Sunday, February 13, 2011

I Am Baker? ...Well, sorta.

Well, I actually completed the I Am Baker Heart Cake Challenge!  I was more than a little daunted at first, but I figured the worst that could happen is that I would end up with a lot of tasty cake with a strange red blob in the middle.  Definitely a problem I could handle.  I am happy to report, though, that it worked out better than I expected!  As I mentioned before, I decided early on to use boxed cake mixes.  I don't have a go-to white cake recipe, and I didn't think this would be the appropriate time to experiment with the unknown.  For the icing, I used the buttercream Magnolia Bakery recipe I Am Baker mentions in her tutorial.  I'll be bookmarking that recipe for future use; the icing was delicious and a breeze to work with.  Anyway, enough stalling; here's the finished product:





You can definitely see a heart in there...right?  For a first attempt, I think it turned out really well.  And, of course, no one has complained about eating it.  P even enjoyed it in-process:


So, Leslie, how did yours come out?

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