroom ... Train, Plane & Auto Lunch

Next on our lunch box theme is Train, Plane and Auto!  I bought a second egg mold in the shape of a car.  I thought what would be more fun then doing a Plane, Train and Auto theme!!  This was an easy one to put together and I think it turned out pretty darn cute!!

What you need:

Bread

Meat

Cheese

Mayonnaise & Mustard

Fruit (made like train tracks)

Cereal rounds (like wheels)

Hard Boil Egg

Egg Mold (Shaped like a car)

Train & Plane Cookie Cutter (Or a big truck like I did)

Cut Bread with Cookie cuter, fill with meat, cheese and condiments.  I had some cinnamon roll cereal on hand that looked like wheels!  I cut some melon into square's like train tracks. I hard boiled an egg while it was still hot (watch your fingers I did burn mine a little bit).  Once it peeled you put it in the egg mold.  When it was closed, I put it into the fridge for a few hours.  Once it was cooled it is was very easy to pop out and put into my lunch box carrier.  I also took a piece of cheese and took a plane cookie cutter to finish this fun theme!

How to use an Egg Mold:

How to make the lunch:

Have fun with this I sure am!

Don't forget to see the parties I link up to HERE. 

Hit of the Lunchroom ... Under the Sea Lunch Box

This year we have started public school and I knew there would be the option of hot lunches but having two kids and paying $2 a day per kid I knew would get spendy.  So I knew I had to make the lunches I make the boys look interesting and fun so they wouldn't be too disappointed when I said NO you will not be eating a hot lunch everyday at school.  Yes mom broke down and they are allowed a hot lunch from the lunch lady every Friday.  BUT the other days will be me making their lunches.

Thank God for Pinterest and all of the great ideas!  I saw a picture for a submarine sandwich, just a picture so sorry if someone came up with this idea and I'm not giving them credit.

I made 2 versions of this Under the Sea / Fish Lunch Box

What you Need:

Hot Dog Bun

Mayonnaise

Mustard

Lunch Meat

Cheese

Any Veggies if you want

Straw

Scissors

Fixings:

Gold Fish

Star Crackers (Safeway Brand)

Hard Boiled Egg

Fish Egg Mold (bought on ebay)

Cheese

Fruit

For the sub sandwich you take a hot dog bun add meat cheese and any veggies if you want.  I put mayonnaise and mustard on the bun.  I took a straw took a measurement to see how long it should be and cut it off and added it into the front of the sandwich to look like a sub.  I added gold fish and star crackers.  I also used a cheese slice to cut a fish shape with a cookie cutter.  I found these really cool egg molds on Ebay that you hardboil an egg peel while hot (watch your fingers) and put right into the mold and close and then put in your fridge.  One I put in some cut up melon and the other I put some carrots.  I put the crackers in silicone cupcake molds.  I used Easy Lunch Boxes, I did a review a while back but just picked up another 3 off Amazon.

Fish Egg Mold (Bought on Ebay)

The coolest item and so EASY

BOTH boys love the hard boil Eggs in their lunches!

How to Make the Sub Sandwich:

Put it all together!

Have fun with this I sure am!

Don't forget to see the parties I link up to HERE.