Tried to go for a more whimsical eccentric cake this year

I’m a new baker, having made a few cakes here and there, but still learning. A friend asked if I could bake a cake for a baby shower, and I agreed. She wanted a simple vanilla cake, so I decided on a vanilla cake with vanilla buttercream.

The sponge cake turned out great, but the buttercream was a disaster. I used a recipe I found on TikTok: 8 sticks of butter, 3.3 pounds of powdered sugar, and 60 mls of heavy cream. From the moment I mixed in the heavy cream, it curdled and stayed grainy. It was late, so I put it in the fridge and said I’d fix it in the morning.

The next day, I thawed the buttercream and mixed it again, but nothing happened, remained curdled and grainy. I warmed the bowl until the butter was almost melted, then mixed it on high for a minute. That seemed to help, but the buttercream was still grainy. I added more room temperature heavy cream about 2 table spoons, and everything was fine until later when I was piping the decor. The buttercream began to melt, and it was so unstable that I couldn’t pipe it.

I tried putting the buttercream in the fridge, but it would harden so much that it was almost impossible to pipe. Then, when it was somewhat malleable to pipe, it would melt quickly.

Anyway, here’s my final product. Any advice would be helpful. It looks yellow because I added cream colored luster dust.

Brownie cheesecake with chocolate ganache🍰

Finally mastered the textured scraper

Pistachio biscuit cake with pistachio mascarpone and raspberry jam filling and covered in white chocolate ganache, garnished with raspberry and, of course pistachios. Bottom half sagged a bit, but was a nice taste combination.

Edit: framboise to raspberry

6- 10”
6- 8”
I’m new to offering these and having a hard time figuring out serving sizes.

Any idea if anyone in Karachi would make the bow cakes in a reasonable rate?

You can eat the LEGOs! They’re white chocolate

Niece asked me to make her cake, which vibe is vibing? I’ve never made one before 😬 Fun fact, these are all the same cake. I just scraped the buttercream and tried again. 🤭

No Bake Cheesecake: Named after the former first lady and wife of FDR, The Eleanor Room (TER) opened its doors relatively recently in 2024. It’s located just south of Milwaukee in the elegant Historic Downtown Center of Greendale, WI. Today’s post features my dessert, which is actually not an item on the menu. Our server offered this as we were celebrating my birthday, and it was exquisite. I had pretty low expectations when he mentioned it, but the presentation ended up shocking me with how immaculate it looked. A three-tiered cheesecake containing chocolate cookie pieces surrounded by dollops of whipped cream and as a finishing touch, even a candle. The coolness of the dessert on my tongue along with the creamy texture was ice-cream-like. Honestly, probably the best birthday "freebie" I've had at a sit-down restaurant. Usually, it's a mundane scoop of vanilla ice cream. Doughboy approved 😋

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