A Big Chocolatey Happy Birthday to Emma & Kayleigh!!I found the perfect ganache recipe just in time for two birthdays: My gorgeous friend Emma who just turned 24, and my not-so-ickle cousin, whose 18th birthday cake I made.
Both the cupcakes and cakes, were broadly from the same recipe: chocolate cake, homemade caramel, and chocolate ganache, with a few added extras along the way...Emma's cupcakes were cored and filled with homemade caramel, and topped with chocolate and amaretto ganache! I then topped them with some fab "chocolate plastic" (recipe post to follow) roses that I made.
Kayleigh's main cake was a two-tiered labour of chocolatey love.
Layers of the same chocolate cake recipe, separated by layers of ganache, topped with chopped Mars Bars, covered in caramel. The whole cake was then covered in the smooth ganache, and more "chocolate plastic" decorations, wrapped in custom ribbon, and hand delivered by Dave and I, after a treacherous journey from Manchester through winding country lanes in the dead of night, and two very full bladders!
Along with her cupcakes, were the requested booze-filled variety of cakes: Pina Colada and Sex on the Beach Caketails.The Pina Colada were filled with a shot of pineapple juice and Malibu jelly, and topped with Malibu buttercream, a glace cherry, and of course the obligatory cocktail umbrella.
The Sex on The Beach variety were filled with a cranberry and peach schnapps jelly shot, and peach schnapps cream, piped from a double piping bag, and topped with popping candy and chocolate hearts.Although I do not take responsibility for any hangovers the next morning, watching granny, grandad and my cousin Jack's faces as they tasted the cakes (and dropped them all down themselves in grandad's case), was utterly hilarious.
I hope both girls had a lovely birthday, and I love you both loads. The cakes are only a small token of the enjoyment you give me every day!!!
Loves, L
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