Daring Bakers: Battenberg Cake

First, congrats to the winners of the last set of 21 Days of Giveaways winners! 

Mary B - Cookiehead brownies

Mkbell -Jillian Michael's DVD

Amy Lauren –Amy’s coupons

Laurel C – Perfect Fit Protein Powder

Positivelyhope – Trader Joe’s Gift Card

Janice - NuNaturals Liquid Stevia

Meredith M - NuNaturals Liquid Stevia

Jordan - NuNaturals Liquid Stevia

Rebecca  - NuNaturals Liquid Stevia

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This month for Daring Bakers, we made Battenberg Cake. Do you know those artsy little cakes that look like this?

Aren't they pretty? 

Well, mine didn't work out so much. I tried to make a cherry lime battenberg cake. 

Mandy of What The Fruitcake?! came to our rescue last minute to present us with the Battenberg Cake challenge! She highlighted Mary Berry’s techniques and recipes to allow us to create this unique little cake with ease.

Or at least, that's what we were told. This cake was definitely not easy for me. It should have been, but some of the flavoring tweaks I made to the cake recipe made for a very crumbly cake that didn't hold up. Not to mention that the cake colors looked awful. I was going for a beautiful pale pink and green, but instead....well, see for yourselves. 

It looked good going into the oven...

...And terrible coming out of the oven. The lime cake (green) held up pretty well, but the cherry cake (red) turned ugly and broke apart whenever it was touched. Needless to say, I will have to try making this cake again...but following the recipe this time! It's just too bad that I hate following recipes so much....

Hopefully it'll be better next time! Thanks Daring Bakers!

Much love,