This cake was for a surprise…so I couldn’t post it until now…

I took elements from two videos on Youtube by “Cakes Step by Step”…and the Mandy Marvelous Mold (I saw Zoe’s Fancy Cake Youtube video)…and then hand-made the roses…I saw another cake by DanielasDelights (here) and she did the center of the roses differently…so I did a few that way…and I actually like it better…so the rest of the roses are done that way…and I think I will be doing all my roses this way going forward…there is no “bud” in the center…it’s two thin petals closely wrapped around each other (least that’s the way I did it)..and it makes a wonderful center…

My dear friend loves “red & black”…and although I was going to do a different cake for her…I had to stop myself and say…what would she like…and so it changed everything…loved it!

I will need to get the pearl mold that has 3 strands or more at a time…b/c I used the Wilton mold and it only had 1 strand and it took me 3 hours to cover the bottom tier…so lesson learned…also I didn’t have time to order it anyway…getting it now for next time…as I see I will do this again for sure :)

If you are wondering:

1st Tier – Organic English Vanilla Sponge Cake with White Chocolate Ganache

2nd Tier – Organic Red Velvet Cake with Dark Chocolate Ganache

I use the torta method for ganaching the cakes…with one change…I place a round piece of parchment under the food grade plastic cake board on top…so when I remove that…it doesn’t take off any ganache in big chunks…

I made a cake box for transport…and I save packing material…I found styrofoam corners…and it worked out great…wish I had more of that…the box is perfect!