Great Success!

This weekend we had a 4 dozen order to work on, so we were pretty busy. We also had the opportunity to stop in at a great local cake shop which really got us amped. We saw so many awesome things and we can't wait to go back! For the order we made Chai Latte, Bananas Foster, Mexican Hot Chocolate, and Twilight Delight. They turned out very well and the process went pretty smoothly. (I forgot to mention that everything went smoothly BECAAAUUUUSE 80% of the time we listened to the theme song from Mortal Kombat, totally not strange at all.)

First we started with the Chai. Angela had some great loose leaf Masala Chai that we steeped in milk. We did use two extra Tazo chai bags for additional flavor. We had a great big tea strainer basket that worked perfectly, as if it were made to fit in my cute little Japanese soup bowls.

 The finished product turned out perfectly. They were so cute packaged up all nice in the little pink boxes we got at the cake shop.

After we finished working on the chai cakes we began the bananas foster. Unfortunately the rum we used for the flambe didn't have a high enough alcohol content so we didn't get the flame going like we had hoped for this time. No big, there is always next time. These banana cupcakes are probably my new favorite (I say that every time) so I am sure we will try them again very soon.

During our visit to Cost Plus World Market last week we found actual Vanilla beans that were a lot cheaper than buying them at Safeway. So this time we decided to add them to the frosting for the Bananas Fosters.

They bean itself had a great fragrance and it was really interesting to work with. We sliced it open and scraped out all of its delicious guts :) Which didn't look like much but once we added it to the batter it was plenty and added great flavor.

Our next step was creating our dark chocolate cake batter which we would then divide in half. One part for the twilights and the other for the mexicans. I always like doing the dark chocolate cake because it just looks so amazing! So dark and rich.

Yummy! My favorite part is when we mix in the sour cream and it starts to swirl in an it just looks so magical!

 

After that was completed we added the cayenne to the mexican batter. And as requested by the customer we added peanut butter chips to the twilight batter instead of white chocolate chips. 

Once we baked those up we put the cinnamon chocolate ganache on the mexicans. Oh boy did they look good. We topped them with whipped cream right before we left so they wouldn't start to melt. The whipped cream held up fine for the delivery journey.

After frosting the twilights, much like the mexicans, we drizzled them with chocolate topping. Since it is fitting with the name, we drizzle these bad boys with Ghiradelli Twilight Delight chocolate. Both Angela and I whipped out our mad crosshatching skills and they turned out great!

The finished products turned out great. And from what I heard, the customer really enjoyed them. :)

The finished line up