My three year old son loves celebrating all holidays even the smaller ones. Saint Patrick’s Day is one that I never really celebrated when I was younger, but I am having a blast coming up with crafts and baking green treats to celebrate with my son. We have shamrock stickers up on the windows, and green treats all over the house!
To make this cake, I started with my favorite white cake recipe Here. I separated the batter into four bowls and added green food coloring to make different shades of green. I used four six inch cake pans and baked the cakes all at the same time. I cooled the cakes, and leveled them with my Wilton Leveler. I got a six inch cake board and put it on my turn table. I put a smear of frosting on the cake board and placed the darkest cake first. You can find my buttercream frosting recipe here. I used two batches of my buttercream frosting recipe. I put one cup of frosting between each layer of cake, and let it set in the refrigerator for one hour. Next I covered the cake with a crumb coat and let it set in the refrigerator for one hour.
Above is what the cake looks like after I frosted it. I divided the frosting into three bowls and made it the color I wanted. I frosted it starting on the bottom. After the three colors are on, just go over it with a bench scraper to smooth it out. Be careful not to over work it or the colors won’t blend right! I went over my frosting only two times and it wasn’t perfectly smooth, but I was happy with the result. I also went over the top of the cake with a hot knife to smooth out the imperfections.
Enjoy and Happy St. Patricks Day!!
Shamene
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This cake is amazing! Thanks for sharing it at The Pin Junkie. It was featured in a St. Patrick’s Day roundup at http://www.thepinjunkie.com/2014/03/st-patricks-day-crafts-and-recipes.html
Thank you so much Bonnie for featuring my cake!! I am so excited!
Suzanne of Simply Suzannes at Home
Wow! Your cake is beautiful!
Thanks so much for sharing,
Suzanne
Thank you Suzanne!
Wow! That ombre frosting is so beautiful! I’ve never seen anything quite like it!
Thank you so much Alexis! I’m glad you like it
Ohhh I love the ombre. I would have stopped at the big messy mess, you made it look excellent! Yum. Thanks for sharing with us on Snickerdoodle Sunday!
Lol thank you Kristina!
I love your creations . Your ombre cake looked both beautiful and delish. Thanks for joining with 4 seasons blog hop. Cheers and have a nice day.
Thank you so much Kenneth! I am happy to link up at your party!
Your Cake looks absolutely gorgeous ! Thank you so much for sharing it at Tasty Tuesday. I have featured it this week !
Thank you so much Tanusree! Do you have a button for your blog?
Congratulations!! Your recipe has been featured at Tasty Tuesdays 52 on my blog, Lori’s Culinary Creations. Hop on over and grab a feature button and link up your latest culinary creations. Congrats again.
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Lori
Thank you so much Lori! So happy!
I just thought your cake was very lovely, so I featured it in my blog. http://mamaslilmischiefs.com/st-patricks-day/
Thank you Mama Mischief!