When I asked my hubby what I should make for our Valentine's Day dessert, he said "cheesecake!" I politely told him, that I don't really like cheesecake, and asked what was his 2nd choice. Without hesitation, he said "strawberry cake with cream cheese frosting!" Oh, this brings back memories. This is the cake I made for him when we were dating, and is so easy. It's a boxed strawberry cake mix and tub of cream cheese frosting...pretty easy, huh? And since I didn't have to spend any time making the cake or frosting from scratch, I might as well make the cake look pretty.
This was my attempt at decorating with the ruffle design I saw over at Leslie's The Hungry Housewife, which was the most beautiful cake I've ever seen. I used this video tutorial to learn about piping this ruffle design.
I baked the cake using two 8-inch cake pans, and then added a layer of cream cheese frosting between them. I used another tub of cream cheese frosting to decorate the sides and a tub of strawberries and cream frosting to decorate the top and cake pedestal. Practice makes perfect, and I need more practice. Next time, I will use homemade frosting, probably Leslie's swiss meringue buttercream. It looks so satiny smooth and delicious!
This cake looks so beautiful! Strawberry cake is my favorite!
ReplyDeleteVery pretty:@)
ReplyDeleteRhondi, you did an excellent job! I cannot pipe frosting. I don't know why, but I just can't. Your cake is beautiful and I would love a big piece right now. Sigh........
ReplyDeleteThat looks so delicious! And I agree with Brenda, you did an amazing job.
ReplyDeleteoh, I love the ruffles! It looks almost to pretty to eat. :)
ReplyDeleteI love it. Super pretty.
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Hey Big Mamma! I am visiting you back from feed me tweet me follow me home friday! I am now following you blog! It is always amazing to me to see people decorate cakes so lovely! It is one talent I simply never developed so I can appreciate it when I see it! Hope to see you stop by A moderate life, especially on tuesday for the hearth and soul hop! All the best! Alex
ReplyDeleteI feel an overwhelming sense of urgency, like I need to learn how to pipe ruffles too! It looks like a gorgeous pink tutu! ;)
ReplyDeleteHow pretty! I bet it tasted wonderful, too.
ReplyDeleteThat is one beautiful way to decorate a cake. I'm going to have to check that video tutorial out so I can learn too. Thanks so much for linking this to Sweets for a Saturday. Believe it or not, you're in the top 5 again this week. You rock!
ReplyDeletethis cake looks beyond amazing!
ReplyDeleteyou have a fun & exciting Blog, that I'm going to start to follow...keep up the great work!
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