A wedding cake

Just a simple phone post to say that it is finally over! It all went over well without any surprises! Whew!

The top tier was three chocolate layers with peanut butter filling and the bottom tier was chocolate cake layers separated by raspberry filling.

I made this, plus two half-sheet cakes of chocolate with raspberry filling that the kitchen staff cut up and served for dessert to serve 70. All cakes were frosted with a cream cheese white chocolate buttercream frosting.

Thanks, Janet, for the edible flowers, and thanks to the bride and groom for the experience! Overall, I enjoyed making cake for a large group, but am now looking forward to focusing again on my blog, and food and desserts on a smaller scale!

Posted

July 27, 2014

cakes, Uncategorized, wedding cake

Dave G

Tags:

chocoalte cake, peanut butter filling, raspberry filling, white chocolate cream cheese buttercream frosting

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18 responses to “A wedding cake”

Victo Dolore

July 27, 2014

That looks lovely! And was probably a ton of work…

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1. davegon
  
  July 27, 2014
  
  Thanks! And yes, it was. I’ve made cakes for large groups before, but I think cakes that are also on display add some pressure to the cakemaker. And I’m so critical of it, of course, because once I make something like this, I immediately think of another way I could have made or done something. For this, I’m happier with the tiered cake; but critical of the half-sheet cakes. I think people liked it enough, though, so that’s how I’m going think back on this. I’ve never used large rectangular sheet cake pans before, so now I have two half sheet pans that I know better how to use for the next time!
  
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tinywhitecottage

July 27, 2014

it’s beautiful Dave. Absolutely beautiful.

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1. davegon
  
  July 27, 2014
  
  Thanks! Luckily the venue had air conditioning throughout the areas, which was such a stress reliever! The weather has been beautiful, but not so good for buttercreams and tiered cakes. All ended well, so I’m lucky!
  
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  1. tinywhitecottage
    
    July 27, 2014
    
    I can only imagine how stressful that must of been! What a success though! It’s gorgeous.
    
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  2. davegon
    
    July 27, 2014
    
    Thanks again. Yes, it’s stressful, but I value the experience. 🙂
    
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lapetitecasserole

July 28, 2014

Beautiful and very elegant!

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1. davegon
  
  July 28, 2014
  
  Thanks!
  
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thebrookcook

July 28, 2014

Lovely & impressive! 🙂

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pip & little blue

July 28, 2014

Very impressed – tiered cakes and wedding cakes in particular frighten me to death with all the endless possibilities of what could go wrong – melting/falling over/damage etc etc. So you must be so pleased – well done!

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Ceez

July 28, 2014

Very nice Bro! But if you can make mango cupcakes from scratch to serve 100 in the PI then this is a walk in the park, right? Looks (and I’m sure, tasted) delicious!

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1. davegon
  
  July 28, 2014
  
  Hi Bro! Wow, I forgot about those! Each event has it’s own set of stressers. But this went off fairly smoothly.
  
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spiceinthecity

July 29, 2014

Stunning!

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1. davegon
  
  July 30, 2014
  
  Thanks!
  
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Ngan R.

July 29, 2014

What a beautiful cake and the fillings and different layers sound delicious! Great job!

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1. davegon
  
  July 30, 2014
  
  Thank you!
  
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Lily

August 2, 2014

The cake looks absolutely amazing, I was wondering how things went having read the previous post, so glad everything went smoothly, I know how much pressure it is to make something for such an important event, great job Dave!

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1. davegon
  
  August 3, 2014
  
  Thanks Lily! Things are going well. I will be posting something soon. I hope things are well with you!
  
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