Happy Potter

Ugh! I've waited too long to post this and now cannot for the life of me find the cake recipe I used!  It was perfect because it was one that had the right ratios to make 2 layers red velvet, 1 layer white cake. But, alas, alack--after numerous google searches, the recipe remains elusive.

This was my first ice cream cake, and I learned an important lesson: make sure the ice cream filling is conpletely frozen entirely before putting the next layer on.  Unfortunately (and mostly due to time constraints) I piled the ice cream and multiple layers on all at the same time and (as I should have expected) the ice cream squished out the sides and then froze, making the cake to ice cream proportions not what I had hoped for (i.e. too heavily cake).  Otherwise it turned out well and was one of many great parts to our Potter-filled weekend!


Red Cake: Red Velvet
Yellow Cake: Simple White Cake
Filling: Vanilla Ice Cream
Frosting: Vanilla Buttercream

Sneak preview

So I've found myself almost non-stop humming/whistling the Harry Potter theme this past week. I'm just SO EXCITED, and have also spent many a night watching the movies in an attempt to re-watch them all before Saturday. So that's probably contributed to my default humming song switching from Single Ladies or Friday, to the HP theme (just for clarification, I don't choose them, they choose me...otherwise Rebecca Black would not be in the mix).

Though we're not going to a midnight showing tonight, tomorrow several of our HP-obsessed friends will be joining us for a HP sleepover at my house, and then we're all going to a morning showing on Saturday! I, of course, couldn't pass up the opportunity to make a Harry Potter-inspired cake. I don't want to say too much, but I will tell you there's ice cream involved. And magic..al decorations. And, oh fine, twist my arm--here's a sneak preview:

Also magical, but not Harry Potter-related: last Saturday I received these cute "Yumbots" from pals Bethany and Molly as a birthday gift!  Baking + Robots = one giddy me!  This is definitely not the last you'll be seeing of these li'l guys :)