What the Forks for Dinner?

Decorated Whipped Cream Cake Roll

This cake is a labor of love……not just for Valentines Day, but for any special occasion.

My idea for the first cake, I made for Christmas, came from the TV show Great American Baking Show. I love that show, and was very sad that it was canceled.

On the show, the challenge was to make a swiss roll cake, and some of the contestants decorated the cake by placing the decoration on the baking sheet, baking it a few minutes, then covering with the cake batter. When they rolled the cake, the outside had a beautiful design. Challenge accepted!!

For my Christmas Cake the decoration was a birch pattern. It turned out beautiful. I was very impressed with myself.

Even if this cake would have been a total flop…..like my first Valentines attempt….more on that later. This cake is the most delicious cake I have ever put in my mouth.

After a huge Christmas dinner Tim and I didn’t have dessert until much later that day. As we were eating it Tim said “ You know how sometimes when you are eating something and someone asks for a bite?” I said “Yes”. He said “If someone ask for a bite of this, I would say no….thats how good it is”….. I totally agreed!!

I never got around to posting the recipe for the Christmas cake, so I thought I would revamp it with a Valentines theme.

It was a disaster!! I’m still not sure what happened, but it was not the easy and perfect cake I achieved on my first try.

Try number two!! After a total revamp of the design, I discovered that, instead of baking the design, I placed it in the freezer, and it was a much easier and cleaner application.

A play on Be Mine using bees and honeycomb was the direction I wanted to go. Using a simple bee pattern I piped batter over the design, popped it in the freezer, and made the rest of the cake.

As I said this is a labor of love, it is not super easy and it does require some baking skill. While I am not a “baker” I can hold my own. Reading the directions and watching a few You Tube videos helped me immensely.

Pinterest, oh Pinterest what would I do without you??? I had a vision of a honeycomb pattern on my cake. The final product was not my original vision, but I think it turned out cute.

Colored candy melts (yellow) spread over bubble wrap makes perfect honeycomb. That same colored candy melts(black) piped my wording and once hardened was placed on the cake. Some yellow sugar and a few red hearts…….ta da!!! A cute Decorated Whipped Cream Cake Roll.