Hi all,
I really have been doing stuff...so busy doing stuff that I don't have time to post it!!
About a week and a half ago, I made this cake (with my sister's help of course!) for my sister in law who had a chinese wedding. She has also collected frogs since she was who knows how old and I was supposed to have a cake that incorporated these two things. Not the easiest thing, that! It was fun though.
I actually planned to do the ganache dripping down the sides of the cake, but the ganache recipe I used wasn't necessarily the best for that. So, after trying it on the big cake (stupid, stupid, stupid!!), we had to take what did drip over the sides and scrape it off (Thanks, Mindy!). Then, reput more butter cream on, then decorate in the ganache. The ganache was very good for piping with.
Disclaimer...I am not very good with flowers. (Mom/Rebecca I should have had one of you do it!)
Can I just tell you a few things I learned this time around with cakes? First, people care more about how it tastes than how it looks...take time to make it taste awesome! Here are a few recipes you can use that were a hit!
Black Forest with Ganache:
Just devil's food cake mix made per the directions on the box
Cherry filling bought from a cake decorating store (there's one in Spanish Fork, UT that's fantastic)
Buttercream frosting (or other frosting of your choice if you have a great one you love)
Ganache topping
Ganache -
2 cups Chocolate Chips - I used Ghirardelli bittersweet chocolate 60% cacao chocolate chips
8 oz Cream
1Tbsp Butter
1 Tbsp Granulated Sugar
Pour chocolate chips in metal bowl. In saucepan, heat cream, butter, and sugar to almost boiling (I accidentally boiled the first batch...still tasted good, but wasn't as smooth as I wanted it). Remove from heat and immediately pour over chocolate chips. Wait 2 minutes and whisk until smooth. You can pour over cake when still warm or wait for it to cool to room temperature, put in pastry bag, and pipe a beautiful design.
This combination was absolutely amazing! I got loads of compliments on the way it tasted and there was not a chocolate piece of cake to spare...those were the first to go!
Another little tip:
Use cake recipes that hold their shape well and have some meat to them, especially if you're going to do a shape!
The bottom layer was a white almond sour cream cake with chocolate bavarian cream filling, buttercream frosting, and ganache. I also really liked this combo although it didn't get as many rave reviews. However, it had awesome moisture retention and was a heavier cake (more like pound) that would be awesome to use in a shaped or cut cake because it would hold so well. You can find the recipe here: WASC Cake Recipe
Here's just a little table that got decorated to kind of get the frog theme in with the Chinese theme. Just a fun little vignette.
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Thursday, September 16, 2010
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4 Comments from you:
You did a fabulous job on the cake! The almond cake sounds delicious! What were the other layers? You're an angel to do a cake, you know!
Wow, you managed to pull off a tough theme for your cake! At looks gorgeous! And the recipe sounds TASTY.
Melinda, this cake turned out beautiful! That was so nice of you!!
Melinda Mae, The cake turned out beautifully! I guess mistakes can be time costly, but it sure paid off in the end.
Great job! And it was the most delicious cake! I have to make some fun finger cakes now for halloween with that yummy ganache.
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