Saturday afternoon and I'm cutting it fine. I suppose I could say I'm at the substantial completion stage.
It seems to be going okay - the cake has come out light and smelling sweetly of lemons; it has a good texture except for one large bubble in the middle of one of the layers. I'm not going to make four layers; will just have to make do with two. I'm a bit disappointed the layers did not rise higher so I don't dare cut them. The buttercream was a deluxe experience. All in all I have probably had the equivalent of a slice of cake by now as I have been licking the spoon, beater and knife right from the beginning. Maybe I should bury my face in the buttercream! I'm going to finish it later this evening in time to meet the deadline, but I will have to keep the cake in the fridge until Monday morning as it's going to the Office. The most difficult choice in my life right now is how to decorate it - should it be with coconut as it says in the recipe? With strawberries? With coconut and strawberries? Or maybe even chocolate shavings? I have a few hours to make a decision.
It seems to be going okay - the cake has come out light and smelling sweetly of lemons; it has a good texture except for one large bubble in the middle of one of the layers. I'm not going to make four layers; will just have to make do with two. I'm a bit disappointed the layers did not rise higher so I don't dare cut them. The buttercream was a deluxe experience. All in all I have probably had the equivalent of a slice of cake by now as I have been licking the spoon, beater and knife right from the beginning. Maybe I should bury my face in the buttercream! I'm going to finish it later this evening in time to meet the deadline, but I will have to keep the cake in the fridge until Monday morning as it's going to the Office. The most difficult choice in my life right now is how to decorate it - should it be with coconut as it says in the recipe? With strawberries? With coconut and strawberries? Or maybe even chocolate shavings? I have a few hours to make a decision.
Later - Behold the 2-layer buttercream cake! Putting it together was easy and I think it looks quite pretty. Will add the decorations (coconut flakes it was decided) early Monday morning so they won't get all soggy in the frosting and the fridge.
Main fun - preparing the buttercream. Main anxiety - worrying about cake done-ness and rising. I just love DB's!
12 comments:
Love the cake! Mine didn't rise as high as I wanted them too either. So what's inside? Fruit? Jam?
Great cake!
Thank you Jerry. I spend a lot of time worrying about how it looks so it's really nice to get encouragement. Heather
Me again - it's seedless raspberry jam. I used about 2/3 of a bottle and put it in the microwave for about 15 seconds - it came out easy to apply to the cake. Next time I might use lemon curd. Sherry Trifle.
Don't you wish all life's difficult choices came out so well?
Yes, my goodness, I do wish that.
Lovely cake- I always leave it to the end. ;)
xoxo
Gabi
Thank you, Gabi. It was such a lot of fun wasn't it!
You did a wonderful job on your cake!
Natalie @ Gluten A Go Go
Thank you, Sheltie Girl. This is such a great group. Sherry Trifle.
Nice job on the cake!
Thank you, Creampuff. It was delicious too - have never made a white cake before.
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