Now your probably wondering who i love more. I love everyone more! I love my family more, my friends, my relatives, my blog followers, i even love math more!
Last week i had exams. 5 exams. My mom spent all her free time (and her not-so-free time) helping me study. I made this cake mostly because of her. Everyday i love her more!
Now your probably want to know what i baked, hm??
i baked a 4 layer cake, filled with pastry cream and frosted with white chocolate buttercream and dark chocolate buttercream. I'm sure you have noticed my obsession with pastry cream by now. It's actually my all time favorite dessert and favorite thing to make. It's also my moms favorite dessert because of its creamy-not-so-sweet taste. So i decided to fill the cake with pastry cream rather than with frosting. Not to mention all the butter i'm using to make the buttercream, the cost really adds up.
Obviously we couldn't finish the entire cake on our own. So when i went to babysit my little cousins, i decided to pack them a nice, big slice. They ate most of it, i think they liked it!
And of course there is my mom's slice, which she adored!
I'm just so glad i could make everyone happy, especially my mom!
Here are some step-by-step pictures that show you how i frosted my cake:
- Fill *cooled* cake layers with pastry cream, and refrigerate for about an hour
This is what your finished version should look like:
TIPS: Make sure to distribute your pastry cream evenly! You dont want all your cream in between 1 layer, and no cream between the other. If your not sure how, measure the amount in a measuring cup, and divide it by the number of "fillings" your going to have.
Also don't forget that the number of filling is
not the number of layers, unless your planning to frost the top of the cake with the filling.
2) Do a crumb coat!
This means use just a little bit of the frosting to frost the cake. Your coating should be very thin, and your layers/cake should still be visible. The reason we do this is because we don't want all the crumbs messing up the frosting.
TIP: Make sure you refrigerate the cake for an hour, enough for the buttercream to harden. This way when you frost the cake the crumb coat wont get mixed in with the actual frosting. I put it in the freezer for half an hour because i was pressed for time. It worked just as well!
3) Frost!
The first picture is me frosting the cake! :D
The second is the finished version. After step 3, if you don't want to add anymore that's fine, you can leave it as it. Personally i added some decoration to make the cake look prettier!
4) Decorate!
I'm sorry, there's no picture this time :(
Use your imagination and decorate the cake however you like. Just remember:
- Refrigerate the cake before use, the same way as the "crumb coat"! Put it in the freezer for half an hour if your pressed for time, it works! You don't want all the frosting to melt while your decorating! I've had this happen to me before, actually...
- If you want to make words on your cake like i did, try imprinting the words or design with a toothpick before frosting. Once you add the dark frosting to your cake, you cant change what your doing!
I'm sure whatever you decide to do will be beautiful and unique. And yes, cake-making takes a lot of time, so try not to squeeze it in! I did not have time to finish the cake in one day, so i baked it and layered it on Friday, refrigerated it overnight, and frosted it on Saturday morning.
My next post is going to be on Valentine's day (or the weekend of), Ill show you my devils food cupcakes I'll make with my best friend!
Happy baking :)
