........... It's celebration time!!!!!
We're finally posting after four months and what better way to end our hiatus than with a celebratory cake recipe? Woohoo :D On a side note, I can't believe we neglected this blog for so long. School's been really busy though and poor time management on my part means more procrastiNATion and yeah basically less blogging. I think it's time to reevaluate my life.
Anyway.... Block tests ended three weeks ago and despite the billion and one (actually more important but nope not gonna touch it) things that I had to do, I couldn't help but bake, especially since it was Brenda's birthday!
Since coming to JC, I've met a great deal of wonderful people and Brenda's definitely one of them. :D So yup, just a cake to show my appreciation for the awesome friendship thus far and looking forward to many more years of memories to come!
Being the klutz that I am, it took me three hours longer than expected to make it, although every minute of effort for a friend is time well spent. (Bring the wet floor sign cause I am smoooooth) Met with so many mishaps along the way though but that's all right cause it's not Nat's style if there are no accidents. *Throwback to when I microwaved butter and it caught fire*
I've never made such an elaborate cake before and although I was pretty afraid, but I guess baking's all about confidence and yeah, YOLO-ing. Baked goods know when you're nervous I swear.
Unfortunately, I'm still a long way from being anywhere remotely professional, so I didn't take many photos of the overall process! Here are some (evidently) quick snaps though that basically shows my clumsiness in its full glory.
The thing about cakes is, you can't actually taste them beforehand, which is really nerve wrecking because it may look fine but what if it doesn't taste good? *dies*
Anyway, after baking the layers, it was frosting time!
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| "I thought you were supposed to frost the cake not the cake stand" |
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| The crumb coating! It gets neater I promise. |
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| Taddaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa! |
My original plan was to write a "Happy birthday" with icing but this retard accidentally squeezed the piping bag too hard and all the icing FELL ONTO THE CAKE. It was a total -kill me now- moment but I successfully scraped it off and that's when the peanut butter drizzle came in. It was basically just melting peanut butter and drizzling it over but I screwed that up too which explains the uneven lines. Also, while removing container from the stove, I somehow managed to flick it and yep.... Peanut butter was EVERYWHERE. Man I had a lot of cleaning up to do zzzz.
Overall, I'd say this cake was rather successful and it tasted pretty good too, thankfully (not just because I'm a peanut butter nut hehe)! It was definitely one of my more enjoyable baking adventures so do try out the recipe over at Bethcakes! It'll be fun, I promise! ;D
Thanks for stopping by and listening to my ramblings! Stay tuned for more on Tarts and Stuff soon! :D
Love,
Nat
