Yena’s 5th birthday request — she’s been waiting for this for almost a year!
There’s a long story of disaster and success behind this cake, but it will have to wait ’til next week. I promise to post details, details, details!!! Making that marzipan rose (the center one) was some of the most fun I’ve had!! And Yena’s very precious first attempts at marzipan-flower making — the other two — are VERY impressive, don’t you think? Ooooh, but that marzipan coating … argh…. took more than double the time I thought it would take. Why I assumed it would be just as easy as fondant to work with, I have no idea. It’s not like I haven’t worked with marzipan before. Of course, not as cake “cover”. Lots of lessons learned. You get to read about it next week:D.
If you want to see the little princess blowing her candles, click here.
[...] To remind you, here’s the finished product. The pastry cream used to fill part of it is here and the original recipe came from here (Elaine’s blog). [...]
[...] I haven’t written the complete story about Yena’s Princess Cake. The recipe I was mostly following was from Elaine’s blog (browse through, her pics are awesome!) where she’s got a bunch of food posts — she’s quite the baker! I love how she “simplified” the Princess cake process for me — I followed the cake recipe itself and the pastry cream, and winged it on the rest of the stuff (which actually, is what you’re supposed to do, since there’s not much else). The cake was great, though not the best sponge cake I’ve made — it may have been my technique too — shouldn’t be hurrying when you’re making birthday cakes! [...]
Stef, these are all just beautiful. I am always in awe of your cooking and your photography. I hope you and Aisa and the rest of your family have a wonderful and blessed 2007!!!