Recipe for my Soothing Blue & Green Cake
“My kitchen is a mystical place, a kind of temple for me. It is a place where the surfaces seem to have significance, where the sounds and odors carry meaning that transfers from the past and bridges to the future.”
Pearl Bailey
SOOTHING BLUE & GREEN CAKEHere’s one I did for my Dad’s birthday. I ran out of ideas; was just browsing around, and saw this design on some linen. My love for the blue-green combo reflects in this cake. The basic cake is from the Hershey’s website, and the icing is of whipped cream with vanilla essence and sugar.
Ingredients:
The basic cake recipe is Hershey’s Deep Dark Chocolate Cake
For the frosting and filling:
Whipping cream – 200ml
Vanilla Essence – 1 tsp
Icing Sugar – 3-4 tbs (according to taste)
Method:
- Bake the chocolate cake as per the Hershey’s Deep dark Chocolate Cake recipe…http://www.hersheys.com/recipes
- Cool, and then slice horizontally into 2 layers.
- Whip the cream with the sugar and vanilla essence till it holds peaks.
- Adjust the sweetness as required.
- Reserve 2-3 tsps for each colour you intend to use in small bowls.
- With the rest, sandwich the cake using 1/3.
- Frost the cake with the remaining whipped cream.
- HERE IS YOUR CANVAS….Using zipbags with the corners snipped off, paint on whatever you desire with as many different colours.
- GIVES PURE THERAPEUTIC PLEASURE…and tastes great too.
- Chill before serving.
Another combination of colours using the same recipe.
12 Comments
Happy cook
Wow your father must have been very proud. A daughter who can bake such a beautiful cake.
It looks delicious.
Rohini's kitchen
Your cake looks yummy and mouthwatering!!
meeso
These cakes are beautiful…I would love to have the talent to pipe out some designs like that on a cake. I have a Wilton cake decorating set and anytime I tried to use it I was a little disappointed in my results 🙁 I will just admire your cakes from a afar and keep practicing 🙂
Jennifer
Oh, those look so yum! I love the photos.
Bev and Ollie "O"
The colour and pattern on the blue green cake is amazing, you are very talented!
Brittany
Your cakes are GOREGOUS!!
jeena
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Mallow
These cakes are stunning – so beautiful I can’t imagine how you ate them!
Erika of Sweet Pea Blog
Hi,
I am a new reader to your blog – and had to leave a comment to tell you that I think your cake decorated with the blue & green floral motif is one of the most beautiful I have seen. I plan to make an cake this weekend to celebrate my recent engagement, and you have inspired me to be creative with the decoration. Please come and visit my blog 🙂
Erika
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Mishmash !
Came here through Anne’s . You have a good collection of decorated cakes…liked the colour combo in these two:)
Shn
Susan
Wow! Just plain WOW!
SriLekha
the cake looks delicious and really too beautiful!
may i know how long should we beat the ingredients u have specified for frosting and filling?
do we want to preserve the beaten mixture in refrigerator for a specified time before decorating the cake?