This first cake was for my niece's baptism. I am really not happy with how it turned out, but it did taste wonderful. This was a true case of what could go wrong, did.The problems that led to me to having trouble with the cake:
- I decorated it in my sister's church kitchen, 1200 miles from my home
- My son got sick on the way and it took an extra day to get there, giving me 2 hours to assemble and decorate
- My son got sick right before we got to the church for me to decorate the cake, cutting into my 2 hours
- I didn't have the needed ingredients to make my no-fail buttercream, so I used cream cheese icing, which slid off the cake
- The motor on my hand mixer burned out while making the icing
- The wings broke off my bees
I would really like to redo this cake, because I know I could make it look better. However, it was a very tasty strawberry cake and the cream cheese icing really complimented the cake.
This second cake was a sheet cake for a bridal shower. I hate to do sheet cakes, or any square cake because I have a lot of trouble icing them. However, I was very happy with the results of this cake.I used a new vanilla cake recipe: Magnolia Bakery's Vanilla Cupcake recipe* it was delicious! I did double the vanilla, and since I made it in 9x13 pans instead of cupcakes, I discovered I needed to turn the temperature down to 325 degrees to keep the edges from browning before the center cooked. I'm not sure how long I baked it , but I think it was about 40 minutes. I will be making that recipe again.
I used daisy cutters to make the fondant daisies in various sizes. I used buttercream for the base icing, swirls, and writing. I am not great at writing on cakes, but I practiced on parchment several times before writing on the cake and ended up being happy with the results.
*I don't want to violate any copywrite laws, but you can click the link to go to the recipe I used.
7 comments:
If you clicked on the link to the cupcake recipe within 10 minutes of me publishing my post, it may have taken you to the wrong recipe. I think I have it straight now though.
I love the sheet cake. Yes, I plan to attend the cake club in Georgetown. My Wilton instructor is over it. I believe she mentioned the first meeting will be a demo on Cali Lillies. I've known about the one at the church here in Lexington but I think my kids would feel comfortable being in the library since I have to bring them with me. I'll be missing the first meeting on 6/15 because of VBS but will attend next month. Hope to see ya there.
I adore strawberry cake with cream cheese icing- yum!!! I'm not sure what it was supposed tot look like, but it was a recognizable bee hive to me.
Your sheet cake turned out wonderful- great job!
Your sheet cake turned out well and lovely. I do have the same problem with writing on my cakes too... but I believe that one was wonderful.
A question for you.. "I bake my 9x13" at 180C for more than an hour or more, how do you suggest I bake it at less time?"
Abimbola- I converted 180C to F and came up with 356F. If that is correct, that is the temperature I normally bake cakes. You may be filling the 9x13 too full, or your oven temperature may not be properly calibrated, causing you to need to bake the cake longer.
I have found that denser cakes, like a pound cake, usually do need to bake longer than lighter cakes. You could try baking at 375F (190C, I think) and see if that reduces the time without overbaking the cake. I hope this helps.
Rachel
I think the beehive cake turned out cute, especially since you had all that trouble! Love the sheetcake as well. Thanks for sharing the Magnolia recipe with us. I love it when people can recommend recipes, that way you're not just making an unknown. =o)
Your blog keeps getting better and better! Your older articles are not as good as newer ones you have a lot more creativity and originality now keep it up!
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