Seven-Layer Cake, 2011 Edition

[amphipodgirl]

When I asked Harold what kind of cake he's like for his birthday, he settled on seven-layer cake, a favorite from his childhood.  I spent much of his birthday weekend putting it together. I want to record some of the process here, partly as a reference for the future should I try to make it again, so this will be a very detailed post.  What I came

Comments

[hzatz]

It was a fine cake. I deeply appreciate the effort you put into it.

The sponge cake layers didn't seem right ahead of time, but they were very very close, once the cake was all put together. About the only innovation needed is some way to make them flat, so that the assembled cake needn't lean to one side.

The frosting used for the outside was similar to the stuff I remember on the inside, as you wrote. The outside should be darker brown and fudgy. I suspect that the outer icings might be more closely approximated by something less rich and more sweet and dense--like the cans of Duncan Hines frosting you can buy in a store.

Possibly we should have some frosting tasting experiments, to get a better idea of where we're going.

[neko_san]

I really liked the buttercream on the outside. =D. I want to say that the cake layers seemed thin, but I don't know how youd do a seven layer cake that was less than two feet tall if e layers were any thicker.