Lemonless Lemon Cake

I made this cake for a coworker's birthday before I left for vacation. She hates lemons, so I thought it would be fun to make her a lemon cake--but without any lemon flavoring. It's a yellow cake with vanilla-flavored buttercream icing. I was going to try my first almond buttercream icing, but my almond extract apparently spilled out in the cabinet and was absorbed into the wood. Sad times, I know. There will be other chances, though.

I wish I had done the "flesh" of the fruit darker than I did; there wasn't much contrast between the fruit and the white rind. Nonetheless, I feel it turned out well enough for an amateur.

Until next time, bon appetite!

Happy 4th (Belated)

So this is rather late, but hey, better late than never, right?

I baked and decorated a cake for my branch for the 4th of July. It turned out fairly well and tasted absolutely phenomenal (if I do say so myself).

I'm posting the development of the cake. Far too often people just put up before and after and leave out the fun--and not so fun--steps inbetween. Guilty as charged, but I wanted to do something different this time around.

Enjoy, and as always, feel free to comment.