Blue Dahlia

Was very happy with the color combination And was happy with how my Dahlia came out.
This was a dairy free chocolate cake. The cake itself was good ( a King Arthur flor recipe). The ganache was 70% chocolate and coconut cream. It tasted fine, but never completely firmed up. Buttercream using anything but butter is awful. If anyone was a good dairy free buttercream, please share!

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June ("Clarky's Cakes") commented over 2 years ago

Beautiful cake. Beautiful flowers 🌸
I’m surprised you’re ganache didn’t firm up. I’ve used coconut cream. Should be minimum 3:1 chocolate to liquid. You can actually use water to make ganache. And I use this recipe for butter free icing: https://www.gretchensveganbakery.com/aquafaba-swiss-buttercream-recipe/. I decrease the amount of shortening by half and add extra vegan butter sticks.

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The Elusive Cake Company commented over 2 years ago

June, Thank you for the vegan help! My ganache recipe was one to one ( now I know why it didn’t firm up) and I will give Aquafaba a try on my next cake. Thank you for the link!