Today is Lee's birthday. As I cannot be there for the day, I celebrated the occasion with her a few days early by making a chocolate cake for her birthday. This sour cream chocolate cake is the Australian Women's Weekly Crowd Pleaser Chocolate, and the recipe is online here.
Be warned - this makes one massive cake, so when it talks about a crowd, it means it. My tip is to work with the frosting quickly, as it sets up firmly in no time and requires quite a bit of coaxing thereafter to work with.
Here is a shot of the un-frosted cake:
and a peek inside at the crumb:
Instead of decorating Lee's cake with fresh flowers as suggested by the recipe, I made fondant decorations using silicone moulds, pink lustre dust and pearl glaze:
The tiny little pieces were a challenge to unmould without squashing them:
I think these decorations are so cute and I will definitely make them again.
The verdict on the cake - everyone else seemed to enjoy it, but I found the cake rather dryer than I would like. That said, with the sour cream frosting, it was chocolatey and decadent.
Happy birthday Lee!
9 comments:
beautifull work of art
i hope i'll find some silicon mould like that...
I love those decorations. The heels are just too cute!
Those decorations are amazing! I'm sure Lee loved it - your cake making skills must be getting a widespread reputation ;)
What a beautiful party cake--I'm sure Lee loved it! I do love the cute hand made decorations on it. Very well done.
Those decorations are so cute Cakelaw! She must have loved it! :D
I love AWW recipes - they never let you down.
Great looking cake...and surely the fact that it's huge is a bonus!
Beautiful cake and lovely decorations! Lucky Lee!
I like the pink dusting color!
Lee's cake is lovely...everyone must feel so special when it is their birthday and you make them such a wonderful cake, you are so sweet!
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