This cake was done for a friend's birthday and I've wanted to try making a
root beer cake for some time but had never found an appropriate occasion. The cake layers were root beer cake, it was filled with vanilla pastry cream and topped in a vanilla bean Italian meringue buttercream. The buttercream recipe was a new one for me and it was heavenly and I think will become my favorite buttercream to be made often in the future! The cake was wrapped in a Callebaut white chocolate collar, which was made using a chocolate transfer sheet to get the pattern. The cake was topped with roses and leaves made from modeling chocolate and pink gumpaste flowers.
I took this cake to a restaurant off Robson Street on Friday night and in my opinion, it was a fairly "plain" cake. People were stopping on the sidewalk as I was walking from the car to the restaurant and it attracted much attention in the restaurant. The people at the next table actually asked our waiter to negotiate getting a piece of the cake and when they tried it, they loved it! Wow! And two of the waiters also tried it and it was a hit with them as well... Now if only my business cards had been ready before Friday, I might have been doing a few more cakes sometime soon! The new business cards should be ready for pick up this week though so at least I won't be caught unprepared again!
root beer cake for some time but had never found an appropriate occasion. The cake layers were root beer cake, it was filled with vanilla pastry cream and topped in a vanilla bean Italian meringue buttercream. The buttercream recipe was a new one for me and it was heavenly and I think will become my favorite buttercream to be made often in the future! The cake was wrapped in a Callebaut white chocolate collar, which was made using a chocolate transfer sheet to get the pattern. The cake was topped with roses and leaves made from modeling chocolate and pink gumpaste flowers.
I took this cake to a restaurant off Robson Street on Friday night and in my opinion, it was a fairly "plain" cake. People were stopping on the sidewalk as I was walking from the car to the restaurant and it attracted much attention in the restaurant. The people at the next table actually asked our waiter to negotiate getting a piece of the cake and when they tried it, they loved it! Wow! And two of the waiters also tried it and it was a hit with them as well... Now if only my business cards had been ready before Friday, I might have been doing a few more cakes sometime soon! The new business cards should be ready for pick up this week though so at least I won't be caught unprepared again!
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