This summer has been... interesting... being the first real "summer" for us, since Chase just started preschool last year. I totally underestimated how much I actually got done during the 4 hours he was at preschool each week. Back when I posted our dino treats I mentioned we had started doing some summer units, to keep him preoccupied, and to keep me from going insane. We've now moved from dinos to continents and we'll probably do one continent every week or two until school starts in September.
I LOVE doing these units with him and he is in heaven, but so much of my free time now is prepping school stuff instead of baking. (Seriously... homeschoolers... I have no idea how you do this.) Luckily I have a ton of posts backed up so hopefully I won't be too absent, and I might even get an Arctic-themed treat posted sometime this week. I love to bake but I also love to spend time with my kids, especially while they're so young and they still like me. {kinda.}
Now that it's July and it finally feels like summer, I thought it was time to post this summery cake.
Strawberry cake. Coconut cream cheese frosting. Fresh strawberries. Coconut.
It's a little slice of summery heaven.
This is so yummy I had to give half of it away so I wouldn't eat it all. The fresh strawberries really make this cake, so I wrote this up as a 4 layer cake (just by cutting each 9 inch rounds in half across the middle) to make room for more strawberries and frosting. I also wrote up the frosting as 1 1/2 times what I did to make enough for each layer, and give you some extra to frost the cake adequately... *cough*.
Don't freak out when you see how much sugar the frosting calls for, mmkay?
It's worth it. I promise.
Happy July!!
