MOTHERS DAY GARDEN PARTY!

Are you ready for Mothers Day yet? I have been looking for some great ideas and I found the greatest one yet at I AM BAKER 
I copied this with her permission of course! and here it is the coolest Mother's day party!!!
ITS A GARDEN PARTY:
I would love to show you a few ways you can bake your way onto mom's "Favorite Kid" list! 
I have another cake for you.  This one is easy schmeezy.  I promise.
Don't you love fruit?



Here is the top of the cake.

And here is one way you can honor mom this Mothers Day... 
...make her a little 'garden party' with drinks and gifts and cake!
Come on.  Would your mom not love to have a garden party dedicated to her?
To create the picture frame message, just grab any old picture at the flea market or thrift store, and paint it black with chalkboard paint.  Then write anything you want!
(I chose Happy Mothers Day.  I am very original.)

I just wrapped some small mason jars with paper and ribbon, then added a little sheath to the straw that says, 'love you mom'. 
I sorta coordinated the cups and gifts to match the cake stand. 
Not the cake.
Next time I will plan things out better. :)




This cake is covered in whipped cream.



And here is the inside... its a rainbow rainbow cake. 
Made with actual fruit instead of just tinting the layers with food coloring*.  Not that I am opposed to that.  I love that.  I try to do that every single time I bake a cake.
But this was not about me!  I know some moms like to try and eat right and don't need massive amounts of sugar to make them feel happy.  At least, I heard that once.  It might be a myth.  I'm having a hard time believing it.
Anyway, I printed out six different recipes so that I could make six different cakes for this one rainbow cake.
Then I realized how much work that was so I chickened out.
So, I made a double batch of white cake then added specific ingredients to each layer.
(To do a double rainbow cake I just cut each individual layer in half after baking)
Each cake was baked in a six inch round cake pan using 1 1/4 cups of the white cake batter. 
I just added the following ingredients directly to the batter, combined, then poured into prepared pan.
Red- 1/2 cup pureed strawberries
Orange- Two tablespoons of freshly grated orange zest and 1 tsp.  freshly squeezed orange juice
Yellow- Two tablespoons of freshly grated lemon zest
Green- 1/2 cup of diced kiwi
Blue-1/2 cup of blueberries, plus a few pureed for color
Purple- 1/2 cup of finely diced purple grapes, 1 tablespoon lemon zest, 1 tablespoon orange zest
*I added a few scant drops of food coloring just to make things a little more easily distinguishable, but for the most part its all just the color of the fruit!


I decided not to use frosting between the layers because this cake was already going to be so tall, so I just made a simple syrup and brushed that on between the layers.
For simple syrup:
1 cup sugar
1 cup water
Put into a pan and bring to a boil.  Stir occasionally.  Once boiling, remove from heat and let cool.
This meant that the cake stayed nice and moist, and also brought out the wonderful natural flavors of the fruit.
 I hope you try it... and be sure to let me know if you do!









Is this an awesome cake and party or what thanks I AM BAKER
My mom is going to love me!