The (Almost) Ace of Cakes

There are a lot of things in life I think I can do fairly well. There are other things in life that I get extremely overzealous about- making cakes is one of these things. I am usually pretty good at it...although the cake in life never truly matches the cake in my head, they usually end up tasting pretty good and I guess, in the end, that is all that matters. With this in mind, let's take a tour of some of the cakes I have overzealously attempted.

This is Dr. HokieKev's favorite. I make it at Thanksgiving. I don't know why I picked Thanksgiving because it doesn't really have that "I just got off the Mayflower and made friends with the natives" kind of feel, but nevertheless, it is a Thanksgiving cake. It is also a Flourless Chocolate Cake- AKA The Densest Thing Ever. I only make it at Thanksgiving because it takes forever and is completely from scratch. I have been asked on several occasions where I bought it. Please ignore the fact that it is slightly unbalanced. Flourless cakes don't bake evenly.

I also attempted this cake last Thanksgiving. Too bad I forgot that Mousse had to congeal overnight. I almost cried when I had to throw it away. What a waste of Nutella that was...


I made this cake last year at Christmas. Red Velvet with Homemade Cream Cheese Frosting. It was delish and screamed CHRISTMAS!


This one was made for the SuperBowl. It took FOREVER to stencil on that Patriots guy. The cake was good. The Patriots lost. I was picking sprinkles off the floor for days.

I went a little overboard with the pink frosting flowers on this one. Nevertheless, once the real live flowers were removed, it tasted great.


And now to the latest creation- I made this golf cake for Mike's birthday. The top looks great- the sides, not so much. I guess you have to be REALLY careful with the consistency of homemade frosting. I will take comments on what the brown "hole" is. Kevin's mom thought it was the reason that I thought the cake looked bad....

In reality, the reason the cake was a disaster was because the third layer kept slipping and sliding on its chocolate fudge frosting. I ended up having to cut around the sides to make it even. Then the green icing decided it wanted to play slip and slide too. Oh well, taste great! And, after 5 days, I managed to get the green out of the icing tools, the counter tops, my fingers, my tshirt, the floor...well, you get the idea!

I do wish someone would remind me the next time I go to bake a cake that I am not, in fact, the Ace of Cakes, and should maybe just stick to two layers. But, then again, I probably won't listen...