I don't know why I volunteered to make the cake, but no sooner than the words were out of my mouth that i knew exactly what I was going to do. Problem was, I hadn't made a layer cake in years. And this was her 30th birthday - I could NOT mess it up. SO i made trials. weeks and weeks and cakes and cakes of trials (thank you to everyone who helped taste test - and it was a lot of you!). All of that for this final batch:
Look at all this buttercream! I think I made 14 batches of buttercream - it weighed SO MUCH:
(PS i only used like 1/5 of it because i had to thin it out...)
I thought I would make five layers...but no...wayyyyy too tall. My ruffle towers would have come to a major crash! The cake was this dark chocolate creme cake and then buttermilk vanilla for the white - it tasted like a sugar cookie! I have the recipes for anyone who wants them...
Four layers w the frosting - what a sloppy mess of deliciousness:
This was the hardest part - the "undercoat" to make sure it didn't have too many chocolate crumbs in it...
Finally, all the ruffles complete! This is the top:
Side:
Whole enchilada:
Whole enchilada:
On fire! (PS, Julie, the candles in the middle were the sparkler kind but they didn't have enough time to get going!)
Can someone else have a birthday so I can try a new cake?? OOOH Jake's is coming up...
7 comments:
It was so yummy!! I had some more tonight. Mmmmmmmm. :o) Thanks for all of your hard work, and of course to all those who HAD to taste test.
Can you freeze a piece until next week?? :-)
Gosh, Kelley - you are amazing:) I am impressed. It looks great, it turned out perfectly!! Martha's got nothing on you:)
Yeah, I'll freeze some. It's so good.
i forgot to ask you for a taste yesterday, Jules! Freeze a bite for me, too! Kel....it's BEEEEAUTIFUL!!!!
NO i will make a new one! they are SO good fresh - chocolate or vanilla?
i say both! :oD j/k... either one is delish!!
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