Today is Amy's birthday. Amy is in my team at work, but as she only works two days a week (so that she can look after her lovely daughter), I brought in her birthday cake yesterday.
This cake is a white cake with raspberries through it. The recipe is from Rosie Bakes a Peace of Cake for her Shimmering Pink Cake. However, I decorated it using plain glace icing (effectively icing sugar and water), and stuck on some pre-made chocolate shapes that I had piped, and filled them in with jelly for a "stained glass" effect (the colours from which unfortunately leached just a bit into the surrounding glace icing). I also put a few drops of rosewater essence into the icing, which gave it a lovely musk flavour.
I didn't dye my cake pink - I thought that the raspberries made it pink enough.
Everyone liked this cake, and I was especially glad that the birthday girl herself approved.
Happy birthday Amy!
7 comments:
What a cute cake! Amy is a lucky birthday girl.
It looks lovely, Gaye :) I wish I was the one who's got a birthday hehehe
what a lovely cake!! amy is lucky to have a good friend like you :-)
Lucj amy getting a ckae liks this fir her b'day.
Happy b'day to AMY
She is really a lucky girl for having you as a friend! Your cake is stunning honey and I'm sure it was delicious! Well done dear!
I send you a kiss
Silvia
Lovely cake! Just what I'd like for my birthday. That cake decorating course is really paying off for you!
I've said it before and will say it again that your colleagues and really fortunate to have you. This piece of cake looks so good and it's better that you didn't use food colouring because they have preservatives in them.
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