Backsliding

I thought I had experienced a cake-making epiphany the other day. I was wrong. Boy, was I wrong.

Today we made a honey bee cake, which had honey buttercream underneath a layer of ganache, and a bunch of little bees piped on top. My bees looked like their faces were beaten with a bag of nickels: 

Yikes.  The ones in the bottom row towards the left are especially suspicious looking. I imagine this is what real bees look like after my mom shocks them to death with her electric fly swatter.

Not all of them were terrible: 

The sad ones always look the best. Is this a disturbing trend or what?

I’d also like to point out that I made fantastic stingers:

My beez gotz junk in they trunk, yo.

I drowned my sorrows by eating my body weight in ganache. No big deal.

I also forgot to post pictures of another cake I made this week… it’s a Black Forest Cake but I like to call it the “Disco Party Cake” because we had to decorate it so ostentatiously.

Holy 80s! Check out those geometric chocolate cutouts and that cocoa snowstorm on top. The look of this cake sort of reminds me of a carousel. If you haven’t had a black forest cake, it’s chocolate cake with a cherry filling iced with Chantilly cream. The cake is soaked in lots and lots of booze, which may explain the circus-like decorating job.

Two more days of cake making before I am home free (until Advanced Cakes next term… EEEEEEK!!!!!) Heaven knows what tomorrow has in store. Hopefully I won’t be piping any more insects.