The Cake

So after all the experiments and tweaking and worrying, the big day for Dan and Fran arrived and I think it worked out ok! I made the base and the middle layer on the Tuesday before and the top on Wednesday night after having my cast taken off (hooray).  I think the cakes sitting for a couple of days meant they condensed a little again (this was evident after the wedding too – the remaining cake seemed to be more dense each day) but I don’t think it was a problem.I iced the cake the day before the wedding down in Devon and loved taking advantage of the huge country house kitchen complete with Aga of course.

I think the middle Chocolate and Creme de Cassis layer was my favourite, very much like a luxurious chocolate brownie, very rich. I may have overdosed on the white chocolate mud cake however!

What I enjoyed most, apart from seeing my two dear friends get married, was decorating it with real roses and foliage. I found the process rather cathartic before rushing off to bridesmaid duties (mainly painting nails and drinking champagne, tough). The ‘figures’ on the top are customised cinema tickets: Admit Dan, Admit Fran, significant because they met during their film MA. Oh, and yes… that is a sword.

So, congratulations Dan and Fran and it was honour to bake your cake!