Baby's 1st Birthday Prep - The Cake!

Now that we are into October, life starts getting a little busier with birthdays galor, the upcoming holiday season and..... my looming return to work, which is so close now I can almost hear my alarm clock buzzing.

To make things a little easier come Foster's birthday party, I'm making his birthday smash cake and cupcakes in advance.   Freeze them... *party time arrives*.... thaw them, decorate them, eat them!  But how could I not give a sneak peek into what I'm doing.  So here it is.  But you'll have to wait for party pictures to see how it all comes together.  Read on!

A while back, I found this beautiful photo of a rainbow cake at Omnomicon and completely fell for it.  I loved the idea of it so much, I decided to use it as Foster's birthday cake. 

I used just the method shown on the site to make my own cake, not the alterations to the cake recipe.  I also made the colours quite a bit bolder for mine.  I can barely wait to cut into it to see how it looks!  But alas, I have to wait for the big day.  And so do you! 

One box of basic white cake mix, made according to box directions.  Six bowls, six spoons, gel food colouring and some patience.  My purple was a little dark.  Ooops!  But onward we go!

I decided what order I wanted to pour the colours in and committed to it.  This is how it was done; 
Pour the first colour into the center of the pan. 
Pour the second colour over it into the center of the pan. 
Pour the third colour over the others, into the center of the pan... and so forth until all colours are added.
As you pour them they spread out and the next colour you pour in, pushes the cake batter out further to fill the pan.  For the other layer, pour the cake batter colours in the reverse order.  That way, when you stack the cake layers, there will be more variation of colour throughout the cake.  Don't worry, it doesn't have to be perfect!  (The pic of the other layer is way to blurry to even bother posting it. I was really tired when I was baking it!)

Baking... just about done.  Now wouldn't you be tempted to cut into it to see how they look?  I know!  And to top it off... that is the last photo you get to see of the cake for now.  And I can hardly believe I shared a picture of my dirty oven....

Some colourful cupcakes to go along with the cake.  Needless to say, there are way more then just the twelve shown here.  And, I made them in all the colours used in the cake of course!  This will be a special treat for a special day and I hope these bring a little extra sunshine to the table for my birthday boy and our guests :) 

PS, I was good.  I didn't have a single cupcake.  They ALL made it to the freezer safe and sound!