I have always wanted to try my hand at making proper birthday cakes but never had the equipment or know-how! In the last year or two, with a little perseverance, I used some family birthdays as an excuse to delve into the world of larger cakes! First up, I made a two layer chocolate cake with chocolate frosting. For an added twist, I made this into a Ferrero Rocher cake, adding some chopped into the filling, as well as adding some to the top to decorate. There's something about chocolate and hazelnut...delicious combination! Carrot cake was next on the menu. I have always wanted to make my own, after years of disappointment biting into a piece in a restaurant only to find raisins, which are not exactly a favourite of mine! I made a simple one layer square sponge carrot cake, with chopped walnuts in the mix. The cake was then covered in the traditional cream cheese frosting, and decorated with some whole walnuts as well as some homemade fondant carrots. My biggest challenge so far has been a birthday cake for my aunt's 60th. I am always up for a challenge, but there was a bit of delving into the unknown with this, given I had never covered a cake in rolled fondant before! As there was a party involved, I had to make a substantial cake, so I ended up making two 9X13" chocolate sponges, and filled them with that Ferrero Rocher frosting as requested! To decorate I added some mini muffins with sweets on top, as well as a '60' cut from additional sponge. This was the most tedious aspect of the cake as I was cutting around a paper template rather than using a cutter. The sponge was very delicate, so next time I will consider chilling over night or freezing before cutting. I then layered melted white chocolate over the numbers...much more straight forward than trying to cover something so awkward and crumbly in fondant!
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