While we can now buy them ready-made or make cakes from mixes, Mom always made her cakes from scratch. (But, of course!) And she made a lot of them. One of her most in-demand cakes for various birthdays was one she called her Pink Cake.
The name came from the pink color that mashed berries gave the freshly whipped cream. That cream filled the horizontal layer she’d cut halfway through the cake and frosted the entire outside. Mom carefully placed a fruit juice glass in the center of the cake with some water inside to keep fresh whatever flowers she placed in the middle.
Oh, yes! Always a super hit!
About Cathy Burnham Martin
Author of 20+ books, and counting! A professional voice-over artist, dedicated foodie, and lifelong corporate communications geek, Cathy Burnham Martin has enjoyed a highly eclectic career, ranging from the arts and journalism to finance, telecommunications, and publishing. Along with her husband, Ron Martin, she has passions for entertaining, gardening, volunteering, active and visual arts, GREAT food, and traveling. Cathy often says, "I believe that we all should live with as much contagious enthusiasm as possible... Whether we're with friends or family, taking people along for the ride is more than half the fun."
