I wanted to show you that I made the chocolate dots myself...I put food colouring with a bunch of white wafers and hand did the chocolates. I then turned them upside down on the cake, so the flat side was out. I copied it from a book, of course. - Caralyn
What a cool looking cake, and pretty easy to do!
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Boy, I wrote the comments about the cake I made so poorly!
I forgot to add something...I forgot the eggs in the cake (4!!!) so it was REALLY dense. There was also TOO much chocolate. lol So it *looked* nice, but it was a really heavy cake to eat.
Having said that...
I plan to make another cake (for Tate's b-day) from that recipe book because they have the coolest looking cakes. AND...they have really nice tasting buttercream icing, which I used for cupcakes.
Check it out...I got it from the library: The Whimsical Bakehouse by Kaye Hansen.
She also has her own bakery, so since Beccy's already a great cake maker, you can get inspiration from some of their photos:
http://www.geocities.com/rivbake2/frame_cakes.htm
Note: the one I'm going to make Tatum is the top left one. Don't forget to click on the links on the right, because there's more neat cakes to see.
Also this next site has some great cake and cupcake ideas:
http://www.whimsicalcupcakes.ca/index.html
That is all. ;)
I would be interested in that buttercream recipe. Those are some awesome cake ideas! I doubt I could even attempt to accomplish any of them though!
In the bowl of an electric mixer, stir together:
6c confectioners' sugar
1/2 t. salt
1t. vanilla extract (pure, not artificial)
With a whisk attachment, add and whip at low speed:
1c boiling water (3/4 cup on hot days)
Whip until smooth and cool.
Add and whip until smooth:
2 3/4c high-ratio shortening or regular vegetable shortening
6oz (1.5 sticks) slightly chilled butter, cut into 1 inch pieces
Increase the speed to medium-high. Whip until light, fluffy, and doubled in volume (10-20 minutes). This buttercream will almost fill a 5 quart mixing bowl.
Yield 9.5 cups (yikes!). :)
HTH! I was going to return this recipe book in the morning. Good thing I saw the request. Have fun with it. It's yummy. :)
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