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Are they all like this?      CakeCentral.com Forum Index » General Author Message cutthecake Forum Addict Joined: May 19, 2008 Posts: 997 Location: NY Posted: Mon Aug 03, 2009 9:06 am  I made my first three-tier, Oreo buttercream-filled, ganache-under-fondant -covered cake with edible images and marshmallow fondant roses this past weekend for a family reunion. It weighed a ton. I love rich sweets, but this was REALLY RICH and SWEET! I can't imagine why.....sugar, powdered sugar and more sugar, chocolate, white chocolate, heavy cream, Oreos, butter, Crisco, marshmallows. I loved it, but some people thought it was too much. So, how much do you think a 3-tier cake weighs, and how many CALORIES do you think are in a slice? (I don't know how much more of the leftovers I can eat...but I'm working on it.) Who wants to do the math? Are all ganache/fondant cakes like this? http://cakecentral.com/modules.....id=1427294 Parable Forum Fanatic Joined: Feb 17, 2006 Posts: 1032 Location: Jacksonville, Florida Birthday: Sep 18 Posted: Mon Aug 03, 2009 9:13 am  Beautiful cake!!! Sounds like you are on a sugar high Let's don't think about the calorie thing.....just not polite. Doug Forum SuperStar! Joined: Jun 28, 2005 Posts: 9455 Location: NC - just off I95, North of the Border Posted: Mon Aug 03, 2009 9:19 am  and do you ask a woman her age???? calories are in the same category of forbidden questions! GREAT CAKE --- send leftovers to me! mjk350 Frequent Member Joined: Jul 06, 2009 Posts: 289 Posted: Mon Aug 03, 2009 9:19 am  Wow, fantastic cake!!! I don't even think of calories when eating cake. LOL cutthecake Forum Addict Joined: May 19, 2008 Posts: 997 Location: NY Posted: Mon Aug 03, 2009 9:26 am  I don't think of calories WHEN I'm eating cake. Those evil thoughts creep up when I'm putting the fork in the dishwasher. And when I'm trying to zip my jeans, which seem to have shrunk mysteriously. MavericksMommy Frequent Member Joined: Jun 05, 2006 Posts: 346 Location: Delaware Birthday: Dec 24 Posted: Mon Aug 03, 2009 9:27 am  I'm sure you worked it all off by making the cake! I wouldn't worry about it! BeeBoos-8599_ Forum Addict Joined: Jan 31, 2009 Posts: 774 Location: East of KC MO Birthday: Sep 23 Posted: Mon Aug 03, 2009 9:31 am  Funny timing. Last night for our anniversary I made my hubby a brownie in one of those round pans with fluted sides that has an indented center and filled it with chocolate cream pie filling then put chocolate curls on top of it. Do you think callories even entered his mind when he sat down with 1/4 of it in one sitting?? HELL NOOOOO! lol rule #1 calories and cake should never be mentioned in the same sentence rule #2 the is never to much chocolate rule #3 "too rich" is not possible. kilikina_24 Regular Member Joined: Jul 16, 2008 Posts: 160 Posted: Mon Aug 03, 2009 9:31 am  mjk350 wrote: Wow, fantastic cake!!! I don't even think of calories when eating cake. LOL ditto...if we don't think about them they don't count, right?? Beautiful cake! It's frustrating sometimes, isn't it?? "This is soooo sweet!" Well, yeah...it's cake, it's dessert, there's sugar in there....IT'S SUPPOSED TO BE SWEET!!! dawncr Regular Member Joined: May 24, 2008 Posts: 183 Location: Illinois Posted: Mon Aug 03, 2009 9:38 am  Beautiful cake! No wonder it made some people cry. Your family might be among those who find powdered-sugar-based buttercreams to be "too sweet." I'm starting to believe persons fall into one category or the other: 1) Love the European buttercreams/Hate PS buttercream--"too sweet" or 2) Love PS buttercream/Hate European buttercreams--"too much like eating butter." Some recent research found that some persons (e.g., those more likely to be of English/UK heritage) could differentiate degrees of sweetness more finely than other persons. Maybe these are the ones who find PS buttercream "too sweet?" Note: These were significant group differences, not 100% mutually exclusive categories Also, how big were the pieces? Were they 1" x 2" slices? If they were Jethro-sized pieces, then most people might find them too big to finish. Nutritional information? We kinda just ignore that around here.... CakeRx Junior Member Joined: Jul 29, 2009 Posts: 61 Location: Middle Tennesee :D Birthday: Mar 17 Posted: Mon Aug 03, 2009 9:57 am  Uuhhhh...over here? The lady with three teenage boys? We'll take all your leftovers and everyone else's, too. Great Cake. I'll bet your relatives were floored with the sentimentality and care with which you created this. cutthecake Forum Addict Joined: May 19, 2008 Posts: 997 Location: NY Posted: Mon Aug 03, 2009 10:01 am  We're a family of cannoli-eating dessert lovers. There were more desserts than food at the reunion. My mother was known as the gingerbread lady because she ALWAYS had some kind of cookie or cake available to everyone who entered our kitchen (to eat there and to take home). The cake slices were more like Jethro-on-steroids sized. Nothing dainty. Nutritional information? Eggs are a good source of protein. That's all I've got for nutrition. Last edited by cutthecake on Mon Aug 03, 2009 12:37 pm; edited 1 time in total cutthecake Forum Addict Joined: May 19, 2008 Posts: 997 Location: NY Posted: Mon Aug 03, 2009 10:04 am  Thank you for all your flattery. I plotted and planned that cake for weeks. It was far from perfect, but they loved it. Except for the oldest cousin (now a grandmother) who removed the ribbon from the bottom tier and threw it out becuse it was covering her picture! That's another story. playingwithsugar Forum SuperStar! Joined: Aug 31, 2005 Posts: 6310 Location: To All of You and your families, near and far. Birthday: Nov 20 Posted: Mon Aug 03, 2009 10:07 am  cutthecake wrote: Nutritional information? Eggs are a good source of protein. That's all I've got for nutrition. See Bill Cosby - Cake For Breakfast http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Oqy5TMVWYn0 Theresa cutthecake Forum Addict Joined: May 19, 2008 Posts: 997 Location: NY Posted: Mon Aug 03, 2009 10:09 am  playingwithsugar, I don't even have to open that link to know what it is. That's one of my all-time favorite comedy routines, and I remember when he first performed it. I have often sung, "Dad is great...give us the chocolate cake!" Last edited by cutthecake on Mon Aug 03, 2009 10:30 am; edited 1 time in total jamiekwebb Frequent Member Joined: Apr 15, 2008 Posts: 351 Posted: Mon Aug 03, 2009 10:30 am  My boys sing that when they staywith mamaw and papaw... he gives them cake for breakfast Display posts from previous:   All Posts1 Day7 Days2 Weeks1 Month3 Months6 Months1 Year  Oldest FirstNewest First     CakeCentral.com Forum Index » General You cannot post new topics in this forum You cannot reply to topics in this forum You cannot edit your posts in this forum You cannot delete your posts in this forum You cannot vote in polls in this forum You can attach files in this forum You can download files in this forum Translation: