A sophisticated cake for a special birthday celebration

Joanne left the design of her birthday cake up to me - anything was okay as long as it said "Happy Birthday".  She requested a chocolate cake with cannoli filling  and vanilla buttercream.  I've been waiting for an occasion to try making Cornelli Lace and figured this would be the perfect opportunity.

All the designs on this cake are hand pipped buttercream.  I used pastel green sugar pearls to match the writing to add a sophisticated touch.  Take a look:

Here is a close up photo of the hand pipped cornelli lace and pastel green sugar pearls...

Sonia's Red Velvet cake....

I made this cake for a very good friend of mine to celebrate her buying her first home.  This is my first ever Red Velvet cake and first ever cake with scroll work.            

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The frosting and the scroll work are buttercream.  Though I didn't make the traditional icing that goes with Red Velvet (with nuts and coconut), the buttercream layer between the cake layers has finely chopped walnuts and flakes of coconut - yum!  

This cake comes from my Southern Cakes cookbook and I've been wanting to make it for quite some time...  Since it's Sonia's favorite, I figured that this was the perfect occasion!

 

Hopefully, it tastes as good as it looks!  Enjoy your Red Velvet cake Sonia & Daniel....and Congrats on the new house!!