Cooking
It's not perfect.
But, I'm baking a cake for somone this coming weekend. They want to PAY ME to bake a cake for them.
I'm using fondant. I've never been crazy about the stuff, and right now, I'm 'eh'. It's useful, sure...but piping, to me, is just better.
I'm having loads of trouble with the buttercream, because the cake I make is incredibly dense. It stays very moist, so the crumb layer of frosting never fully dries.
But, I did a test run last weekend, and I think I've figured out what I need to do to make it work.
I've got the fondant-thing down, so that's not a problem. A professional smoothing tool would be useful, though.
Tagged with: Food and Drink + Baking + Cakes + Chocolate + Fondant + Buttercream + Daisies + Birthdays
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Cooking
Test Run
It's not perfect.
But, I'm baking a cake for somone this coming weekend. They want to PAY ME to bake a cake for them.
I'm using fondant. I've never been crazy about the stuff, and right now, I'm 'eh'. It's useful, sure...but piping, to me, is just better.
I'm having loads of trouble with the buttercream, because the cake I make is incredibly dense. It stays very moist, so the crumb layer of frosting never fully dries.
But, I did a test run last weekend, and I think I've figured out what I need to do to make it work.
I've got the fondant-thing down, so that's not a problem. A professional smoothing tool would be useful, though.
Tagged with: Food and Drink + Baking + Cakes + Chocolate + Fondant + Buttercream + Daisies + Birthdays
- You Could Eat The Whole Box
A few weeks ago, a friend & I decided to make this cake. We were going to go fondant-coated hand to fondant-coated hand, see who made the better cake. This was probably a bad idea, on my part. She's a caker, and I often refer to her as 'The...
- Daring Bakers: Has The Fat Lady Sung Yet?
I'm rather pleased with myself. I saw this month's challenge, and decided I was going to turn it into a mother's day cake for Matt's Mom. Which means...I completed the challenge weeks early! Usually, I'm scrambling the night before,...
- Daring Bakers Challenge:the Day After The Perfect Party Cake
When I realized I had to miss February's challenge, I vowed I'd make whatever was on tap for March. When I discovered it was Dorie Greenspan's Perfect Party Cake, I thought 'this will be a piece of cake' (ha). I have a copy of the...
- Total Decadence
It was my mother-in-law's birthday this past weekend. She's very good about eating healthy, but she's never said 'no' to something from my oven. Matt drummed it into my head fairly early on that his mom loves chocolate. So, what better...
- Let Us Eat Cake
Terrine de Gateau For the third "Is My Blog Burning", Renee suggested the theme of cake. I envisioned something I was calling a "buche de printemps", a variant of the classic French dessert, the buche de Noel. I...