Cake.

Today a wonderful friend of ours turns 30. Last night we had a surprise party for him to celebrate. It went off wonderfully and he claims he was actually surprised. For the party I had the privileged of providing the cake. I was so excited to have the opportunity to make an extravagant cake and I was determined to go all out. The only thing is, it was my first ever cake not from a box.

I love to bake. I am continuously expanding what I can do and what I enjoy doing in the kitchen. A cake however has always been a lofty goal. For me it was hard to turn down a $1 box cake and for a family of two it was next to impossible to eat before going bad or getting sick and tired of it. So when the opportunity came I jumped on the idea of making a cake from scratch.

I went with a three tiered white cake with chocolate raspberry ganache filling and butter cream icing. In the end it was a success and looked/tasted wonderful, however getting to the end was a bit of a nightmare. I had a lot of fun making the cake, and was able to do the entire thing in just under 4 hours. During the course of making the cake I learnt a lot of things to do different next time and I cannot wait for a reason to do so. Anyone need a cake?

I started with this recipe for the cakes.