About Chantel Simmons
Some girls dream of walk-in shoe closets. Chantel dreams of walk-in craft closets. A former crafter for HGTV, Chantel's now sharing her project plans with you. Check back every Friday as she offers up an easy-to-make or easy-to-bake craft you can give to a friend or keep for yourself.
Canada Day Cake
make-it session canada
(Jun.25.10)
Sweetspot.ca’s very own baker extraordinaire Elise Tremblay treats us to a special red-and-white layer cake, perfect for Canada Day.
What you’ll need:
One box of white cake mix
One box of Red Velvet cake mix (or a white cake mix with red food colouring)
2 containers of white icing
Icing and a strawberry for garnish
Directions:
- Mix the batter according to the instructions on the boxes and bake in four round cake pans.
- Let each layer cool.
- Add icing to the first cake layer (white).
- Stack the second layer (red) on top.
- Add icing to the second layer and stack the third layer (white) on top (add icing to this one too).
- Stack the final cake layer (red) on top.
- With the icing, add piping in between the outer cake layers.
- Decorate the top of the cake with the remainder of the icing and add a strawberry in the centre for garnish.