This cake was done for friends at the UUF in Wilmington for the installation of the new minister, Rev. Cheryl Walker. Let's be honest. Not every cake is perfect! This cake was definitely not one of my proudest moments. It was too heavy and the middle layers started to bulge more than I would have liked. Lesson learned. The columns that the top two layers were designed to stand on were too tall (i.e. unstable) and lasted about 20 minutes before we decided to lower the middle layer onto the base layer and support the top layer with a clear, square, glass bowl. And the color. Originally I had a beautiful ivory, but when I whipped up a second batch of icing (yes, I managed to not make enough the first time around and yes, it is next to impossible to match a color...), I used the wrong color... added too much... and didn't account for the color to deepen throughout the course of the day. But I went with it and it did taste scrumptious. I think the flowers saved it all. Had I not just told you all these disasters, maybe you would have even thought it was suppose to look like this! Minus the frosting mishaps of course. Long story short, it's no where close to perfect, but it was another lesson learned and people came back for seconds and thirds!
Anyway, here are some shots of the assembly process. It was a lemon cake divided by a sinfully yummy almond-meringue layer that was sandwiched between dams of sweet orange marmalade. The idea is taken directly out of
Baking with Julia, and the original concept cake is from Martha Stewart. I didn't make her almond cake though, but stole the meringue and preserve dam idea. I also made a chocolate cake with the same meringue layer, but used raspberry preserve instead of the marmalade. So yummy..... =) No pictures though, sorry!
Lastly, I made 497 rolls for this event! They were the first yeast bread I have ever made (apart from pizza crust)! They were beautiful. I was quite proud of myself. =)
Four more orders rolled in this weekend, so I will have more posts soon!
Amy, the lemon cake was UNBELIEVABLE. I have eaten a LOT of baked goods in my life, and this was right up at the top of my A-list. Plus, it was gorgeous.
ReplyDeleteAnd to think you did all that while making beautiful music at the same time!
Wow.