Pretty girls and pink cakes...

There is something alluring about pink. So what is it with girls and pink? Do girls really like pink biologically or has it been forced into their system by the world around them? Is it a cultural phenomenon? Or is it just a secret means to recognise the baby's gender by the colour of his/her blanket? Well whatever the reason, my 7 year old Maria is absolutely obsessed with pink. She wants to wear pink all the time, most of the things that belong to her are pink in colour. Obviously when her birthday arrived, the cake had to be pink.

I made a double layered dark chocolate frosted cake and covered it with pink coloured fondant.

Here's the recipe with the pics:

1 and 1/2 cups all purpose flour
1 cup white sugar
1/4 cup unsweetened cocoa powder
1 tsp baking powder
1tsp baking soda
1/4 teaspoon salt
1/3 cup unsalted melted butter
1 cup warm water
1 tbsp lemon juice(or vinegar)
1 tsp pure vanilla extract

Stir together the flour, sugar, sifted cocoa powder, baking powder, baking soda, and salt.

Add the melted butter, water, lemon juice, and vanilla extract. With a fork, mix all the ingredients together until well blended.

Bake in preheated oven for about 35 minutes at 180 C, or until the cake springs back when lightly pressed and a toothpick inserted in the center of the cake comes out clean. Remove from oven and place on a wire rack to cool.

I used betty crocker's chocolate fudge frosting to cover the top and between the layers.

The other pink cake was for my friend's baby daughter Ayesha and since she loves shoes, I attempted to make fondant shoes. I used a template for the shoes and cut them out of rolled fondant.