Cute Birthday Cake w/ candy rainbow topper

This is the birthday cake we made for my youngest daughter's first birthday.  I wanted something simple that I felt capable of doing myself. I work at a bakery so I figured I had seen enough to do something on my own. I wasn't exactly right. ;)

I used 8 inch cake pans but you could really do any size. I think it would look cuter if it were three layer rather than two.

The icing is a buttercream frosting that I made myself. Follow this link to view the recipe http://savorysweetlife.com/2010/03/buttercream-frosting/ .

It was delicious!

I added a couple of drops of blue food coloring to make it a light sky blue. Remember the more food coloring you add the more bitter it tastes. When you ice the cake try to get it as smooth as you can on top.
Add tons of sprinkles just on the sides (if you put icing on the plate under the cake it will cause the cake to stick to the plate so then you can tilt it sideways to add the sprinkles much easier).

For the rainbow you'll need a candy fruit strip. I took a piece of wire and threaded it through the middle color line of the rainbow and then bent it to get the rainbow shape. Leave enough extra wire to insert in the cake.

Pipe the clouds with a bag and round tip or just use a whip cream can!

Super Easy DIY Rainbow Bath Salts - Smell delicious!

These are great not only for yourself but for gifts!

What you'll need:

Course Salt ( I used Epsom for it's inflammatory relief but sea salt is fine)

Food Coloring

Glass Jars (I used left over baby food jars. Empty glass jars are surprisingly expensive. It's way cheaper to reuse or to just buy cheap baby food and dump it than to buy jars at a hobby store.)

Essential Oil of your choice (I used lavender and it smelled amazing)

Ziploc bags

First you will put 2 cups of your salt into a bag. You will use one bag for each color so do this with as many as you'll need. Then drop in your food coloring into each bag. The tutorial I read said to use four drops but I found this to be wildly insufficient. I used at least eight and then added more if necessary. It really depends on how deep you want your colors. After your coloring is added then seal your bags and shake rigorously until color is evenly distributed. Last you will add one drop of your essential oil into each bag and repeat the shaking process.  You can then funnel your salts into the jars (make sure jar is dry!). I did not use a funnel because I did not have one. I made a huge mess but I found that it made the layers very uneven (in the jars with more than one color) which I actually really liked so its up to you.  

When I was done I cut out a little paper circle which I used to label my jar. I attached it with washi tape for a decorative touch but you could just paint the lids as well. I also placed each of my jars inside an origami box (tutorial is coming!).