I have been busy lately, so I decided to start off May with a project to get my creative juices flowing once again. I wanted to make a cake, trying to figure out which cake to make was difficult, I think I am 50% greyer because of it :)I have a couple Weddings, Birthdays & Anniversaries approaching, a medley of flavours came to mind, my end result was
a beautiful but very light and moist Vanilla Cake. Started on the cake instead of baking powder, I mistakenly used baking soda, that was a hot mess to say the least.
This time I left the cake for last, and I made a delicious Brown Sugar Rum Buttercream, it was a delight to make. Once I added the butter and the whipping continued, it came together nicely, smooth and silky. I then scooped it out and placed it in a glass bowl cover it with saran wrap and popped it in the fridge.
I went on to make my Chocolate Truffle Cream Filling, I love this filling, it's not too sweet and light as a cloud.
Made my Royal Icing which I covered with a very damp towel to keep it from drying out. Second attempt at my Vanilla cake was a success, the cake cooled for about 3hrs, then I put it in the freezer for 1/2hr, that way when I start working with it, it would be a breeze.
While the cake was cooling, I took the Buttercream out of the fridge, brought it to room temperature, then re-whipped it to get that smooth texture. Time to assemble my cake, filled it with the Truffle Cream, I encased it with the Buttercream chilled it for 30mins, wrapped it with Fondant and did a design on the fondant that was made with Royal icing.
The process took a little while to complete, but the end result was great, here's to a sweet start for May 09.
Next week I will be making a Pastry Fruit Box, will let you know the outcome of that.
