What did I do for my birthday? I made a really big cake! And then had a Friendsgiving to invite people to help me eat it. Here are some stages of this cake:
Individually wrapped and frozen layers with cardboard rounds in between to give me an idea of the final height:
With filling added. The top was fruit filling, and the bottom two layers were chocolate.
With buttercream layer after I dropped the top layer while stacking.
The final cake, fully decorated, with buttercream on the top layer repaired.
It was quite the adventure, making this cake, and honestly, I wasn’t pleased with the final results. But I think I like planning to make a large cake rather than the product of the planning. And people ate it happily, so that was good.
Thanks for the Decorette Shop in Tigard for supplying me with all the things I needed to make this cake, including those stars and candles.