My Mom's Birthday Cake!

My Mom requested a chocolate raspberry cake for her birthday, so, of course I had to go with the raspberry blackout cake from VWAV. This lush and decadent dessert has four layers of cake with chocolate mousse, ganache, fresh raspberries and was wrapped in a chocolate band. This is one of the best tasting cakes I have ever made! It was rich and delicious!

To make the chocolate band, I followed directions similar to this; except I used a cake comb and a mixture of white & dark chocolate to get the striped sides.

I made modeling chocolate and molded the chocolate roses by hand. I also topped the cake with fresh raspberries and piped ganache.

Delicious!

Wilton Fondant & Gum Paste, Class 4

I am done with the Fondant & Gum Paste course! This course was a lot of fun, and it was nice not having to make frosting for class every week. I definitely learned a lot, and will be making fondant cakes for every occasion.
Here is my final cake. It is another blackout cake from VWAV covered in chocolate buttercream from VCTOTW. It is filled with more chocolate buttercream and strawberry jam. This cake was super moist and delicious!I again chose not to do a cake from the course book and just combined a few of the things I learned throughout the course. I am really happy with the end results!

The cake right before I covered it in fondant.

Fondant covered cake and board.

Gum paste carnations.

Daisies made out of gum paste.

Wilton Course 1, Class 4

This was the final cake for Course 1. It is another raspberry blackout cake from VWAV filled with raspberry preserves and ganache. The roses are made from the Wilton class buttercream and the border is a chocolate buttercream. This was definitely the most challenging cake so far. I must of made about 30 practice roses, but I'm really happy with the results. I start Course 2 next week!

Wilton Course 1, Class 2

I am taking the Wilton Course 1 Class at Michael's. The cake is a two layer blackout cake from VWAV, the frosting is the Wilton class buttercream minus the meringue powder and the filling is chocolate raspberry buttercream.
I'm pretty happy with the way this turned out. This was my first time making the blackout cake and it was soooooo good.