PKK: Go Blue Cake

Once upon a time there was a little girl named Princess Kaitlyn. She lived in a beautiful castle by an enchanted forest, a magical lake, and a fantastically fun playground. Princess Kaitlyn and her family loved to watch Michigan football in the castle movie on a gigantic television screen. When Michigan scored a goal, Princess Kaitlyn yelled "touchdown!" and sang "Hail to the Victors." For a special treat for game day, Princess Kaitlyn made a go blue cake with her mommy and daddy. Everyone enjoyed the family time and the results of our efforts. The cake didn't last long in Princess Kaitlyn's castle!!

Note on cake: Princess Kaitlyn's mommy had a yellow cake recipe from American's Test Kitchen (Cook's Illustrated Affiliation) that she wanted to try, but daddy wanted chocolate cake. So...we settled on marble cake. It turned out to be a rather fun process!

Princess Kaitlyn helped mommy make maize and blue buttercream icing. She's in charge of the stand mixer.
Princess Kaitlyn saying "go blue" as she holds the U of M cake pan.
Princess Kaitlyn and daddy working on the chocolate cake.
Madelyn waited patiently for us to finished and chatted with us when her hand wasn't in her mouth.
For the bakers out there... the yellow cake has you beat egg whites with sugar until they form a stiff peak and fold into the rest of the batter. It's very different from most cakes, I've made.
Princess Kaitlyn helping mommy fold the stiff egg whites into the yellow cake batter.
Our marble cake baking...bake, bake bake!!!
The final product before the icing is applied. Go blue!
This yellow cake recipe is a keeper. We had some leftover, so mommy made a small yellow cake. It tasted pretty good and had a nice balance of crumbiness to moistness - yum!!
The finished product...

Go blue!! One win down and more to go!