Red Velvet Cake

I love baking cakes especially with Kofo but my only issue is the presentation. I can guarantee that my cake will taste nice but I cannot guarantee that it will look very pretty. With layered cakes I find that as I butter the layers, the cake tends to lean to one side. And when it comes to icing the whole cake it just looks a right mess. There are some cakes that are so well presented that they look too good to eat. That’s what I want my cake too look like. I guess I need to keep practising.
I was asked to bake a cake for a send off party for a few friends leaving Aberdeen last week and I decided to bake a red velvet cake. I was a bit worried about the presentation so I came up with a solution. To distract the cake eater from the messy look, I take a very thin slice off each  cake layer, chop them to make fine crumbs and mix in a little butter cream and the paste it all over the cake. It looks like this:
I also bought a new camera this weekend. I baked another red velvet cake to test my new camera and also test my new cake trick. What do you think.? Did I pull it off?

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  1. Unknown's avatar Wifey says:

    Don't forget to post wifey's portion

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  2. Unknown's avatar Anonymous says:

    You pulled it off, the cake looks great…

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  3. Unknown's avatar Unknown says:

    The cake looks yummy and the camera not too bad pictures!
    Just need the recipe now….

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  4. Unknown's avatar mimi says:

    You more than pulled it off, now it just looks super velvety all over!

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  5. Unknown's avatar Victor Bannerman-Chedid says:

    From your angle selection, couldn't see any tilting! Looks so yummy! What kind of camera did you use?

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  6. Unknown's avatar SaSa's Kitchen says:

    He he he – I use a Canon EOS 7D.

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  7. Unknown's avatar Stephanie O says:

    This looks really nice. Coincidentally I'm baking a red velvet cake at the mo. Had a design planned out already, but I'm definitely incorporating this into it. The cake looks really yummy.. Nice!

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  8. Unknown's avatar SaSa's Kitchen says:

    Thanks Stephanie. Pls do send us a picture when you are done.

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  9. Unknown's avatar Anonymous says:

    omg this looks really yummy, you pulled it off big time

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