Pink Breast Cancer Awareness Cake!

In honor of October as Breast Cancer Awareness month, for October 23rd I decided to make a pink funfetti cake! All over the radio and TV there are commercials about October as Breast Cancer Awareness month, and everyone has been going pink! I decided to add some pink to my work so further spread awareness. I have a friend whose mom has been affected by breast cancer, so it's really important that people realize how much this disease affects our lives. At least 12% of women born today will go on to have breast cancer. The American Cancer Society estimates that about 40,000 women will die from breast cancer this year. If you haven't donated already, go to http://ww5.komen.org/Donate/Donate.html and you'll see a bunch of ways you can donate and how to have a part in the cure.

What I loved most about the cake is that it connected to what was currently going on and it made people think. To make it I used two boxes of Funfetti cake mix, 3 tubs of frosting , food coloring, sprinkles, eggs, water, and oil to make the cake. I bought an electric mixer to start using from now on and it was so helpful! Overall it took a little over 3 hours to make the cake (an improvement compared to last time!) and it was definitely worth it.

I wanted the cake to be high - 3 layers - and grand so I worked really hard to keep everything in order, for example: make the cake didn't undercook or burn, check that the frosting wasn't too thin or else it wouldn't hold onto the cake, and stop the cake from sticking to the pan at all because that would make a bunch of crumbs. Luckily, I brought the cake out at the perfect time and it didn't stick to the pan that much. The frosting was a little bit thin, but I tried adding some powdered sugar to make it thicker which worked like a charm! Frosting the cake was probably the most difficult part because I really wanted it to look professional and clean. I took my spatula around and around at least 50 times before it was perfectly done. I drew on the breast cancer symbol with some colored frosting I pipped from a bag, and just added some red sprinkles to give it more color. It ultimately turned out great! Here are some pictures for you to see:

All in all I'm really happy with how the cake turned out! This week at PATH when I dropped off the cake, I didn't see Chanee at the desk but instead I met someone new. Her name is Tammy and she second I showed her what I made she told me she was really excited to have the cake and she was going to set it out for everyone in a couple minutes. Her reaction to the cake made me really happy and I instantly wanted to plan something even better for next week -- Halloween!

Anyways, thanks so much for reading and following along! Make sure to read next week about the Halloween goodie bag treats I have planned!

Sincerely,

The Blissful Baker