Valentines Day Layered Cake

I love cake. I actually love it more than frosting. In fact, growing up- my classroom birthdays often involved a frostingless confetti cake. That's just how I rolled. So when I saw this trend of naked cakes, I was pretty excited. It kind of meets me in the middle between what I truly want (straight up cake hold the frosting) and what normal humans want (extra frosting corner slice, please and thank you) I thought this was the perfect treat for Valentines Day with its red velvet layers and strawberry toppings. 

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RECIPE:

Ingredients: 

• 1 box red velvet cake 

• 1 box white cake 
• strawberries 
• cool whip 

Directions: 

Bake the two cakes as directed in two 8" round pans. Let them cool fully. Then stack them on top of each other with a spread of cool whip and strawberries layered between the cakes. Top with cool whip and strawberries. BOOM, so good. Store this baby in the refrigerator. 

My Save The Dates

This is special. And exciting. And a relief!? 

I finally got my own Save the Dates done! whew! I was incredibly too close to this project and way too picky, so about a kajillion (that's a number) versions later while I was scanning in the ten thousand pages of lettering, I doodled this version down (with no intentions of using it) and of course it was the one we went with. We obviously had to use our AMAZING engagement photos taken by Jordan Voth. I gave the hand-lettered Save the Date a gold foil look since they couldn't actually be printed in gold foil. These were printed on magnets because I LOVE when I get a good magnet- it's like Christmas when a good magnet arrives in the mail! I calligraphed the outside of the envelopes in black ink and just had fun with it. We have no intention of having an extremely formal wedding so the loose and non-traditional style of calligraphy was fitting for us. I had been wanting to make a stamp with my handwriting anyways, so the return stamp was an excellent opportunity to do so. Lastly, I lined the envelopes with a B&W engagement photo and sealed the envelope with some washi tape. I LOVE how they turned out and am very happy with the overall look and feel of them! 

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