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!
beautifull work of art
ReplyDeletei hope i'll find some silicon mould like that...
I love those decorations. The heels are just too cute!
ReplyDeleteThose decorations are amazing! I'm sure Lee loved it - your cake making skills must be getting a widespread reputation ;)
ReplyDeleteWhat a beautiful party cake--I'm sure Lee loved it! I do love the cute hand made decorations on it. Very well done.
ReplyDeleteThose decorations are so cute Cakelaw! She must have loved it! :D
ReplyDeleteI love AWW recipes - they never let you down.
ReplyDeleteGreat looking cake...and surely the fact that it's huge is a bonus!
Beautiful cake and lovely decorations! Lucky Lee!
ReplyDeleteI like the pink dusting color!
ReplyDeleteLee'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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