Wedding Cake - YUMMY

Making dinner and then posting about it was getting a little too much for me. I am now going to try and be better about posting my fun in the kitchen events. I have a few to put on that are desserts. First thing I did was that I made a wedding cake for my sister-in-law. She wanted just a basic white cake with white frosting and strawberry filling. I used a recipe I got from the food network to make the cake. It is super easy and super delicious. Many people at the wedding were not only complimenting the look of the cake but the taste as well. Here is the recipe.

Twist on a White Cake
1 box white cake mix
1 1/3 cup water
3 egg whites
2 Tbsp butter, melted
2 tsp almond extract
2 tsp vanilla extract

Mix together all ingredients for 30 seconds on low speed and then for 2 minutes on medium speed. Pour into well greased cake pan and bake. I like to bake mine nice and slow so that it cooks evenly and is still moist when you are through. I do 300 degrees for starting at around 25 minutes for an 8 inch round and then I add more time as necessary. My husband's favorite part about making cakes for other people is that they need to be level which means I have to cut off the top parts of the cake and he gets to eat them.

If you want to put a filling in your cake you must first torte the cake (cut it evenly in half so that you have a top and bottom portion). I bought my strawberry filling at Baker's Cash and Carry in SLC (367 W Paxton Ave). They have delicious fillings that are premade and can be stored on your pantry shelf for quite some time without going bad. They have a variety of flavors such as cream cheese, raspberry, lemon, bavarian cream, and of course strawberry. The prices are different depending on which flavor you would like. The strawberry was about 4.50 for one bag. It took two bags to fill this cake. The other filling in the middle is just regular icing colored orange. No flavor.

For the icing I used icing from a can. One secret though is that if you want a buttercream like finish you will need to use whipped frostings!