It’s a Piece of Cake to Bake a Pretty Cake
What better way to celebrate Dr. Apricot’s birthday than with a cake? Expert baker Idlewild and I teamed up to construct something reminiscent of a cherry chip cake, but with a bit more class.
Here’s what we did: we started with a double batch of the batter for the Veganomicon Jelly Doughnut Cupcakes, and added 2 cups of candied cherries. We filled two 8″ cake pans, and baked them for 30 minutes. For frosting, we used a batch of the Vegan Cupcakes Take over the World buttercream frosting with the addition of 1 Tbsp of the syrup from a jar of maraschino cherries. Frost, pipe on some decoration and finish up with sprinkles, maraschino cherries and candles, and now you’ve got your own Cheery Cherry Cake.
Gorgeous cake for a fun celebration.
Comment by VeggieGirl — June 21, 2008 @ 7:18 pm
That IS a pretty cake. Great idea, adding the cherries in - bet it was delicious! Happy B-day :)
Comment by madcap cupcake — June 21, 2008 @ 10:33 pm
Beautiful!
And I love the layout of your site–it’s fab.
Comment by Mad About Udon — June 26, 2008 @ 11:42 am
I think that another cup of cherries would have been better, but we didn’t have any more! They were really good, though.
Thanks so much, Mad about Udon!
Comment by jeffrey — June 26, 2008 @ 11:47 am
When I was little and imagined what heaven was like, it was filled with cakes that looked just like this. I’ll have to try making one.
Comment by Maggie — June 28, 2008 @ 1:13 am