I truly don't like cake. Sure il eat it occasionally, but if i had a choice fudge would win every time!! This weekend i decided to attempt a practise run of the cake i want to make for Lachy's birthday in a couple of months! It was in fact a friends idea (thanks Carena) and im so grateful to her for this suggestion, cause things did not go to plan!!
I got to try out a fancy mixer type thing for the first time, and apart from a few mishaps, i loved using it!! I chose a chocolate cake recipe that i'd seen my friend use and this turned out well, then i watched a few YouTube videos to try and figure out how to make the 'Wonky Cake' that i so desired!! My next mistake was to see a sponge cake as the perfect cake for a top layer, i mean, it's nice and light and wont likely sink so who wouldn't pick it!?
What didn't occur to me (and probably should'v) was how crumbly a sponge can be when cut, and my top layer needed a lot of cutting!! Not to mention bits added on!!
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| Hubby was on hand for clean up duty... |
So i layered and shaped and iced the bottom layer, and it turned out reasonably well! Not the color i was trying to achieve but i didn't want to use more in case i coated everything with it.
The bottom layer was a disaster!! The sponge was falling apart as i tried to shape it (Who knew sponge would crumble?!....Oh, Everyone??), then it stuck to the icing as i tried to ice it, and then the icing pulled the top layers off the sponge tier and nearly made me cry!!
The results...A square cake with a slightly munted mushroom on top. (Please note, i was not trying to make any form of mushroom on this cake)
The moral of this story is, practise is a good thing....a really good thing!! Attempting this was heaps of fun, but i think some more research is in the cards before my next attempt! Now if you'll excuse me i'm going to go and drown my failure with the Russian fudge i just whipped up!! :)
Toodles!! :)
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