Ok, so it's only 90 seconds. I'm doing it with my favorite event planner, who does a weekly segment and wanted to have me on.
I'm taking one or two display cakes (one will be my asian cake, plus something new), plus a 6" sample to cut and serve.
She wants me to do something pretty in terms of contrasting colors and "unusual" in terms of flavor, for the sample that we'll cut up.
Any ideas? So far I've considered
White cake brushed with almond syrup and filled with orange mousse?
White chocolate cake with pistachio BC?
Vanilla caramel cake with caramel espresso or chocolate filling?
Lemon cake with pomegranate BC?
Anything else you can think of that will be pretty in contrast, but not the usual white with raspberry?
I'm nervous but excited. Now, if I can just figure out how to tape on my VCR...!
Fun: Neopolitan cake - Bake three 1 inch layers, one choc, one vanilla, one stawberry
Dramatic - Seven layer Pina Colada cake- three 1.5 inch layers of coconut cake split, soaked with Malibu and layered with of coconut pastry cream and fresh pineapple filling.
European- Chiffon cake soaked with Frangelico, alternated with layers of hazelnut dacquoise, hazelnut buttercream and ganache. ( I make this cake , cover it with ganache and sprinkle it with gold leaf for special occasions.)
I recently glanced through a bridal mag, and I noticed a lot of navy/white bridesmaid dresses. That combo would show up well on camera.
txkat, my mouth is watering!
Ooohh that reminds me; I have a great pineapple curd that I make, and a great coconut cake, and some rum...HMM!
I also just saw a Sylvia Weinstock idea for white cake with 3 fillings, two of apricot, middle of pistachio; it looked pretty.
Also like the idea of my "Italian Wedding Cake"--vanilla sponge cake soaked with rum and filled with a marsala zabayon, but that's going to look pretty boring (even though it tastes amazing).
Maybe I need more than one sample, heh heh. Wonder how many people are at the tv station...
maybe pale lemon cake with blueberry filling...
Use something that the viewing audience will all know what it is. You probably do not want to waste part of your 90 seconds explaining what a zabayon (or a dacquoise) is.
I agree MaisieBake; it needs to be something yummy but recognizable.
I couldn't sleep last night until I figured it out, so I'm probably going to go with
Chocolate cake filled with caramel espresso buttercream, and/or
lemon cake filled maybe brushed with a bit of ginger syrup and filled with lemon mousse and fresh raspberries (which is a twist on the standby white with lemon or white with raspberry, but a little creative, which is what she asked me to come up with). It's a 7 a.m. tv spot, so it's cake for breakfast, so I figured something chocolate and espresso would go with coffee in the a.m....
For a display I think I'll do a copy of that pretty white Buddy Valastro cake that I've seen on here and I think it was on that 50 Best Wedding cakes on Brides website. Gotta start on that today, so I'll post a pic when it's done.
They should provide you with a DVD once it's complete. Can you get a release to use it in your own marketing?
Change of plan...
I was supposed to go in next Monday to record, but they decided to put us off til after the inauguration. I was disappointed, but they also said they want to do not just a 90-second blip but an actual in-the-field "day in the life" SEGMENT, where they follow my wedding planner around, so part of that would be her doing a cake tasting with me, maybe a dress fitting, etc. So that's even better, but we don't have a date yet. Let's see if it actually happens...
Hey Stef, What channel? I"ll record on my dvr if in the early morn so I can watch later. Hey Good Luck and have fun with that! 
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