American Baker in Germany

 This was a birthday cake for my daughter's 13th birthday. She wanted a rainbow cake with rainbow buttercream. I filled and frosted the rainbow cake with vanilla Swiss meringue buttercream.  Then I made a batch of American buttercream, colored it rainbow colors and put it in piping bags with medium star tips.  I piped vertical stripes of rainbow stars. I piped shells along the top of the cake toward the center with the colors lining up to the stripes on the side. Then I piped some rainbow swirls along the top of the cake.    Finally, I piped a rainbow on the top of the cake. I think this cake turned out beautiful. Sabrina was very happy with it. Happy birthday, Sabrina! I had left some space on top for the candles. We ordered these rainbow candles. And this is the cake cut. Absolutely gorgeous. Watch me make this colorful cake on my YouTube channel here: https://youtu.be/_G8CwwQNrMM Schaut zu wie ich diese bunte Torte auf meinem YouTube Kanal mache hier: https:/...

This cake was one with a history. I made a dragon cake for this same friend's birthday the year before. So, let's begin with the one I had made before. The dragon was made of rice krispie treats and the cake was a ten-inch round chocolate cake filled with rainbow Swiss meringue buttercream. I was pretty happy with it. Although this was in my pure blogging days, so I don't have any video footage of it. My friend loved the cake. She said it was delicious. It was just what she wanted... there was just a bit too much of it. She would have preferred something smaller. Hence, this year, I chose to make the dragon out of cake and skip the castle altogether. I started out with two layers of 7-inch vegan chocolate cake and a batch of Swiss meringue buttercream.  I carved a general spiral into the cake.  Then I hollowed out the spiral and created one pointed end.  Then I began shaping it into a more organic looking shape using both layers stacked. I carved the s...