Unkept Promises ... (and cake)

I've decided to stop promising future blog posts, because apparently I can't keep up with my promises! :)

I'm once again back to 1 1/2 jobs, so it'll be even harder for me to keep up with the promises. Therefore, I intend to keep everybody on their toes and surprise everybody when I DO blog!!

Below you will find pictures of cakes from the last two weddings I attended (and made cakes for).

This is from Emily and Terry's wedding. I used the vanilla cake recipe from this blog http://sweetapolita.com/2011/07/fluffy-vanilla-cake-with-whipped-vanilla-bean-frosting/

The only thing I changed was adding a tad bit of orange zest, and orange extract in place of vanilla. It made a nice citrusy cake. (I also made an almond buttercream to ice with).

This is Steven and Allie's wedding cake. My first attempt at a stacked cake (I won't lie, I freaked out quite a bit). Steven originally wanted all 'stucco' finish, but when Allie saw a picture of a cake with the rosettes, we all decided that it would be nice to break up the cake with the design. Allie and Steven's colors were mustard yellow and gray. I had really wanted to do a mustard yellow ribbon, but couldn't find any, so I resorted to gray. I think it worked.

There are changes I would have made with the cake, but ultimately, the bride and groom were super happy with it.

The bottom layer was a play on tiramisu. A dark chocolate, espresso cake with layers of cream cheese mousse (icing ...) The icing was espresso buttercream.

The top two layers were cider cake with pumpkin mousse filling and iced with a cider buttercream.

The recipe for the cider cake came from here http://www.espressoandcream.com/2010/08/strongbow-hard-cider-cupcakes.html

AMAZING!!!! The only thing I changed with this recipe is using Woodchuck cider (had to represent Vermont), and switching the self rising flour to all purpose with baking powder.

Believe it or not, the tiramisu part of the cake was also based on the cider recipe. I halved the amount of apple jelly used (but, I did add it in), and in place of the cider, I used 1/2 super strong brewed coffee and 1/2 coffee liquor. YUM.

The aftermath!

Thanks to those who pioneered the recipes... I hope you don't mind that I used your recipes on my blog (I'm not sure you'll ever read this, but wanted to give credit!)

Until the next post!! :)

p.s. thank you for not throwing rotten fruit at me for not being consistant.

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