Chocolate With Curls And Raspberries

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First Wedding Cake! Not the greatest, but the MOB gave me a hug when I was done, so it must not have been as terrible as I thought :) Chocolate Wacky cake with whipped chocolate ganache and chocolate bc crumb coat. Covered in chocolate fondant with semi-sweet chocolate shavings and raspberries for garnish. If anyone can give me some constructive critisism on how to make it better that would be great.

Thanks!

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This is wonderful! The corners tilt downward a bit.. but since they all do it.. I assume you meant them too.. and they look great! Nice job :)

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This is NOT criticism, because I just did my first cake (for someone other than me, anyway). The only thing I could question is if the cakes were levelled? If the tops of the cakes were rounded on top, then it might account for the downward tipping of the corners. I think the cake looks lovely and delicious!

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thank you all for the wonderful comments! No i didn't mean for the corners to droop...I used the towel method to mush down the dome so the cake was level without cutting it. I think it works fine for bc cakes, but I have a feeling the fondant mushes the corners that aren't as compacted as the rest of the cake. It was level when I started anyway :) Will have to actually start cutting them now and see if that helps.

on

This is wonderful! The corners tilt downward a bit.. but since they all do it.. I assume you meant them too.. and they look great! Nice job :)

on

This is NOT criticism, because I just did my first cake (for someone other than me, anyway). The only thing I could question is if the cakes were levelled? If the tops of the cakes were rounded on top, then it might account for the downward tipping of the corners. I think the cake looks lovely and delicious!

on

thank you all for the wonderful comments! No i didn't mean for the corners to droop...I used the towel method to mush down the dome so the cake was level without cutting it. I think it works fine for bc cakes, but I have a feeling the fondant mushes the corners that aren't as compacted as the rest of the cake. It was level when I started anyway :) Will have to actually start cutting them now and see if that helps.