Hi Selma, wished I’d seen your post a couple of days earlier! I did actually bake the cake in the terracotta pot (as in the tutuorial I followed). Problem was, I realised after I;d baked it, was that in this particular tutorial she did not torte the cake at all…just ganached it & I did not want one big tall lump of cake without any filling. So, by the time I had made a couple of layers & filled with ganache, somewhere along the line I lost the shape of the pot anyway :(( To be honest I ended up with a more or less straight “pot” was it was a bit of a waste of time & money anyway doing it that way (unless its just my not great skills!). I would definitely do it the way you suggest Selma. I haven;t done too much carving of cakes as yet & your suggestion of the templates is a great idea, but even without that, I don;t think I would bother with baking in a real pot again. Also, the cake itself turned out, what I would call a big “doughey” it was a white choc mud, but the texture was almost “bread pudding” like (if you know what I mean) , definitely not quite how it should a good mud should be. Luckily it was only for a family member, not a paying customer, but I do have another to make in a couple of weeks so your suggestions will definitely come in handy. Very much appreciated, thanks. Jen
