this is cake

we had to make cake for fundraising. my husband beats the fluffiest egg foam, so he set himself in charge of actually baking the cake, while i got to decorate it. since he usually shrugs off icing, claiming it is for penguins. also, as we hadn't made anything for sale before, we decided to make two cakes, just in case.

this turned out to be a very good idea. the big, round cake rose beautifully, brown and plump and yummy-looking in every way. icing it, however, was no plain sailing. the cake was a little rounded at the top, so we cut off that bit. then i poured the icing on.

poured? yes. the icing was a little too runny for its own good. we had used an entire miniature bottle of coffee liqueur for it. this, mixed with some icing sugar, formed a lellow liquid which seeped into the cake, giving it a great taste, but a distinctly forlorn look.

luckily, there had been enough batter for two cakes. the other, a heart-shaped one, was smaller and thinner. however, we didn't feel the need to cut anything off it. and we only needed a little bit of icing to cover it. this time, i used a few drops of cold coffee which i mixed into lots of icing sugar. yay! off-white icing which would stay exactly where i wanted it.

of the two, the first cake was probably yummier. that's the one we kept and ate in nomitude. the second one, however, really took the cake at the fundraising cafe. they all hearted it.