sgrammatico
sgrammatico
80Th Birthday Cake
This cake was a challenge! I made it for my husband's grandfather's 80th birthday party. My in-laws are Sicilian and I wanted to do something traditional. I decided to make a Cassata alla Siciliana which is basically an Italian cream cake with cannoli filling. The cake itself was 18" in diameter and a little over 4" high. I iced the top of the cake with a basic sugar icing and I covered the sides with Marzipan. The most of the fruit is made out of chocolate along with the "happy birthday" plate. The grapes/flowers are gumpaste. Needless to say after all the stressing out I surprised even myself! Not too bad since I just started "baking" 6 months ago. I hope you like it.