American Baker in Germany

 This was a cake trend from several years ago, and I made one similar to this one then. But I remembered it being really fun, so I decided to make another one. I got some gold and black sprinkles. And I frosted a 6-inch cake dummy with vegan American buttercream. I pressed gold sprinkles on the side and black sprinkles on top. I put some vegan American buttercream in two piping bags. One without a tip and one with a medium star tip. I piped some buttercream on top and bottom of the side of the cake. And carefully smoothed it on to the side, leaving the middle open. Then I piped a simple shell border along the bottom and a rope border along the edge of the cake. But I think this cake is super cute. Sprinkles everywhere and gorgeous piping on top. It's the kind of cake that makes people ask how you did that. Watch us make this sweet sprinkles cake on our YouTube channel here: https://youtu.be/NvDthCIuzPk Schaut zu wie wir diese süße Zuckerstreusel Torte auf unserem YouTube Kanal mach...

 This is a great base cherry-flavored cake to use under fondant or in any carved or decorated cake. Cherry Cake: 1/3 cup (80g) butter 2/3 cup (150mL) oil 1 cup (200g) sugar 1/2 tsp salt 1 tbsp baking powder 3 cups (375g) flour 1 cup (250g) cherry jam 6 egg whites Cream butter. Beat in oil, sugar, vanilla, salt and baking powder.  Add flour a third at a time, alternating with the jam about half at a time until all flour and jam is combined.  In a separate bowl, beat egg whites to stiff peaks.  Fold egg whites into batter. Bake at 300°F or 160°C for 40-60 minutes, depending on the size of the pan. Watch us make this cherry cake on our YouTube channel here: https://youtu.be/eMx2aMVW_EU Schaut zu wie wir diesen Kirschkuchen auf unserem YouTube Kanal machen hier: https://youtu.be/JRgaELNb8bQ

 This cake was for my own birthday. My 6-year-old suggested making a birdhouse cake. So, I baked three layers of cherry cake. This is a 7-inch round cake and two layers of 6-inch square cake. I carved them into a house shape. I filled the cake with chocolate ganache and cherries. And I frosted the cake with ganache. I chilled the cake for a few minutes and while the cake was chilling, I modelled two yellow songbirds. Then I frosted the cake again and cleaned up the cake board. Then I rolled out some brown fondant and pressed a wood texture mat onto it. And I laid it over the cake. I panelled the sides and roof and placed a few logs of brown to support the roof. And I placed a circle cutter onto the birdhouse. And I cut out a circle of it. I filled the circle with ganache and placed brown fondant onto a stick and pressed it into the cake. Then I placed the songbirds on the cake. I used a fondant pressmold and made a bunch of green leaves. And I wound a vine of green around the cake ...