I've been testing and re-testing cake recipes lately. Adjusting this and that, studying the science of cake baking, playing with different ingredients and striving for perfection. Like paintings, most recipes are never truly finished, and I will probably always continue to add more touches to mine as the years go by.And just like recipes, cake decorating trends change, too. Some I love, and some I can't quite get on board with, but I'll always prefer classic, pretty and simple techniques and piping over some of the more modern trends.
This pretty cake was our dessert a few days after Valentine's Day. It may look demure and innocent, but underneath the blushing vanilla bean buttercream crowned with roses is a dark chocolate cake with a gooey caramel pecan filling. Red sugar pearls dot the buttercream, and the design would be just as perfect for any occasion as it was for Valentine's Day.
For the recipe for the cake and filling, click here.
It's beautiful..like ever single cake you make.:)Bravo.
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DeleteI need to practice my frosting skills because every time I attempt to make my cakes look as pretty as yours, I fail and they look like abstract art. haha!
ReplyDeleteAwww, thank you! I bet you're better than you think, though! You should have seen some of my early work years ago. Disasters!
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