4 layer bday cake

For my birthday this year, I had a hunkering to make my very own 4 layer cake with strawberries, blueberries and mangoes for the layers in between the cakes. And I baked two cake mixes from a box into two 9"x11" pans. This is how it turned out...

the yellow stuff is custard we made from the leftover egg yolks 

(the cake mixes only required the eggwhites)

ideally, i should've just stopped here, but i really wanted four layers!

the strawberries started to spill out from all the weight...

i tried to make white cake frosting... maybe should've just stuck with a chocolate ganache?

Anyways, we weren't done here. We actually somehow got my cake into a square pot and we squished it down. Then, we placed it into the oven to cook some more. It ended up more of a cake crumble with fruits in it somewhere...

Happy Birthday to ME! :D

We also bought ice cream too!!

Mango Veggie Salad

Mmmmmm, this was extremely delicious and outta this world because we have never had a mango salad before!

The recipe for this salad includes:

2 tsp canola oil

2-3 clove garlic, minced

1 canned kernel corns

1/2 brown onion, chopped 

2 mangos, diced

1 cup of black beans

1 colored bell pepper (I used yellow)

3/4 of a box of halved cherry tomatoes

1 cucumber, chopped

2 tbs fresh cilantro, chopped

3 tbs lemon juice

1 generous dash of cumin powder

1/4 tsp kosher salt 

Heat a frying pan up with the oil and minced garlic. Once garlic is browned, add corn. Once corn is slightly browned, set aside. Then brown the onions til it's soft and somewhat transparent. Mix with the corn n garlic. Add the rest of the ingredients and mix well. Then serve.

For the original recipe, go here.

This turned out to be a pretty good looking and great tasting mixed salad with just about everything you can  put in a salad. Each bite was different yet always delicious. So delicious, it definitely does NOT need any kind of dressing. mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm.... I definitely want more everytime I see this. You could also put the salad in a corn tortilla and top with salsa verde. It's pretty freaking delicious too (according to my bf and pops).