Red Velvet Cake with Buttercream and Fondant 
The real main event of my birthday party meal was, of course, the cake! And what a cake it was–it took me nearly the whole week to prepare between baking the layers, freezing and defrosting them, filling and sealing it, and then decorating it with fondant and icing. Since I had to make up my own recipe for the icing, it didn’t quite work out the way I was hoping, since I’m clearly not experienced enough at this just yet. However, it impressed my friends, and that’s what really counts!
I’m only including the recipe for the red velvet cake layers this time because the buttercream and icing were things I put together on the fly and I completely don’t remember what I did in any sort of detail. I bought the fondant from a craft store because I definitely didn’t want to mess that up–I’ll experiment with making my own sometime in the future.
(Photos of the prep and a recipe can be found on the second page.)
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Categories: 22nd Birthday Meal · Cakes · Chocolate · Desserts · Photos · Southern/Soul Food
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Amanda on 24 Oct 2006 at 10:27 am #
I am working on my very first wedding cake, I am nervous. My bottom layers will be Butterscotch, middle is Red Velvet, and top is lemon. I want to find perfect frostings for each layer (the entire cake will be covered with fondant.And have a topsy turvy effect using styrophome.I have about four days to finish this, and I was wondering if any insight could be given… I would greatly appreciate it!
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