D-d's birthday cake
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curiouswombatJust before Easter I was looking at a book I have of Easter Crafts and recipes. I commented to S2C and D-d (who just happened to have called around) that sometimes the links between the recipe and the occasion were tenuous and gave them an example.
"I want one! Could you make it for my birthday?" was D-d's immediate response - a sentiment seconded by her father with enthusiasm.
The item in question was a Trinity Cake.
Trinity Cake is so named because it is made up of 3 layers of sponge cake, each one flavoured differently; one vanilla, one coffee and one chocolate. Sandwiched together with buttercream.
In this case with 3 flavours of buttercream to match the 3 flavours of sponge.
The top layer of buttercream was the chocolate one - with rosettes of the coffee stuff, and maltesers for decoration.
This is what it looked like inside - and as a slice;
So, now you know what Trinity Cake is!
If I'd been feeling very creative I would also have covered the sides in buttercream - but, it was agreed, even without that extra touch it was a very tasty birthday cake.
"I want one! Could you make it for my birthday?" was D-d's immediate response - a sentiment seconded by her father with enthusiasm.
The item in question was a Trinity Cake.
Trinity Cake is so named because it is made up of 3 layers of sponge cake, each one flavoured differently; one vanilla, one coffee and one chocolate. Sandwiched together with buttercream.
In this case with 3 flavours of buttercream to match the 3 flavours of sponge.
The top layer of buttercream was the chocolate one - with rosettes of the coffee stuff, and maltesers for decoration.
This is what it looked like inside - and as a slice;
So, now you know what Trinity Cake is!
If I'd been feeling very creative I would also have covered the sides in buttercream - but, it was agreed, even without that extra touch it was a very tasty birthday cake.
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Date: 08/04/2013 04:31 pm (UTC)Why not a chocolate wedding cake? I made one for my first daughter's wedding and an ice-cream one for the second! ;-)
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Date: 08/04/2013 05:12 pm (UTC)Ah - you may have solved the puzzle!
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Date: 08/04/2013 05:46 pm (UTC)The reason the chocolate wedding cake was being used as a comparison was that it really was such a simple cake, when you looked at it properly - and the bakers had charged £400 for it! D-d and I concluded that this one was just as good, more interesting due to the different flavours, actually no less complicated - and if we had scaled it up to the size of the wedding cake in question it would have cost under £50 for ingredients, and taken less than 2 hours work, not counting the time it was in the oven...
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