My mom got this pan for Caleb for Christmas. Are you skeptical? I was a tad at first. I thought, there’s no way I could just pour some batter in there and have it fall right out without breaking, perfectly molded. But that is exactly what happens! I’ve made two batches with flawless results, and I do not bake all that often. The pan comes with a recipe that is quite good, and has good results with the pan. And guess what? It’s on sale! $13.99 + shipping. Not too bad.

Caleb helped make the batter last night, then I prepped our work station as quietly as possible this morning. He wanted so badly to do this last night. I used buttercream icing. Not once have I ever measured ingredients when making this icing. Plop some cream cheese in a bowl, add a little milk, then add powdered sugar to your liking and consistency. I scooped out a bit into cups. Now I am not a cake decorator, this may be common knowledge to other people. But when it comes to tinting icing, food coloring (the drops from the grocery store) is wretched. Unless you’re just going for the pastel look. But if you look in the craft section in Walmart, they have cake decorating supplies. Wilton brand even! I picked up several different concentrated paste colors that were sold individually. They also had an 8 pack I think. I read to swirl it in with a toothpick, yes, you will need that little of an amount to get these bold colors. I also read that too much red, trying to achieve a good saturated red color, can cause the icing to taste bitter. So I chose the No-Taste Red over the Christmas Red and the Red Red.

Look, I’m so neurotic. The paintbrushes match their colors. In my defense, I picked up four brushes at random, and three happened to match, so I switched out the fourth with a different color brush so it would match too. Leave me alone.

This truck ended up being my favorite because he spent the most time on this one. He did seven cakes, while I did one!

He hadn’t even finished the first one before getting icing in his hair

Welp, I guess we won’t be selling these at any bake sales!

Working on a masterpiece

I claim the three dots, it was a collaborative face painting effort.

Eating his handywork

I asked him which one he would like to eat. He decided on the Jeep, although he would be sure to correct me here. No it is not a Jeep, it is a Rubicon. A particular off road version of the Jeep Wrangler.

The Jeep Rubicon had a wreck. Several actually.

In the end, the insurance adjuster deemed it a total loss. Being that it was in several different pieces and all.

Comments

2 Responses to “the paintshop”

    Jen MonsterID Icon Jen
    February 29th, 2008 1:06 pm

    How funny, I got that same pan with the deco kit from my BIL & SIL for Christmas! We’ve yet to use it though… Bad mommy.

    I went into William Sonoma right after Christmas and they had tons of the deco kits on sale for 99 cents!! I’m kicking myself for not picking up a couple more. But then again, it’s not like I have actually used the pan, YET…

    Meme MonsterID Icon Meme
    March 1st, 2008 10:42 am

    LOVE the cake pan and love Caleb enjoying the Jeep/rubicon. Wow! I’ve never seen any pans, molds such as that one….how divine for little boys. Has Caleb already had his birthday? Love to you three.

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