07/28/2020
Second Cake Emergency! Something very exciting happened last week, yāall. A Knoxville resident that I donāt know and you donāt know (I checked) apparently typed āchocolate cake Knoxvilleā into FB and got sent to a PCC post! Maybe Iām dumb for thinking this is super cool- like, my little business showing up in a search makes it more legit- but nonetheless Iām pleasantly surprised š¬ So my NEW friend needed a birthday cake, liked the look of the chocolate/blackberry I made while quarantined a few weeks ago, and I had a single day to do it (caught me at just the right time, in the right mood, usually thatāll get you a sincere apology bc it wonāt be possible)... she asked for super simple decoration, but I was free to make the changes thatād come to mind when I tasted the first go at this.
Valrhona Cocoa Cake, Blackberry Syrup Soak, Reduced Blackberry sauce/almost jam but not quite, BlackBerry Mascarpone (only flavored w/ reduce blackberry juices this time, so no seeds), Fresh Blackberries between layers (also newāneeded some oomph w/out overwhelming seeds), and a Chocolate Swiss Meringue Buttercream (equal parts Cocoa & Ganache for more complex flavor w/out ruining texture). Maybe I shouldāve let the SMBC run w/ a paddle longer to get all the bubbles outā apparently 7ish minutes isnāt enoughā but this stuff tasted amazing. Also it looks like clay but feels like air, so thatās pretty cool š
And thatās it! Thatās all I have to say about this cake. Last time I wrote a novella in the captions so Iāll keep this one short. Oh! But I should say: there were cake domes left over and JUST enough of everything (except mascarponeā all of that went on the real cake) to make a little baby demo for me & Mike at the end. He Freaked. Out. This is definitely a keeper. First one was really goodā this one was even better ššš¬š„³
@ Knoxville, Tennessee
