12.06.2012

The Hubby's Birthday Cake




We had a lovely family birthday dinner for the Hubby this year hosted by his sister and her husband.  I was asked to bring a birthday cake. Usually the entire family relies on Graul's for birthday cakes since they're always amazing but I wanted to try my hand at baking my own. I have never baked a cake before so it was definitely on my bucket list. What can I say - my our new Kitchenaid makes me want to bake - all.the.time.  So I was really excited for another excuse to use it. 
 
I asked the Hubby what kind of cake he wanted and his response was a classic yellow cake with chocolate frosting. Not too daunting, right? I searched online for a recipe and decided on this birthday cake recipe from Smitten Kitchen and it did not disappoint. I used this easy chocolate fudge for the icing and it was the perfect amount of sweet.

I had a slight mishap when I took one of the layers out of the pan to cool...it totally broke in half. But it worked out fine. I just made it the bottom layer and the icing held everything together so no one could tell. I iced this cake maybe five minutes before we left our house. Next time I would cut the top off both layers to make them lie flat. It looked a little topsy turvy but that's okay for a first attempt. #AliceInWonderland. What's important is that the Hubby loved it and said he wants it again next year! Yay!

Now I just need to invest in a large cake stand with a dome and a cake carrier (like this or this)! #ChristmasHints

LKF

 (Side Note: I've made a ridiculous amount of cookies with our Kitchenaid including these and these. I highly recommend both.)

2 comments:

  1. The cake turned out great! Yellow cake and chocolate frosting is JFC's favorite as well (and he has even been known to buy the boxed mixes and make his own...)

    I also need to invest in one of those cake carriers. My cupcake carrier had to suffice when I made a pumpkin cheesecake for Thanksgiving, but it was certainly not ideal and a taller cake would not have fit!

    ps - WS also has a monogrammable glass cake stand and dome set that I recommend!

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    1. Thanks! :-)

      I ended up holding the cake on my lap on the way to his sister's house. I was white knuckling it the entire time and praying that there wouldn't be any sudden braking. I could totally picture a cake face smash. Lol

      I want the monogrammable glass cake stand and dome too! Especially since it doubles as a punch bowl!

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