Easter Cake

~ happy Easter lovelies! we hope you are enjoying your long weekend with your loved ones! keeping with the theme of deliciousness over Easter, we'd like to share with you a very easy lightly lime flavored cake and strawberry butter cream frosting recipe topped with toasted coconut and mini eggs made by Oz ~

Strawberry Butter Cream

~ 2 sticks butter {softened to room temperature}

~ 3 1/2 cups icing sugar

~ pinch of sea salt

~ a splash of vanilla {1/2 ~ 1 tsp}

~ 3 tbsp pureed fresh strawberries

 {approximately 1/2 cup strawberries ~ will depend on size}

1. beat butter in stand mixer until soft and fluffy {the longer you beat, the creamier your frosting will be. be sure to scrape the bottom of the bowl every once in a while}

2. add the icing sugar in increments, mixing well and scraping until soft and fluffy

3. add salt and vanilla, mix a few times

4. add strawberry puree and combine well so icing looks light pink

Cake

~ truthfully, the cake is just a plain white cake that i flavored mildly with :

the juice of 1/2 lime

lime zest {one lime}

1. i scooped out equal measurements using a 1 cup measuring cup to pour into two 9x9 non-stick round cake pans so they'd come out looking pretty similar and even

2. i'm not too fancy yet when it comes to cake slicing so i just sliced off the round dome-like top of the base cake piece with a bread knife to try flatten it some before icing it

3. i found that using a small offset spatula was easier for me to try and ice this as a 'naked' cake. since i made this for my family {they don't love icing so i used as little as i could while still making this look pretty}

4. i topped the cake with toasted coconut and then played around with some mini eggs for a cute Easter looking presentation

* hope you enjoy

*

xoxo

Pie

~ fall is my favorite season. i've told you this before. cozy knits, layers, minimalist beauty and scarves...all the scarves. its also one of my favorite seasons for baking. leading into holiday season, the aroma's of fall baking fill the entire home. i'm relatively new to baking, slowly getting the hang of some basics. pie is my next challenge. in the past, i've always used store bought crust, without any shame, mind you. however, in my quest towards becoming a domestic diva a la Martha, mastering certain baking principles is a must. ergo: pies. pies come in all shapes, sizes and flavors. i don't discriminate. from a basic apple pie to a pecan pie, cranberry flavored pies to bars of all kinds. starbucks has a deadly cranberry bliss bar that i'd like to attempt at home, as well as an oatmeal fudge bar that i have attempted in the past and turned out delish. i pin a lot of baking pins on pinterst {follow along here} and am always inspired by beautiful images of bloggers whose passion is baking. i'm looking forward to trying my hand at different flavors and eventually {soon, hopefully} mastering pie crust. i promise to share as i go along. meanwhile, feast your eyes on some deliciousness below from our most recent pins on pinterest.

 xoxo Oz