Climber's Cake
This cake was an order from a friend for her husband's birthday. He loves rock climbing. I made one recipe of vanilla cake in 5 and 6 inch round cakes. And I made a recipe of strawberry Swiss meringue buttercream. I know, it doesn't look like strawberry. But I colored it with brown food coloring. After all, he likes rock climbing. Not pink cloud climbing. Before I fill the cake, I want to carve it. So, I stacked the cakes on top of each other. And I cut a slice out of one side and stacked it a bit on top. And I rounded the sides to make it look more coherent. Now we're finally ready to fill the cake. So, I spread a thin layer of buttercream and slice some fresh strawberries to fill the cake with. This also adds some height to the cake. I used a piping bag without a tip to pipe on the brown strawberry buttercream. And I smoothed it with a spatula. I think it looked quite rock-like. I placed a few whole strawberries onto the side of the cake. And I began making a climbing fi...