Tuesday, October 26, 2010

The Almost Famous Cake

This peticular cake has become quite popular among those that I bake for. The basic concept was used for my friend's wedding cake on 5-1-10 and has since been made for birthday parties and family reunions. It has something for everyone, a dark chocolate cake, a creamy ganache filling, white chocolate buttercream and ganache topping. Its just hard to go wrong with this cake, well so far.
There are those who like a less "rich" icing and there are those that don't care for the taste of buttercream. Well, no worries there is a solution. I quite often use a Stabilized Whipped Cream icing as a replacement.
The actual term for this cake is "Tuxedo Cake." The colors of the white icing, dark chocolate ganache and red from the strawberries created the classic coloring of a tuxedo, complete with the red "Boutineer."
I am still searching for the perfect name for this cake.............It's out there somewhere.

                                          4 layer tuxedo cake, waiting to be iced.
                                          So that the moisture can be locked in.
                                          Crumb coat and 2 coats of buttercream.
                                             
                                            The final presentation.
    
                                         Same idea, different cake.
                                         This one is 3 layers and has a thicker ganache.

6 comments:

  1. So are we ever gonna get a recipe?? Or just drool on our computer screens, seeing as you won't actually share the real thing...

    I seem to recall that being one delicious cake, way back on May 1, 2010:-) But it was a busy day, so I MAY just need a second shot at remembering!!

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  2. Well, I am not sure I can share the actual recipe...I will be happy to make another for you though :)
    I agree, it was a busy day. I don't even remember if I tried or not!

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  3. Love the Blog Han! Look forward to reading it, and seeing pics of stuff I ate!

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  4. Thanks Chris! I promise to post as often as possible!

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  5. Was going to stick it on fb page but figured all your foodie stuff belonged here....found another baking blog (apparently there are alot of y'all out there) and she had a recipe for the pecan pie cheesecake. It might be a good jumping off point http://www.bakeorbreak.com/2007/11/pecan-pie-cheesecake/

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  6. Oh, thanks. I am glad you decided to post it on here. These kinds of posts really help. The recipe looks really neat! I will have to try it out now and then post the pictures on here.

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