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HAPPY late FOURTH OF JULY!!!

So, today, I've decided to put together a post (maybe multiple posts - have yet to decide) multiple posts of me going through new (and tried and true) cake recipes to give you my opinion on them, the steps I took, and the final result.

Now, I am by no means a pastry chef, but I have done this for many years (since high school!) My dream is to perfect this art with hopes of one day opening a bakery and making cakes for others (not just family). I love to see how far I've come, but I want to be a top cake baker and artist!! So with that, I'm always on Pinterest looking for new recipes that I will love, my family will love, and hopefully future clientele will love!  However, as of lately, I haven't done much other than pinning : /. (Where are Emoticons when you need them?!?!).  Since I've had so much free time this summer, I started thinking to myself, why not challenge myself to try something new at least 2 times a month, including cakes!  I miss caking! What better way than to start on July 4th with this cute cake idea I saw floating the net (click picture for link):

*EDIT- I love how this same tutorial was on multiple different blogs, claiming it was theirs.  So I'm giving credit to the photo, who knows it's actual origins!*

Well, it was an image stuck in my head - I didn't think of going back to this site to look at how to make it (why? I don't know).  With that image in my head I went through and tried it myself:

*EDIT - this one is actually original - made July 3rd and 4th, 2015 :)*

I used 4 different recipes for this bad boy - Red Velvet Cake; Blue Velvet Cake; White Velvet Cake; Swiss Meringue Buttercream.  Overall, I am satisfied with my end result, though I wish the recipe for the red velvet would have yielded more cake.  Everyone enjoyed the cake which, no matter how pretty it may be, if it doesn't taste like good cake, it's not good cake!

Follow the links to read on my experience for each recipe along with the link to the original recipes.  Enjoy and comment on each with your own experiences :)

** It should be noted that the husband of the year award goes to my husband for misplacing the cake before we headed to my parents house; in turn, having the cake fall :(.  - insert sarcasm here.  LUCKILY, the flag was still visible somewhat. LOL!  

Check out my other cakes - Cake Central; or on Instagram - #DianaGCakes; 

P.S. My Little Pony Cake coming this weekend :)