Rose Cake Delight

Cake #1 a.k.a. "Practice Cake"

The Roses here are a little bit more loosey goosey than my second cake, which is why I call this my practice cake.

Inside... layers could have been cut more evenly... probably could have squeezed in another stripe, but I'm a first-timer so ya can't really hold it against me ;)

 Cake #2 a.k.a. the "Do It Better Cake"

From the start, I warned my family that I was going for looks with this cake. Not taste. I mean, this was a project for me to learn how to skillfully create roses and create vertical layers... Luckily for everyone else, the cake really did and does taste awesome. Very moist and perfect with a scoop of ice cream. 

Rose Cake

Well, this was a bit frustrating, but I love the challenge of this project anyway. I baked 2 cakes. One chocolate and one vanilla. The first vanilla cake I made fell apart when I tried to take it out of the pan so.... I ran to the store before my 10:15 PM soccer game (!) and bought another box.

After soccer, I came home, made the vanilla cake...leveled it off and put it in the freezer next to the chocolate cake. 

Today, the above picture was the next step. Cutting out circles and mixing them together to create what you see. I was nervous. But it appears to be all OK. Crossing my fingers hoping it will be!

Next step is frosting those babies! Just another thing to be nervous about... Silly me, I didn't think it out that I would end up with TWO cakes (since I did two different flavors). What to do, what to do...