HAPPY BIRTHDAY KEKE RECIPES

Steps:

• Heat oven to 350°F. Grease bottoms only of 2 (8-inch) round pans with shortening or cooking spray.
• Make cake batter as directed on box. Pour batter evenly into pans. Bake as directed on box for 8-inch pans. Cool 10 minutes. Run knife around sides of pans to loosen cakes; remove from pans to cooling rack. Cool completely, about 1 hour.
• Place 1 cake layer, bottom side up, on serving plate. Spread with 1/2 cup white frosting. Top with second cake layer, bottom side down. Spread frosting evenly on side and top of cake, smoothing surface flat. Set aside about 1 hour or until frosting is dry and firm.
• Decorate cake as directed on Cake Patterns Trace & Decorate package, using the Happy Birthday Balloon template, Decorating Tips and Decorating Icings. Store loosely covered at room temperature.

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Prepare round cake pans by lining with parchment paper and spraying with non stick cooking spray. Set aside. Mix cake mixes according to package directions, starting with white and ending with chocolate (saves washing bowl in between) bake cakes and cool completely. Chill in fridge or freezer until ready to assemble cakes.
• Place first layer on cake plate. Level cake tops and stack layers with frosting in between.Apply a thin coat of frosting to seal in crumbs. at this point if u chill cake again, it will be easier to apply the final coat of frosting without the crumbs getting into it. Smooth frosting with a metal spatula and a spray of hot water.
• Put about 1/2 cup white frosting onto 2 bowls and add a few drops of yellow food color to one and green to the other. Color about 2 Tbl frosting red for berries and writing. Make the colors bright red, yellow, & green. With an icing bag or parchment cone filled with yellow and green frosting(1 each)pipe a large yellow star on top of cake. In a larger icing bag put a star tip and fill with white frosting. Pipe borders on cake, top and bottom. Cut a small bit off the green icing bag so u can pipe a continuous vine around bottom of cake along borders. Flatten and then cut a V shape at tip of green bag to make a leaf tip. Pipe clusters of 3 holly leaves along vine. Pipe red berries in middle of each.
• Put red taper candle in middle of star. and baby Jesus in manger next to it write "Happy Birthday Jesus" on cake.
• The symbolism of this cake is: The brown, pink and white cake represent Gods people of all the nations. The snow white frosting represents Christ's purity. The Star is the star of Bethlehem that led the wise men to Jesus. The tall red candle represents the blood Christ shed for us and the flame represents His light is our lives. The evergreen vine of holly represents the everlasting life we have when receiving Christ into our lives. Every person at the party gets one small red candle which is lit and all together they light the tall red one on the cake with them. Then place your small candles around the top of the cake. This represents how Jesus light shines in your life when you share your faith with others. Then everyone sings "Happy Birthday to Jesus"