… You probably knew it, but I most certainly did not….
Freshly-made raspberry syrup, no matter how intensely burgundy, cannot color the made-from-scratch mixture for a red velvet cake. Instead, it can thoroughly and completely and absolutely destroy the expected texture of the final product…
On the positive side, this was my first attempt at fondant [...]
Archive for September, 2007
Red Velvet? Hardly…
Posted in Cakes, tagged red velvet cake attempt fondant pink roses on September 15, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Chocolate Heart for Our 7-th Anniversary
Posted in Cakes, tagged chocolate cake heart anniversary on September 6, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
By now, you can probably tell with fair certainty that our family likes ONE type of cake – Death by Chocolate. This one is a variation of it… While the layers are super-moist chocolate awesomeness, and it is covered in chocolate shavings, the filling I experimented with was ala Tiramisu. It is made of mascarpone, [...]