Cake for Dinner?!

Cake for Dinner?!

April 1st, 2011 @ 1:40 pm by Mrs. Pain au Chocolat
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If you wrecked your diet after the last cake posts, I’m sorry. Perhaps you should look away…because more cake is on the way! (The answer to the above question is a resounding yes, BTW.)

You’ve seen this bag before, so you know what’s coming!

We loved the Hotel duPont cake samples, especially the hazelnut pound and apricot filling! And we’re confident they can make the cake of our dreams. So why haven’t we ordered our cake already? Well, since our last tasting we decided the cake needs more than one flavor and asked to try a couple more combinations.

Missing out on the chocolate flavors was really eating away at me, so we asked for samples of:

Chocolate ganache (bottom left) & Grand Marnier pound cake
Swiss chocolate cream filling & Swiss chocolate cake
Raspberry filling (top left) & marble cake

Popping the container open, the room filled with the distinct smell of CAAAAAAAAKE! Nom nom nom nom. Grand Marnier pound (lower left), Swiss chocolate combo (top left), and marble (right, obviously) vied for our forks’ attention.

The above photo is the chocolate Swiss filling and cake with buttercream frosting and finished in fondant. This isn’t typical thick, chewy, flavorless fondant. But we’re still not wild about it. Good news is that it’s easy to peel off if our guests want to pass and cut straight to the icing.

I could have inhaled the sweet perfume of the chocolate ganache all night. Oh. My. Goodness. I think my heart had palpitations from the aroma alone.

Diving into the raspberry (hohohoooooo OMG, so zingy) and Grand Marnier—perfection.

Velvety smooth and oh-so-rich ganache and marble pound—another great pairing.

Coming up for air, we realized we had a dilemma. A good dilemma. We now had TWO awesome flavors to decide between: raspberry/Grand Marnier and ganache/marble. But wait! Isn’t our baker using at least three tiers? Oh, yes! Decision made. Each of our favorites will get its own tier. Yum!

Now we just have to decide on a design!

Which slice of cake would you grab first? Does your cake have different flavors, too?

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14 Responses to “Cake for Dinner?!”

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Mrs. Spaniel (message) 6,792 posts, Bee Keeper

Yes, yes, and yes. Ganache and marble!!!

4/1/11 @ 1:48 pm (reply)

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Miss Crepe (message) 313 posts, Helper bee

homegirl you are KILLING MEEEE.

4/1/11 @ 2:08 pm (reply)

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mrsbowieii (message) 692 posts, Busy bee

Marble and raspberry would be my first stop… We have 4 tiers, 3 flavors, and 2 fillings but it’s soooo good. Lol

4/1/11 @ 2:12 pm (reply)

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Miss Tartlet (message) 3,207 posts, Sugar bee

My fork would make a beeline for that swiss chocolate combo, but I’d *have* to taste all of them (of course)! We’re going with different flavors, too.

4/1/11 @ 2:18 pm (reply)

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xtatic1 (message) 778 posts, Busy bee

Oh you are making me so hungry! Is it lunch time yet (yes I am totally ok with eating just cake for lunch)? I am not usually a chocolate girl but that swiss cakes looks divine! Maybe it is the stripes! YUM!

4/1/11 @ 2:46 pm (reply)

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mizzbaseball (message) 83 posts, Worker bee

oh. my. god. must go find a cake to eat right now!! I *think* our cake is chocolate with a mixed berry filling.. but i really don’t know lol a girl I went to high school with is a pheonominal baker so I just told her to “go with it” and that the only flavor I didn’t like was carrot cake. So it’ll be a big surprise!

4/1/11 @ 3:13 pm (reply)

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Miss Gazelle (message) 994 posts, Busy bee

All of these cake/cupcake posts today are making me so hungry!! The GM/raspberry sounds delicious. Well, really, they all sound delicious!

4/1/11 @ 5:14 pm (reply)

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IslandSoiree (message) 197 posts, Blushing bee

We’re right down the road from you, next to Longwood Gardens!

These all look fantastic, its super that you decided to go with different flavors!

4/1/11 @ 5:26 pm (reply)

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frenchiebride (message) 24 posts, Newbee

We’ll have 2 flavors in our cake, my fav and his. He will have chocolate cake with raspberry filling and my flavor is a version of a lil’ known southern favorite - pig eatin’ cake (its yellow cake with mandarin oranges and the filling is crushed pineapple/whipped cream/vanilla pudding mix). We weren’t a big fan of fondant either though, so its all buttercream on the outside. That chocolate piece you showed is definitely making me crave some cake - they all looked delicious though!

4/1/11 @ 6:01 pm (reply)

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Miss Candy Apple (message) 1,465 posts, Bumble bee

Mmmm sooo hungry. I want that Swiss combo. NOW.

4/1/11 @ 6:15 pm (reply)

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Miss Elephant (message) 6,182 posts, Bee Keeper

The raspberry/Grand Marnier sounds delicious!

4/1/11 @ 9:07 pm (reply)

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Mrs. Meerkat (message) 3,216 posts, Sugar bee

Your killing me P! I have to second the raspberry/Grand Mariner flavor…O.M.G. Just go ahead and mail me a piece after the wedding, k? hehe

4/4/11 @ 10:23 am (reply)

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Miss Pain au Chocolat (message) 1,698 posts, Bumble bee

@IslandSoiree: Hey there, local lady! On a side note about Longwood: Everyone asked us if they do weddings. Sadly, they do not and it has not changed in the 10 years since I’ve lived here. Pretty sure I immediately checked after my first visit there.
@Mrs. Meerkat: Sure, I bet we’ll have extra. How do I make sure the post office doesn’t eat your piece??

4/4/11 @ 8:52 pm (reply)

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