I am behind in posting my latest cakes that I've made. This one I made for a New Year's Eve birthday celebration. The house was decorated in black and silver and that's how I decorated the cake. I made a three layer Perfect Chocolate Cake but with salted caramel icing instead of the whipped cream filling. Covered in grey fondant then heavily dusted with silver shimmer dust. It was Kostas' 40th birthday so I put 40 stars on the cake. I also made 3 dozen cupcakes to go along with the cake.
Clover never ceases to amaze me in what challenge she dreams up for me to do for her son's birthday cake. This year was no disappointment! The baking was the easy part for this cake! The cake was technically a 3 tiered cake that was about 9" x 10". The tiers were separated with a half inch black cake board cut down to size. The bottom was chocolate, then vanilla and then cookies and cream. All were covered in vanilla butter cream before being covered in red fondant. Thankfully Mr T's cousin Amanda was over visiting for the weekend and ended up helping me a lot with the cake. She built the handle for me using cardboard and electrical tape. She also told me that it was customary to have stickers on your toolbox so I printed off some plumber related ones and laminated them. We even got the cake done early and delivered. Woohoo! Can't wait for next year's challenge! That's a joke. P.S. Now in my Instagram and ...
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