hi everyone!
so i baked this cake for my mom….and it came out just OK. i had to make two different icings because the first icing i made, i failed miserably!
so i’m not great with meringue…yet. but the frosting on the cake now is adequate… it was made with crisco (ewww) but tastes better than one made with butter. i added crumbled cookies on top because the look of the icing wasn’t great.
the birthday cake.
here’s a slice.
my mom and kids liked the cake.
xoxo
jennifer
p.s. the cake recipe is devil’s food cake from martha stewart’s baking handbook and the frosting i found online not sure where…. i tried to make dorie greenspan’s meringue frosting but as i said earlier- i failed MISERABLY. i will try again.. and i completely copied the cover of dorie’s new baking book by putting the chocolate bits on top of my cake!
Looks yummy. That is nice that you tried so hard and did bake the cake.
Hi jennifer,
the cake looks great. you were nice to bake that for her. you are a very nice daughter. Do you have the recipe for the cake it looks good. take care and tell your mom happy birthday.
Cake looks great Jenn.
Hope your moms is feeling better since her surgery.
Give Lexi my Love…
– TJ
Great looking cake. I struggle with icing too. I’ve had to throw out batches of buttercream frosting because it didnt turn out and have to start from scratch many times. But nothing tastes as good as the real stuff.
Jen,
The cake looks absolutely delicious and I’m sure it was/is, too. Good job! Maybe I’ll make a cake this weekend. Tomorrow is my sister’s 30th birthday dinner at my parents. GOOD excuse! 🙂
Did you try Dorie’s recipe? The cake looks great, even if you did use crisco…
The cake looks good. you really should try the buttercream frosting again. I did and now I am a master of it! Plus the real thing tastes OH SO YUMMY!!!!!!!!!!
looks like you and the cake STRUGGLED and the CAKE won!!!
Nice try. Better luck next time
The cake looks yummy and beautiful!
I made Dorie’s cake for my brother’s birthday yesterday. I was actually surprised that the meringue frosting came out so beautifully, since I expected problems. The cake looked great, everyone enjoyed it, but I thought it was too sweet.
it’s better when it’s messy !!
😉