Thursday, December 8, 2011

Christmas Heart Cake

                                                                         Ingredients                       

                                              1 box Funfetti Holiday Cake Mix (Pillsbury)
                                              1 Funfetti Frosting (Pillsbury)
                                              2 eggs
                                              1/3 cup vegetable oil
                                              1 cup water
                                              heart shaped cake pan
                                              toothpicks
                                              miniature marshmallows
                                              Peppermint Hersey Kisses


We got lazy and bought a cake mix from the store. We love Funfetti from Pillsbury. I was going to turn this cake upside down and cut off the ends and decorate it as a Christmas tree. My son saw the heart shaped cake pan and insisted we keep it that way. Why not? A heart for Christmas. Thinking about it, Christmas is the holiday for giving, for family and friends, and joy.

After we let the cake cool and iced it, we added the Funfetti sprinkles. Then we decorated it with peppermint Hersey Kisses. Lastly, we made snowmen by sticking three marshmallows onto a toothpick and sticking the toothpick into the cake. ( My son used 4 or 5 marshmallows.) I almost wished it snowed here, so we could try that with the real version. Ha ha.

Okay, so this isn't the prettiest cake and no one will want to eat it (my son put the frosting on it, which meant he repeatedly tasted the spreader before adding more icing), but we love it.

It was a lot of fun to make.

~It is with peace, love and joythat all good things are made.