Last night I began by making the 7 inch coconut cake. Although it took a little longer to cook than expected thanks for the smaller tin I used (and therefore higher cake), it seemed to turn out ok. I also melted together chocolate and cream then whisked it to make the ganache. This morning, when I got to cut the top off, I discovered that it had turned out well, though it had a weird hole in the top, which I think developed from me testing it with a cake thermometer a little too long. But I got down to ganaching it around mid-morning. It didn't take too long, though I'm yet to do a final hot knife over it to smooth it out. That's a job for later this evening. My nieces and nephew were over and enjoyed having bits of the coconut cake top and the dark chocolate ganache. I think a few adults also enjoyed spoonfuls of leftover ganache as well! Later in the afternoon I coloured the fondant, which took a little while, but not so much colour gel as last time (used a whole container to get the right red, and then it was still a little pink). I must saying, giving myself 3 days to do it and then an extra day at the end was a great idea.
Need to by more fondant to cover the board and make the bow, but otherwise doing pretty well (famous last words?).
Last night I began by making the 7 inch coconut cake. Although it took a little longer to cook than expected thanks for the smaller tin I used (and therefore higher cake), it seemed to turn out ok. I also melted together chocolate and cream then whisked it to make the ganache. This morning, when I got to cut the top off, I discovered that it had turned out well, though it had a weird hole in the top, which I think developed from me testing it with a cake thermometer a little too long. But I got down to ganaching it around mid-morning. It didn't take too long, though I'm yet to do a final hot knife over it to smooth it out. That's a job for later this evening. My nieces and nephew were over and enjoyed having bits of the coconut cake top and the dark chocolate ganache. I think a few adults also enjoyed spoonfuls of leftover ganache as well! Later in the afternoon I coloured the fondant, which took a little while, but not so much colour gel as last time (used a whole container to get the right red, and then it was still a little pink). I must saying, giving myself 3 days to do it and then an extra day at the end was a great idea.
Need to by more fondant to cover the board and make the bow, but otherwise doing pretty well (famous last words?).
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