Chocolate cake from cake mix with homemade marshmallow frosting and red and blue sugar crystals for the Fourth of July. Made through a collaborative effort from multiple family members. (Mom cake, Jessica frosting, Sarah decorating sprinkles.)
Jessica made a pound cake base and then buttercream frosting and marshmallow fondant for the sun and ribbon cakes. She colored the fondant a light green with color assistance from Sarah. She then proceeded to frost and decorate the cakes and took the sun cake to a young womans activity. Find the marshmallow fondant recipe (yum-edible fondant!) at: http://whatscookingamerica.net/PegW/Fondant.htmI think Peggy Weaver was one of the first to post this recipe with instructions. Reasoning?, because now one finds many copycats. But go back about four or five years ago and it was hard to find a homemade cake fondant recipe. Most sites recommended buying a certain commercial brand which really lacked in both the taste and workability categories.
After some searching I was pleased to again find Peggy's recipe which is easy to use and actually tastes edible. Now Jessica is learning about cake decorating with fondant, along with hundreds if not thousands of others, through the magic of sharing knowledge via the internet. Thank you Peggy!
And here's Eva's entry: She picked out the chocolate sheet cake from the Pioneer Woman's Cookbook the first night we had the book. The very next day she helped make the cake and frosting. I was surprised at how much she knew about cooking. She even washed most of the dishes afterward!
All three styles and kinds of cake were delicious in their own right and fun to make and decorate!
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