POLKA DOT CAKE! BAKE ALONG - Tutorial for Vylette Moon's Hello Kitty Polka Dotted Happy 2nd Birthday PARTY!!!

For Vylette's 2nd Birthday

we're gonna try something fun and new!

last year we all baked Rainbow Cake to celebrate

:::THIS YEAR:::

We're gonna make a Polka Dot CAKE, a Polka Dot CAKE!!!

this cake is based off of a cake created from the blog of 

Once Upon a Pedestal

i found a few easier ways to create this cake if you dont have a cake pop maker or a special pan.

on Beki Cooks Cakes Blog 

she describes different ways you can attempt to make this cake

she lists a few as failed attempts but they all look cool!

its all fun and theres no wrong way to do it! 

consider it  a new fun baking adventure & learning experience for you and your family!!!

<3 Vylette encourages Creativity of ALL KINDS <3

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for Vegan Polka Dot cake we will need:

Chocolate Cake mix & Dark Chocolate Frosting

Strawberry Cake mix & Strawberry Frosting

1 cup Apple Sauce total

2 tbsp of Cornstarch total

2/3 cup Canola/Vegetable oil total

a mini cupcake pan

or

a cake pop maker

or 

a small round cookie cutter

Replace 3 eggs with 1/2 cup Apple Sauce + 1tbsp Cornstarch

Replace 1cup water with 3/4 cup water

1/3 cup of oil remains the same

mix up the first batter 

bake half the mixture into cake pops/ mini cupcakes/ or bake the entire cake and cut out circles with a cookie cutter. if that gets confusing please refer to

 Beki cooks cakes blog for help!

make and mix batter #2 like batter #1

PREHEAT OVEN TO 350*

 oil and flour a cake pan.

pour a small amount of batter #2 on the bottom of the pan 

arrange cake balls/ mini muffins on their sides/ or circle cake cut outs on there sides ontop of the batter

pour more batter ontop of the balls until covered, leaving room for cake to rise in pan

place in Preheated oven at 350*

 bake cake a little longer than box directions. 

remove cake from oven when toothpick inserted into the center of the cake comes out clean.

repeat the process allover again, but make the opposite color of cake balls and batter!

place the balls/mini cupcakes/circle cut outs into different positions than the first cake.

bake agaaaaaain. take out when toothpick inserted into center of cake comes out CLEAN.

frost and ice however youd like!!! pink frosting on the chocolate cake and chocolate frosting on the pink!

you can do whatever you want. however you interpret this all

WHAT EVER YOU THINK!!!

the more creative THE BETTER!!!

i topped my practice cake in Fondant because i plan to make her a two tiered Hello Kitty Birthday cake! i am not sure why this pattern or these colors but they were cheery and bright.

The Outside!!! <3

The Inside!

your turn now.
!!!GOOOOOOD LUCK!!!

Detachment Parenting by The Brooklyn Birthing Center.

There is always some detachment when looking at pictures of you, Vylette. i guess it is because i never got to fully feel that you were/are mine. i barely got to hold you, and the one time i did i had to have all of your wires and tubing taped onto my shoulders and neck. they had to wrap you in a blankie to contain all of your tubes and drug drips and monitors so they wouldn't get messed up in my grasp. i never had that skin to skin contact i so desperately wanted.... the whole reason why i went to that center in the first place! natural. pure. the way nature intended. but nature did not intend for someone else's laziness, poor guidance, horrific treatment, and over all disinterest. you should be here with me in my arms now. i shouldn't have to stare endlessly at pictures of you there, and wonder about who you were going to be in my life. my daughter, yes.. but who? and what? and where? and why? and how come? i wish i could learn things about you. your likes. your interests. watch your teeth grow in. hear your coos. your gurgles. give you a sippy cup. i don't even fucking know if you could even use a sippy cup at 9 months old. thats what hurts the most. i do not know what its like to be a Mother. i know what its like to miss my baby.  i know what its like to sleep all day. i know what its like to stay up all night long because i cannot sleep until the sun is up and glaring into my eyeballs, providing me with some form of comfort and warmness so that i may rest.  i feel like i don't know who you are. i have and will always have your memory. yes. but who are you, My Love? who were you going to be?


Even in death you are so important. you inspire so many with your story. you change the way mothers look at and value their children. you provide more kisses and hugs out of nowhere..just cuz. you are powerful and magical and beautiful...i know. but why did you have to leave me? why did you have to go????

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