Birthday Surprise: Spam Cake!
August 11th, 2009
No, this cake is not actually made with Spam (that would just be too much fun, though). BUT! the cake does sort of look like Spam on the inside – all mottled and pink to replicate the mystery meat that Spam is.
I made this cake a year ago for Keldon’s surprise birthday. Since he’s from Hawaii and loves Spam, what better way to shower him with birthday surprises than a Spam cake?
Let’s not be too judgmental when taking my decorating skills into account here. It’s the idea that counts, right? Right. I had some major challenges with the frosting.
In any case, this was a basic white cake blended with some red food coloring (although not blended all they way to give it the distinctive Spam look) with white frosting blended with red, yellow, and blue food colorings.
August 12th, 2009 at 7:59 am
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August 12th, 2009 at 8:00 am
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