Pink n Black 21st Birthday Cake

What stress, but what fun!

Each tier consisted of 3 layers of chocolate sponge cake filled with a creamy choc mousse.
My original recipe was just way too soft for any design.

The recipe was moist and devine, but once I've stacked one tier, I could see the cake sagging.
Out of all the chocolate flavoured cakes I've made, 3 of these orders were complete boo boos.

figurines were falling through the cakes. Small baby shower cakes where falling apart and a 3 tiered wedding cake started cracking with the slightest movement of the vehicle.

The customers were dissappointed but raved about how devine the cakes were, which was fine, but to receive a cake that has been damaged in transit - just aint right.

So I created my own. I took a chance by using my new recipe for an order, without testing it first - TOES AND FINGERS CROSSED ALL DAY!

It came out wonderfully. The cake was still moist and soft, but firm enough to be stacked and it was in one piece when it arrived at its destination.........

'BREATHE'.....................WONDERFUL!!

Finishing touch with a Rose

Roses or actually, fresh flowers are the perfect finishing touch.

I'm a rose kinda gal and i must say these flowers are looking ppprrettty darn great on this cake.

The reception decor was cream and gold, so the cake with a few red roses in between, looked extremely good.

LOVING IT!!

ALOHA!!

This cake screams of, COLOUR!.....HOLIDAY!......BREEZY!......BEACH!.....FUN!......and oh so sweet......

Not too bad hey, but I think little Miss Hawaii needs to shed a few pounds before jumping into a bikini for her next show-off, or so my brother says..........I think she's perrrrfect......

More coming soon.....

3 Tier White Chocolate Wedding Cake

It's been hot........EXTREMELY HOT in Cape Town, these past couple of weeks. Ice cubes are being popped like sweets, chocolate bars and sugary treats are placed in the fridge to prevent an ant attack and of course the melting of all chocie bars. So you can just imagine what a challenge it was to create this cake.

It's a chocolate cake with a rich chocolate mousse filling. I'm a 'fullcream' girl so all my desserts and mousses are made with real fullcream not the type that tastes of plastic and air.

Each tier is covered with a fluffy buttercream frosting. Once again, no artificial ingredients just good full cream milk and butter added to the sugary white powder.

Around each tier are thin white chocolate moulded sticks. Not cooking chocolate, but fullcream white milk chocolate and we all know how quickly milky white chocolate can melt when exposed to high temperatures.

I had 2 fans blowing away, popping the sticks into the fridge as often as I could, and both my front and back doors open, hoping for some sort of breeze.

5KG of WHITE MILK CHOCOLATE!!

What a mission.............what a challenge..............what a joy!!

At the end the cake looked FAB. Shot through to the reception venue and added the final decorations, roses, and berries.

I was exhuasted, but looking at my creation got me all excited. I was happy and the bride was thrilled........................

Happy days for me :)