Hey, bookworms! Today I am so excited to share with you my most recent baking project: the cover of The Upside of Unrequited recreated on a cake! I had a fantastic time combining my two favorite hobbies--reading and baking--to make this book-inspired cake. As many of you already know, Becky Albertalli is one of my all-time favorite authors, so I'm really happy to have made a cake inspired by one of her books. The Upside of Unrequited is such an adorable, fun novel with great representation and lots of laughs. I highly recommend it if you haven't read it already! Anyway, back to the cake: I thought it would be fun to show you all how I went about doing this cake cover recreation, so keep scrolling to see my process! I made this cake from a mix that had been sitting in my pantry for a very long time 🙄. It was clearly due time for it to be used! Does cake mix ever expire? I probably should have checked before I made it into a cake, but oh well...it tastes good so it must be fine! I combined all the ingredients with the help of my adorable pig spatula. In this photo, the cake mix sort of looks like some lumpy, bubbly witch's brew *cackle cackle*. Once it's in the pan, off it goes into the oven to bake for 30 minutes. Bye, cake, see you soon! It looks delicious when it comes out of the oven and I'm tempted to eat it then and there, but self-restraint *sigh*. Next up: frosting! I made buttercream frosting (and ate, like, a fourth of it; 3/4 frosting: cake, 1/4: directly to Rose's stomach) and spread an initial layer of it on the cake. Please ignore all the crumbs in the frosting...it'll all be covered up by more frosting soon enough.
Here's the cake about halfway through the icing process. And then... *drum roll please*
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Hey there, bookworms!My name is Rose (she/her) and I'm the creator of Books of Magic and Mystery. I love reading YA books, especially fantasy and mystery. When I'm not reading, you can find me baking, studying, or cuddling with my super-furry pets. Visit me on Instagram @booksofmagicandmystery! Archives
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