My first cake order of the year! Super thrilled and excited to have built this cake for Mackenzie. She asked for a cake not too rich or heavy and I think we nailed this together! I haven't eaten a touch of sugar for about two months, so she helped taste the bases of the fillings to make sure I was on track with what she requested. This is a yellow chiffon cake! Which means it's light like an angel food cake, but a bit more flavorful being that they have egg yolks, among other things angel food cakes do not contain.
Here is a shot of the inside layering. Raspberry and Mocha filling alternating rings, and each layer is alternating as well, so when consumed, she should be getting a bite of everything altogether. Yum!
The outermost layer is whipped cream, which the cake will be frosted with.
It turned out to be a high cake (I don't believe in tossing cake just so there is less height). Four cake layers, three layers of filling! No simple syrup needed. Cake will be plenty moist and delicious without it.
And here's the final product, a wonderful birthday cake for Stewart! Frosted in whipped cream, garnished with fresh raspberries, and chocolate covered espresso beans on top. The bottom which is a little difficult to see, I shaved some raspberry chocolate (found at the health food store) and created a flat scalloped border. Hard to see, but this is not flat iced, I used a comb on the side.
