This week's Heavenly Cake Baker cake was Miette's Tomboy on page 145 of Rose Levy Beranbaum's Rose's Heavenly Cakes, but for some unknown reason I thought this week was the Southern (Manhattan) Coconut Cake with Silk Meringue Buttercream, on page 23. I'm not sure exactly what happened but I must have had coconut on the brain and so it was coconut in the oven as well!I was craving chocolate and thought it would be a good combination with the coconut so I made a ganache frosting instead of a buttercream. The combo was delicious at first, when the ganache was still pretty soft and liquidy, but I should have listened to the professional because once it set up, the ganache was way too heavy for the tender crumb of the coconut cake. So, overall - besides the fact that I made the entirely wrong cake - this week was kind of hit and miss for me. I am glad though to be able to read through the other HCBers' experiences with Miette's Tomboy before I get started on that one for next week.
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| mise en place for the ganache...a splash of framboise can't hurt |
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| smooth and silky ganache |
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| mise en place for the coconut cake |
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| adding the coconut flakes |
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| the batter made cupcakes...and |
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| ...two 6" rounds. That's a lot of batter! |
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| smells delicious |
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| the 6" cakes are so adorable! |
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| topped with some ganache and coconut flakes |
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| looks great! |
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| a light and tender crumb |
Bye for now...
WoW! What a LOT of cake batter. Love your little cupcakes and the 6-inch cake is truly adorable! I am looking forward to baking this one, but maybe with a light coconut frosting flavored w/coconut milk.
ReplyDeleteIt happens! It looks quite tasty with the chocolate.
ReplyDeleteHi Shandy - yes, you should definitely go with your plan of the lighter frosting. I think even just whipped cream would be really nice.
ReplyDeleteVicki - while the chocolate-coconut combo was delicious, it was a little too heavy in the end...oh well, live - and experiment - and learn :)
I had the same experience with the other coconut cake and chocolate ganache. I really want them to work well together but the ganache is just too much for the cake. i love how you decorated your cupcakes and cake!
ReplyDeleteECL - I know, right?! It really seems like it's a wonderful combination (coconut and chocolate) but just didn't work in the end :( Maybe more of a whipped ganache or chocolate buttercream would work better.
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