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Birthday Cake....Reclaimed!!!

Yesterday, December 1st was my son's 11th birthday and I made butter cake.....

He celebrated his big day with his close friends plus his cousins, who came all the way from Trivandrum (9 hour journey by train) along with my mom....and the kids had a wonderful time. I made chicken fried rice and chilly chicken and some snacks for lunch and then after a some games and fun, they all gathered around for the cake.....and then the disaster...



Now the disaster, while I was transferring the cake, it fell off from my hand into the counter sideways and the whole icing collapsed.....all I could hear was screams, oohs and aahs.....I was kinda smiling....and the party was about to begin....somehow I transferred the cake into another plate....scooped all the icing into a piping bag ....

The result.

And everybody heaved a relief :) the party was  back ON!

And by the way, I sandwiched the cake with chocolate buttercream icing, then drizzled with caramel sauce.

Then covered with vanilla buttercream...

And put the vanilla buttercream and chocolate buttercream into a piping bag and swirled some stars..... and chocolate chips to brighten.....


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  1. Priya SureshDecember 3, 2012 at 4:13 AM

    First of all, happy birthday to ur son.

    Fortunately his mom is very brilliant and a wonderful baker.Else none would have managed this terrific situation.

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  2. farah saleemDecember 3, 2012 at 7:22 AM

    woooooo hooooo...........my heart stopped beating when u said u dropped the cake!lol
    brave attempt n love the end look!

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  3. UnknownDecember 3, 2012 at 8:29 AM

    Wishing your son a happy birthday...this cake looks awesome and the alternate to the cake after the disaster looks equally stylish..itz all your effort ....I would have gone mad if this happened to me...keeping cool works wonders....waiting to c all your christmas goodies...guess the little boys birthday is the starter to the Christmas baking..

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  4. Sangeetha NambiDecember 3, 2012 at 10:09 AM

    Convey my hearty wishes to ur son... Cake came our sooooo perfectly...
    http://recipe-excavator.blogspot.com

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  5. ChitraDecember 3, 2012 at 7:41 PM

    wow, u have managed very well. Hope ur son and others enjoyed this cake. It looks good :)

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  6. divyaDecember 3, 2012 at 8:03 PM

    Wow! Delicious..

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  7. Suja ManojDecember 3, 2012 at 10:38 PM

    Wow it is a wonderful cake dear,hats off to you,you managed the situation,
    B'day wishes to your son.

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  8. AneetaFebruary 18, 2013 at 9:51 PM

    Hi,could you pls share the recipe of this cake and icing?That too ASAP if you dont mind pls...

    Thanks,
    Anita

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  9. AneetaFebruary 18, 2013 at 9:52 PM

    Hi,could you pls share the recipe of cake and the butter cream icing?Pls...Do you use whip cream for icing?which brand whip cream do you use?Pls share if you don't mind.

    Thanks,
    Aneeta

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    1. Nisa HomeyFebruary 18, 2013 at 10:05 PM

      Aneeta, I use Amul cream though it is low fat, I try to take cream which has come up on the top, do not shake the carton.

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  10. Nisa HomeyFebruary 18, 2013 at 10:00 PM

    Aneeta, thanks for the visit. The icing was just simple buttecream: 1 cup butter, 2.5 cups of p sugar, 1 tsp vanilla, 3tbsp heavy cream: cream butter and sugar until fluffy, add heavy cream and cream again; sometimess a little more of P sugar is needed to make it into stiff peaks..just add accordingly the cream and sugar...to make it chocolate add 1/2 cup cocoa powder while creaming...hope this helps.

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  11. AneetaFebruary 19, 2013 at 11:09 AM

    Thanks for the recipe..But my trials to make whip cream with Amul cream was a failure..It didn't form any peaks as I see in the recipes..I guess usually most of them use ready made whipped cream,which they just have to beat a bit before using..Correct me if I am wrong pls..Also could you share the cake recipe too?

    Regards,
    Aneeta

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    1. Nisa HomeyFebruary 19, 2013 at 12:04 PM

      Aneeta-Whipping up Amul cream is difficult because it is low fat; have you tried whipping it up over a bowl of ice cubes. But for this icing you need not whip the cream, what I do is, I do not shake the carton and let it sit in fridge overnight , so the thick cream comes on the top and I just scoop it out to add it to the final stage of creaming the icing, you can also add milk instead of cream, but I prefer cream. I will share the recipe, can u pls give me ur mail id, so that i can send the recipe. You can send ur mail id at contactnisahomey@gmail.com or comment here.

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  12. AneetaFebruary 20, 2013 at 12:08 PM

    I have sent you my maid id.Kindly share the recipe.

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