After I brought the daisy cake to work, one of my coworkers asked if I would make her one of my practice cakes for her friend’s birthday, and she would pay me for it. Of course I said yes! She wanted it for a Thursday, which makes things tough for me since I’m so busy in the evening on Wednesday. I made the cake and black icing colour on Tuesday (if it sits in the refrigerator for 24 hours, the black actually looks black!), and iced, filled and decorated Wednesday night. I felt rushed. It turned out ok, but by the time I was done, I was exhausted, and had to get up early for work the next day. Ouch! She told me she was happy with it since it was exactly what she asked for. I’ll get better at these character cakes as I practice! Working with fondant covers so many mistakes! Buttercream is not as forgiving…
This one is a yellow butter cake (new recipe), filled with raspberry, iced in vanilla buttercream with the black being dark chocolate buttercream (yum!).
