DIY Ice Cream Cake

As I mentioned in my last post, in one long night I made 21 different cakes. One of these was an ice cream cake. My mom used to make these for parties when I was a kid so for this party, I called her and asked how to make them. Turns out it much simpler than I expected. Why spend $30 on an ice cream cake when you can make one for about $5?

What you need:

-Ice Cream (I used vanilla)

-Hostess Ho-Ho Cakes 

(Do they still exist? I'm sure you could find something similar.)

I used a bundt pan because it looks pretty and it has slots making it easy to know where to cut slices. I took the ice cream out to soften for a little while. You do not want it to be liquid but you need to be able to squish it. While the ice cream was softening I unwrapped a bunch of Ho-Hos and squished them into the pan and packed it down as best as I could. How much you use depends on what pan you are using and how much cake you want in your ice cream cake. Once I had the Ho-Hos squished into the pan, I then squished the ice cream into the pan and then made sure it was flat. I put it back in the freezer to solidify a bit and then popped it out of the pan and put it on the plate when I was ready for it. Yum!

Coolest Cake Ever

When one my bestest best friends was turning 21 (and nobody else was) we decided to throw her a party. Since we could not do anything with drinking, we did a lot of eating. I stayed up all night in our dorm's lounge and made 21 different cakes.  There were nowhere near enough people at the party to eat all of that cake. I started sending home cakes as party gifts by the end of the party. Good times...

This was by far my favorite cake that I made that long sleepless night. It is so simple to make but was sooooo good. 

What you need:

-Chocolate Cake Mix

-Vanilla or Yellow Cake Mix

-Strawberry Cake Mix

-Eggs, oil or whatever the boxes say you need

-Vanilla Frosting

-Three round cake pans

Its pretty straightforward. I did not use all of the mix from the boxes on this cake. The rest of the mix went to some of the other 20 cakes. All did was make one round of each flavor and then layered them with vanilla frosting. Ta-da!! Neapolitan Cake!

For those of you who are curious and want to know what some of the other cakes are, lets see how many I can remember. 

Ice Cream Cake shown above... hmmmm that might need its own post...

1. Neopolitan
2. Chocolate with Vanilla Frosting
3. Chocolate with Chocolate Frosting
4. Vanilla with Vanilla Frosting
5. Vanilla with Chocolate Frosting
6. Strawberry with Strawberry Frosting?
7. Strawberry with Vanilla Frosting
8. Carrot Cake with Cream Cheese Frosting
9. Red Velvet with Cream Cheese Frosting
10. Red Velvet with Vanilla Frosting
11. Devils Food Cake
12. Angel Food Cake
13. Ice Cream Cake
14. Barbie Cake
15. Some Cupcakes of Various Flavors and Frostings...
16. That is all I can remember at this point.... If I find my list from back then I will edit the post later.

Quick and Easy Craft for Girls Who are Beyond Crayons AND can use Hot Glue Guns

Yes. Long title. Well here it goes. I made this little purse back when I was in maybe later elementary or middle school? I started out with a boring little pouch.

I then took a large enough piece of lace to cover both sides and cut it down a bit and rounded the edges all pretty. I hot glued it at the top and let the sides dangle (with this particular pouch I needed to be able to lift the lace to reach the zipper). I then added some lace edges to hide the zipper and make it look cute.

Then came the ribbon for a handle followed by ribbon around the top to hide where the handle was attached. For a last and final touch I added a tiny fake flower to the handle...

Of course there are many different ways a craft like this can be done. This is just one of many options. Something like this allows a girl to really explore her creative side and feel mature because it is a bit more sophisticated than paper and crayons. You can go to a craft store and just see what kind of cheap little fabrics and nick-nacks they have that could be of use. Or even check scraps you have at home already! There is no telling what you could end up with if you know where to look. Be creative and have fun with it!!

If this inspired a craft of your own, let me know. I'd love to hear all about it!!