Let's Eat Cake....Again

A few weeks ago I did a post about about naked cakes. 

If you missed it you can read it here.

In the post I talked about trying to make a naked cake of my own. I actually did make one. Sadly, this is it. Just go ahead and stick this cake on your Pinterest fail board.

Naked Cake No.1

In my defense, it did taste good. 
However, I realized there just wasn't enough frosting. I used one box of cake mix and one can of frosting. 
Yep. Not near enough frosting. 

It looked a little sad, so I had the bright idea to then cut the sides off. Somehow I thought that would make it look better. 

It didn't. 
Enter naked cake no. 2. 

Naked Cake No.2

  I decided to give it another go. 

My brother's birthday was coming up, so I figured it was worth another shot. This time I was prepared. 

 I used a triple chocolate cake mix, which had pudding in the mix. One I had it mixed, I then added a cup of applesauce in the batter to make it even more moist. I wanted to be certain I had enough frosting. I did. With plenty to spare at that! 

I found a wonderful peanut butter frosting at this Cleobuttera website. It was light and airy--the perfect pairing with a chocolate cake. Just like a huge Reese cup. Which is why I decided to decorate the top with crushed mini Reese cups.

 

 My advice on making a naked cake? Be sure to have plenty of frosting on hand. The layers look so much better filled to the brim! Another thing I found handy was a side scraper. 

This really helped to make the look I was going for. 

I wanted to just smooth the excess frosting along the sides without actually frosting the sides. There you have it. My official naked cake. We won't mention the first one again...

 Here are a couple great websites to show how to make your own.

Easy Naked Cake How-To 

& Smoothed Sides Naked Cake How-To Video

Have Cake. Eat it too.

Who here likes cake? 

Or should I say who doesn't like cake?!

I have always had a sweet tooth--especially for cake. 

Of any kind. 

I must confess. My all time favorite is the boxed cake mix. That might have made all you made-from-scratch bakers out there cringe, but it's true. 

Growing up, it's what my mom made for my brothers and I almost every year on our birthday. 

You know what the best frosting ever is???

 Rainbow Chip by Betty Crocker. 

Don't just take my word for it. 

Check it out yourself! 

It was discontinued for a year or so but was brought back by popular demand. 

Yep. Its that good!

Speaking of cake---While browsing through Pinterest the other day, I stumbled upon a interesting but beautiful cake. It was called a naked cake. 
I had never heard of this before, so of course--I googled it.

From what I could gather, a naked cake is created when the frosting or topping covers only the cake top and in between the layers but not the sides. Therefore leaving the sides exposed or--naked. 

Many of you have already heard of this trend, since countless blogs and magazines have been talking about it for some time, including Country Living who featured these last August. This style seems to be a popular trend for weddings and parties. 

I love the concept of this cake! 
I hope to be back in a few days with my version of a naked cake. 

In the meantime, here are a few of my favorties I found on Pinterest.

1. http://www.stylesweetca.com/blog/2016/1/6/how-to-make-a-naked-cake
2.
http://www.thenest.com/Recipes/87886/detailview.aspx?STOPREDIRECTING=TRUE&id=87886&type=7&recipe_ingredients=Chocolate&PgReferrer=results.aspx
3. https://www.instagram.com/p/8U43PxNQDx/
4. http://justdestinymag.com/how-to-make-beautiful-naked-cakes/
5. http://www.craftsy.com/blog/2015/05/naked-cake-tips/
6. http://whatsgabycooking.com/naked-birthday-cake/

--UPDATE--
Just wanted to let every know..I did try a naked cake of my own. However, I can't bring myself to post pictures of it. I'll try again next week and see if the second is any better! It's harder than it looks. Just sayin'...