I've had so much going on lately! We've repainted our hall, stairs and landing, but this is still only half a job as we have two sets of stairs and have left the biggest wall white. Here's an idea of the progress we've made...
It's really difficult to photograph as when the doors are closed, the only light comes from a skylight above the stairs. Hopefully I'll have got the hang of it by the time the painting's done...
Onto the subject of the post then...Chocolate Ombre cake! I've been feeding my cake addiction (No pun intende...OK. Pun intended) on Pinterest when I started coming across the pink swirly ombre cake, from glorioustreats.blogspot.com. I am a chocoholic and started looking for a chocolate version. Unable to find one, I made my very own...
On the inside I used two cake recipes-Lady Mary Berry's All-In-One sponge, and the Brooklyn Blackout cake recipe from the Hummingbird Bakery cookbook. I made one layer of chocolate cake, one layer of vanilla sponge, and two mixed layers so that the ombre effect continues inside the cake.
I baked the cakes and then used vanilla butter icing to sandwich and crumb coat the layers.
I baked the cakes and then used vanilla butter icing to sandwich and crumb coat the layers.
From there I mixed up the butter icing (some chocolate and vanilla, again from the hummingbird cookbook) and mixed some together to get graduating shades. Then I filled up my piping bag and attached an open star nozzle and had at the cake with swirls!
Hooray for cake! All ready for my dad's birthday party tomorrow...
what did you think of the taste for the cake? would you think a white chocolate buttercream icing would be good? And what did you mean by mixed the layers on the inside (you didnt actually mix the batter in one pan right?)
ReplyDeleteHey! I think a white chocolate buttercream would be awesome-let me know how it goes if you do it. With the layers, I had 4 bowls. One all chocolate batter, one all vanilla batter, one 25% choc/75% vanilla, and one 25% vanilla/75% choc. Sorta. Hope this helps!!
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I cannot wait to try this. Choco fans unite.
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