Coolest Homemade Handbag Birthday Cake 65

by Maureen
(Brooklyn, NY)

Homemade Handbag Birthday Cake

Homemade Handbag Birthday Cake

This Homemade Handbag Birthday Cake was a cake I made for a 30th Birthday. The person doesn't like fondant, so the cake is covered in homemade chocolate buttercream frosting, with some gum paste decorations.

This cake served approx 45 people. Use your favorite Devil's Food Cake Recipe. I needed 2 batches for the base cake - 14" round, then 4 more batches, 1 for each of the 9" x 13" layers. In between cake layers were filled with Raspberry Preserves.

After assembling the cake ( once it's cooled for about 3 hrs in the fridge), I crumb coated the cake, then carved the top to get the rounded effect of the bag, then back in the fridge for a few hours.

I made 2 double batches of dark chocolate buttercream frosting and 1 batch of light chocolate ( for the 'beige' look).

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Coolest Homemade Handbag Birthday Cake 65

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Jan 07, 2010
How cool!!
by: Marianne W

I LOVED your cake. What a unique and fun idea. It looks too good to eat!!! You are SO talented. yumm!

Jan 07, 2010
Great Cake
by: Another Bklyn Girl

This cake looks great, sounds like it tastes good too. Good Luck with your baking, and please post more.

Jan 06, 2010
handbag cake
by: Lena

This cake looks great! I'm sure using buttercream frosting was harder than using fondant for something like this. I don't like fondant much either and I've had Maureen's cakes on MANY occasions so I KNOW that it tasted even better than it looks!!

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