Right so today has been a bad cake day....I think I have tried to do too much too soon!!
All I had to to do was bake a cake for my first decorating lesson tomorrow ( which I'm v excited about), however firstly I got a bit distracted and managed to overcook it- not good and the first time I've ever done this! So this cake is now being eaten by Dave...who is funnily enough not complaining. Annoyingly it was a white chocolate mud cake and tasted amazing- just way too crispy on the outside!.
So at 8.15 I placed another cake ( just a normal vanilla) in the oven which is being watched with hawk eyes now !
I was also planning and starting work on Nick's birthday cake which is requested as a black forest gateaux- a posh one! The plan is to have a really light chocolate sponge...stacked with cherries and cream in layers, with cherries on top and modelling chocolate around the edge. There are 2 challenges with this- the first was the cake recipe ( Eric Lanard) had no flour or rising agents- just egg white, which is a bit scary. Secondly the modelling chocolate- I have decided to have a go at making this myself......eeekk
Well I made the cake today- well I tried.... it looks good tastes good....but is way too thin ( I suspect I over worked the egg whites ( sorry mum - after all you taught me lol) So this cake is entirely usable however just needs another one to go with it!
This aside I accepted some while ago I was going to make mistakes- this is inevitably how I am going to learn....I'm sure all will be well!! In the meantime I'm extremely excited about my first lesson tomorrow and can't wait to get modelling- I just hope my ceramics background helps me!
Watch this space for my creations!!
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