St. Patrick's Baking

Thursday, January 21, 2010

Friday Foto Fun with Valentines Mistake Cake

It's time for Carrie's Friday Foto Fun! Here is that cake I was going to post a couple weeks ago:

Cute right? I think it is perfect for Valentines Day don't you? Yeah, well this little ditty gave me a workout. But the upside is you get to learn from my mistakes. Here are a list of errors you can avoid since I made them for you:

First mistake: I was trying to make the cake while caring for my ailing child.

Second mistake: I didn't level the cake off.

Third mistake: I didn't put it on a cake board.

Fourth mistake: I tried to fill a cake without making a damn around the edge.

By the way, this is a chocolate cake (out of a box) filled with raspberry jam (from a jar) iced with chocolate frosting (from a can) and garnished with melted white chocolate. So, if you heed the warnings above, you can throw this together on the fly too:-)

37 comments:

The Blue Zoo said...

OMG! That looks yummy! I just happen to have heart shaped pans, and chocolate raspberry cakes are my fave! I think I will make this for my boys on Valentines day.

chitra said...

Good lessons Susie. The cake is a real Cutie.

blueviolet said...

There is absolutely no way I could pull that off! I know it!!!

That is so beautiful!

Jen said...

That is awesome. But how did you make the shape? Did you use a heart shaped pan?

Kathie @ my net finds said...

YUM

Buttons and Bows said...

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Have a great weekend.

Crystal H. said...

Yummy! I love your blog! I'm stopping by & following you from Friday Follow
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Braley Mama said...

Yummy!

Lisa @ Stop and Smell the Chocolates said...

It's beautiful!! Yummy! Thanks for making the mistakes for us - LOL!

Alicia said...

Oh..and I think the cake looks awesome!

Alicia said...

Thanks for those helpful tips, Susie! I need to buy a cake board, for sure!

mommytoalot said...

How good is that? wow...can i have just a little bite

Amy said...

I think it look wonderful..

MONICA-LnP said...

it still looks yummy even with all your funny cute mistakes!
stopping by from Friday follow!

knit1kids4 said...

Wow - that looks yummy!

Charlene said...

Following from Friday Follow....I love your site.

Ashley - My Front Porch Swing said...

Oh what a great looking cake! It's beautiful!! Joining you from Friday follow, I'm following you now!

Mama Bird said...

Following with Friday Follow!! Love it!

Sherry @ Lamp Unto My Feet said...

It looks delish and well worth it! :D Yum!

Flory said...

Oooh! Looks yummy!

Following from Friday Follow.

Momisodes said...

I would have never guessed you had any issues. It looks gorgeous!

EmmaP said...

lol! you crack me up! love the cake!

Midday Escapades said...

Still looks good and yummy to me!

Thanks for linking up at Friday Follow. I am already following and stopping over to say hello. Happy Friday Follow!

~ Lynn
http://www.middayescapades.com

Sharon said...

If my successes looked like your failures I'd be thrilled!

Megan said...

That cake looks delicious! I am always so bad at being on top of holidays like that - I never start stuff until the day of, and then am like, oh my goodness, not enough time!

heartnsoulcooking said...

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Geri

Melissa B. said...

Awesome...Susie, even your mistakes look lovely. Great job!

debi9kids said...

OH.MY.GOSH! That looks absolutely delicious! and the bonus to messing up means you get to eat extra, right????

angie said...

I guess the thing with making mistakes is that we can figure out how NOT to do it next time. I think it looks great though!

Together We Save said...

I love this cake...

Honey Mommy said...

I bet it tastes as good as it looks!

Amber @ Classic Housewife said...

Perfect Schmerfect. It looks and sounds delicious!

Thanks for stopping by my blog last week - have a great day!

Cake Mom said...

I bet it tasted delicious though!

Diane {Created by Diane} said...

It looks so delicious!
Great job!
I linked up to Hoosier Homemade's Valentine party too I hope you have a chance to stop by and see what I made :)

Hoosier Homemade said...

That looks amazing! Sorry you had some trouble! Thanks for linking up to the Valentine Party!
~Liz

Amy said...

This is amazing. I am going to make my Heart Cake today. It won't look anything like this one. Thanks again for linking this up to my Round Robin..

Have a great weekend.

Joyful said...

sounds interesting..a chocolate cake with raspberry filling.

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