When I was a kid, my dad always made us a (boxed) cake for us to eat when we got home from our first day of school every year. He's not around anymore and never got to meet my kid. My kid's first day of the preschool year was today, so I made him a little cake to celebrate, keep the tradition alive, and tell him about the grandfather he never met.
This is Salty Caramel Peanut Butter Cake from Yossy Arefi's Snacking Cakes. The cake came together super easily but I had trouble with the texture of the fudgy caramel icing. No matter, just spread some swiss meringue buttercream on top to cover it up 😆 The young sir was pretty stoked about his back to school treat.
by TastesLikeChitwan
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Love that your dad was ” there” his first day. Memories and traditions keep them with us. Happy the little guy loved his treat💕
What a sweet tradition. This looks absolutely delicious.
That’s really beautiful, this is a lovely tradition.
Love this!
This looks delicious!! Great job!! So glad the kiddo loved it 😊
Looks great! I am curious of the fudgy icing instructions. It’s an usual list of ingredients for it.
Also I always associate fudgy with chocolate. I get that it’s referring to texture here. Maybe I’m the weird one.
Love this, and the cake looks great!
This is perfect 🥲
Fantastic looking cake! I had a similar tradition but it was cake for breakfast the first day of summer break
🤍🤍🤍
This looks delicious, and what a lovely tradition. My sincere condolences about your dad. I miss my dad all the time but he hand wrote for me my favorite recipes he made us when we were children before he passed. It’s wonderful to think of him and share stories about him with my husband and daughter and I’m glad you’re able to share that with your child.
I love that cookbook. Good job on the lovely cake
What a wonderful tradition! Think the cake looks delicious!
I love this tradition, I’m going to remember this for the future!
Looks amazing! What’s the directions on the Caramel?
My mom had a similar tradition but she made us apple crisp. If I have kids I definitely will carry on the tradition.
Aww such a fun tradition!
Do you have any tips/recipes for your Swiss meringue buttercream topping? And is that crushed peanuts on top?
love it
What a beautiful sentiment. 🥰 The cake looks great! 💞
This is honestly the sweetest things to grace this subreddit. Your father is always with you. The cake is beautiful as well.🥺❤👍🏾
No one did this for me, but I might have to start doing it with my kid 🤗! He goes to school next year.
What a nice tradition 🙂 delectable looking cake too
I never thought anything could make me cry on this sub but here I am
Aww I love this!
This looks delicious! Would you mind sharing the whole recipe?