Every aspiring Baker has that 1st cake that had that potential wow factor. When you look back at it after you've been baking a while, you cringe a little. Yeh, me too.
Christmas 2012. The first time I challenged myself to attempt a cake that I had loved. I saw a neopolitan cake on Pinterest and I was determined to make this cake.
At that time there were no video tutorials for it, just written instructions on how to make the cake. It was made with 2 different box cake mixes, but the frosting was homemade.
I bought french vanilla and chocolate cake mix. Strawberry preserves was added to the vanilla for color and flavor. I made 3 batches of flavored buttercream. But it wasn't enough. I underestimated how much I would need because I had to ice the cake and add rosettes.
Here's the crazy part. I was in a situation where I had leftover chocolate batter, so I opted to make cupcakes with it. Great! So here is how I ran out of frosting...I iced the cupcakes FIRST!! Why? To get that task out of the way. It was hot in my kitchen, and I had to keep putting the cake in the fridge so the icing wouldn't melt. I was trying to kill time by icing the cupcakes, but it left me with not enough vanilla frosting for the top of the cake. Oy Vey!
So after reading this, I'm sure you wanna see what my bald neopolitan cake looks like? Well, here you go. Don't laugh.
*The pic is kinda grainy as HD quality wasn't happening on my cell
But you see what I mean.
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