Somewhere over the rainbow, you find she’s all grown up

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Yesterday marked a pretty big milestone for me. My first born turned 18.

And throughout the day I experienced a range of emotions that went from elation to depression to excitement to sadness–and a whole other smegma of feelings in between.

When I asked her what kind of cake she wanted, she answered with the answer that only my kids answer when asked this question. A rainbow cake.

And I was grateful to have something to do (bake a cake that’s somewhat time consuming) other than focus on the fact that I was now the mother of AN ADULT.

I had two options.
A. Write about my feelings.
B. Show you how I make the rainbow cake.

I chose number B.

Here’s what you’ll need.

White cake mix
Food coloring
Frosting of your choosing

After mixing the batter according to the directions, separate (equally) into five bowls.

Add a different food color to each bowl. I chose to do red, blue, green, yellow, and orange (by mixing red and yellow)

Stir stir stir stir stir. Until it looks like this.

Pick a color, any color, and spoon it around the pan. I do five dollops at a time. Then do the same thing with every other color, over and over again, until you’re out of batter.

It’s best you don’t lick what’s left in the bowls unless you don’t mind walking around the next few hours with a brightly food color stained tongue.

After baking, it should look like this.

And then a little while later, it can look like a clown vomited all over it. You know, if you decide to go that route.

When you cut into it, it actually kinda sorta looks like a rainbow. It’s magic.

Happy Birthday, Presley. It sucks that you’re as old as you are because that means I’m older than I want to be. Thanks a lot.