Rainbow cake.

I've been wanting to make a rainbow cake like this one for a few months now, but never had the nerve, as I am not much of a baker.

Well, I should have known to quit when I came across my first hurdle - the gel food colours required to give the layers that rich, vibrant colour.
I could not source these in my crappy little country, and didn't fancy paying £50+ to get them shipped here from the US.

So, I settled for normal food colouring. Mistake.


Determined to make a 'Welcome Home, At Last!' cake for my sister Steph (away for six months in Malawi, she got back last Thursday), I spent £20 on ingredients, about five hours in total to create it, to get this...


Oh dear.
It didn't taste so good either. Probably all the food colouring I pumped into it, in a poor effort to get the colours looking better. Lesson learned.

I'm looking for a new project to do online over the next few days as I have to stay home from work on my doctor's orders (possible swine flu, argh!), so I'm off to look for something easy and non-energetic to do tomorrow.

Pop top can.

I saw these a week or two ago and loved the idea, so decided to have a go myself.
But when it came to decorating the can, I couldn't find any of my patterned craft papers. I've no idea where they are, I imagine someone around here has 'borrowed' them.

Here's how I made it...

I used tins of pineapple, with ring-pulls.

Using a smooth-edge can opener, open the bottom of the can.


Clean out the tin, and dry thoroughly.


Fill 3/4 full with sweets.


Carefully glue the bottom back on.


Place a heavy book on top until the glue has dried.


Decorate the can.


Give as a gift, or keep for yourself =)

Hello, Summer.