England Birthday Cake
This cake was for a cousin who had recently turned 18. What does he like? He loves England and everything about it. So, this cake was England themed. I started out by baking one layer of 10-inch square chocolate cake, which I cut into four layers of 5-inch square cake and two layers of 6-inch chocolate chip cake which I cut into four layers as well. Then I filled and stacked the cake with dairy-free Swiss meringue buttercream. First, the six-inch layers onto a cake board. Then I crumb coated the cake in dairy-free Swiss meringue buttercream. I also stacked the five-inch chocolate cake layers the same way, but this time I included a thinner cake board underneath the stack because I knew I would be stacking it on top of the other tier. This one also ended up taller than the other tier. After the crumb coat had set up, I frosted it again taking my time to get the edges as straight as I could. Then I covered the tiers in white fondant. I have a hard time ...