Oh hey there! Tonight after the gym I completed step 2 of my wine bottle cake...the icing. As I said before I decided to use a dark chocolate butter cream frosting. I made the two cakes in the coffee can last night which took a while, but it was worth the out come, they turned out great. I kept them refrigerated all night so that they were nice and cool for the icing. I prepped ed the cakes by cutting an even top on my bottom layer. I decided to use a black cherry filling. Of course, I wasn't thinking and put the filling in without an icing dam so it oozed a bit, but I was able to fix that up after a minor panic attack. The problem is that if the fruit filling oozes out, the butter cream frosting doesn't adhere to the cake. Once I got the top layer on I carved the top to get the right shape of the wine bottle. After icing the cake and making it mostly smooth it began to get too warm from working with it so I put it in the fridge to avoid a total catastrophe....which created a problem of itself. Note to self, next cake be absolutely sure that it will fit in the fridge!! There was not enough room between the middle and top shelf, or any other one for that matter for the cake! Ugh!!! So, luckily Don heard me huffing an puffing in annoyance...I think it may have gone something like "Are you kidding me?? Why is it any time I try to do something it has to be difficult?" And then Don "Don't worry all we have to do is take the shelf out and rearrange the stuff...deep breath, if we work together we'll work it out." After a little moving around we got it in there...phew!!
The cake sat in the fridge while we made some yummy dolphin and green beans on the grill, and I also used some of the leftover batter from yesterday to throw a small 6" in the oven so people could have a taste....on this one I used the dam before the filling and it worked great. We had a little taste and oh my goodness it is AWESOME!! Even better than the one I made before as a tester...success!
I took the cake out of the fridge to smooth the icing out one final time and it looks really good. I'm going to stop at a cute little baking store I found on my way home from work tomorrow to pick up the fondant and modeling chocolate. I will be using the modeling chocolate to make the neck of the bottle. Tomorrow is break day and on Saturday I'll be putting the fondant on the cake and finishing everything up for the party at 7. The picture on the left is of the cake of course, but also the yummy Cheap Date wine that I found, and the Toasted Head bottle that I like to use as a rolling pin.
Today I learned the hard way to slow down and think things through clearly and logically before rushing though something! On the bright side, tomorrow is Friday fun day! Have a wonderful evening...sit back, kick your feet up, and enjoy a glass on me while contemplating what adventures are ahead of you for the weekend! Slainte!
P.S. Don just sat down from doing the dishes and what does he have...another piece of cake!! haha good thing we're sticking to the gym!
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