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Thursday, June 27, 2013

2 Tiered Naked Butter Rum Cake With Lemon Cream Cheese Frosting

Why is that my heart skip beats when I see those pictures of 'naked cakes' on Pinterest? {here}. I know! It is because like seeing a beautiful woman with natural beauty, flawless skin and just a lip gloss of a make up. Don't get me wrong; we women love seeing beautiful women, right? May be we just simply admiring her beauty steeling a glance from a distance.  Or maybe because this cake is a 'without trying so hard to look pretty' cake. Therefore this cake reminded me a lot to those women; no make up, no covered icing or fondant showing bare skin with effortless elegance and beauty.

I found that this cake is very easy to do and to decorate. It is a 'Butter Cake Mix' cake. The different is that I put a little bit of rum in it. And ohh....it is so delicious and just melt in your mouth when eating it with the fresh  fruits {strawberry, blueberry} and lemony cream cheese frosting.

You do not have to be extra careful to decorate either. Just put any kind of fruits and flowers; guarantee it will look beautiful. On this cake I particularly want to put tiny white flowers with berries on the cake. And I do not know what flower are those. The only thing is that when you want to put cream cheese frosting after you cut the cake in half; you might want to smear a lot more, much more! As you can see on the pictures, mine is not enough and therefore it does not show but a thin white line. You want it to be dripping a little bit on the side to make it even more delicious and inviting. Other than that I am very happy with the look and the taste of this cake.

































::Recipe::

Butter Rum Cake With Lemon Cream Cheese Frosting

~ 1 pkg Butter Cake Mix
~ 1 cup water
~ 1/3 cup melted butter
~ 3 eggs
{mix according the package's instruction}
~ 5 tbsp rum. I suggest put less first since you might not like the taste of a strong rum in the cake. Then you can always adding up if needed.

Mix rum into batter. Pour in baking pans. And bake at 350 deg  for about 30 to 39 minutes. (Depending the size of the pan). Let the cakes cool for about 1/2 an hour.
Note: If you are going to make 3 tiered cake then you need two packages of Butter Cake Mix. If it is like mine (these are small by the way) you need little less than one package. I used the whole package and discarded the remain of the batter.

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Lemon Cream Cheese Frosting.
~ 11 oz. cream cheese, softened
~ 2 cup powdered sugar {I put less sugar since I prefer less sweet of frosting}
~ 1/2 tsp vanilla
~ 1/2 cup butter, at room temperature
~ 3 tbsp lemon juice

Using electric mixer; mix all ingredients for about 2 minutes.
Cut both cake in the middle horizontally and spread some of the cream cheese. And sandwich the cakes together. Spread more cream cheese on the very top and decorate with berries and flowers your choice. 


Happy Baking!

16 comments:

  1. Its beautiful ellya. I love naked caked too xxx

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  2. Wow, this looks so yummy. You have displayed it so beautifully.
    Have a wonderful weekend,
    Bev
    @ Eclectic Red Barn

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  3. This looks so yummy! Thanks so much for stoping by The Blissful Bee:) Newest follower here! I'll be hosting a link party this Wednesday and would love for you to stop by and link up!!

    xo
    amy
    www.theblissfulbee.com

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  4. Looks Delicious. It would be pretty for a garden party. take care, Darlene

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  5. Ellya, you always do the most lovely things! Just gorgeous!
    Thank you for joining Home Sweet Home!
    Sherry

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  6. Suzanne of Simply Suzannes at Home

    I love everything about this post! Your cake is stunning, and looks delicious!
    I love the wood board that it's displayed on. Beautiful!

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  7. I just wanted to let you know that I featured your wonderful project on homework. Thanks so much for sharing it on The Inspiration Board. Have a great weekend!

    carolyn
    homework &
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  8. Love this!! It is absolutely beautiful and I'm sure tasted even better than it looks. Thanks for sharing!!

    Melissa
    redflycreations.com

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  9. Aww this is beautiful Ellya, thanks for sharing at the hop, featuring and pinning this week :)

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  10. This is so pretty. We would love to have you link up at MadeFromPinterest.net this Saturday. This is sure to catch everyone's attention!

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  11. This is so pretty. We would love to have you link up at MadeFromPinterest.net this Saturday. This is sure to catch everyone's attention!

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  12. This looks delish and pretty as well. You are one of the features today at the Make it Pretty Monday party at The Dedicated House. Pop on in and grab a feature button for your blog. Here is this week's link to the party. http://thededicatedhouse.blogspot.com/2013/07/make-it-pretty-monday-week-57.html Hope to see your prettiness again at the bash! Toodles, Kathryn @TheDedicatedHouse

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  13. Your cake looks so pretty!

    Carolyn

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  14. Absolutely GORG-OUS! Wow it looks like it must taste :) Thanks fro sharing! I pinned :)

    Stop by when you can,

    Lina @ fancy frugal life
    www.fancyfrugallife.com

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  15. That does look delicious! I love naked cakes because I can actually make mine look like the ones on pinterest, unlike the gorgeously decorated ones. Plus it lets the cake itself shine through.

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    1. Yes it does easy to decorate and yet looks quite elegant that way. That is why I love the look of naked cake. And I think it is so much fun to do because you do not have to afraid of failing on decorating the cake with piping, etc. Thank you for your comment.

      Ellya

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