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Serendipity Cake

April 28, 2011 by bblondie 29 Comments

 

Last weekend my friend Mia and I made a birthday cake for one of our friends.  I named this cake the Serendipity cake because when we first met our friend Robin it was at our favorite nail salon and Robin was convinced it was serendipity!  Little did Robin know that serendipity happens to be my favorite word so when she used it to describe our meeting I instantly knew we would become friends!  We knew that she wanted a white tiered cake with hot pink and lime green decorations.  We also know that she is a fan of hearts and sparkles so being the girly girls that we are, we ran with the idea.

Cake decorating is one of my favorite creative outlets and it’s always so much fun to work on cakes with Mia.  Who’s Mia?  Well Mia is one of my closest friends and she was my sous chef for three years.  We hit it off instantly with our common love of cake, sparkly jewelry, high heels, penguins, pop music, and Mexican food.  We’ve seen each other through everything both good and bad, we make boys dizzy which makes us giggle, and for some reason people always think we’re up to something 😉  I could really go on about the ridiculous situations we’ve gotten ourselves into, but for the time being I’m going to keep it cake!  On a professional level we work extremely well together.  We are both perfectionists, extremely organized, and have strong work ethics.  I’ll never forget when we first started working together I took a day off and left her a prep list.  That whole week she was having a difficult time with my molten chocolate cakes and it was driving her crazy.  I got a phone call from her in tears that she messed up the brunch muffins.  I told her not to worry about it because it was only muffins, but she was just so upset going on how she couldn’t make chocolate cakes, and now she couldn’t even make muffins.  At that point I knew she was going to be an awesome sous chef because she really cared about her work, was as conscientious as I am, and was ALMOST as dramatic as me.  Well we’ve come a long way since the muffin debacle!
What makes us gel even more are our differences.  Mia always like to be super prepared and follow recipes with exact measurements.  I tend to push boundaries and wing it.  When it comes to cakes I always want to do everything over the top which usually makes her very nervous.  Basically if you tell me you want a cake to spin or light up I’ll tell you sure, no problem, we got it.  This is the point when Mia starts having an anxiety attack.  Luckily we always pull it off!  At the end of the day I make her push her limits and she reigns me in. We balance each other well 🙂
So back to the Serendipity cake, it went very smooth.  Robin loves red velvet cake so we made our signature pink velvet cake with vanilla buttercream filling.  We did put a big pink fondant bow covered in disco dust on the cake when we got there, but the lighting was really bad so there is no pic.  Robin loved it and that makes it worth all the work!

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Comments

  1. Hester Casey - Alchemy says

    May 12, 2011 at 4:11 pm

    >Serendipity is the BEST word! Your cake is so beautiful. What a great friend you are to bake birthday cakes like this!

    Reply
  2. A little bit of everything says

    May 9, 2011 at 5:42 am

    >this cake looks amazing. WOW
    I only tried once using fondant and was a complete failure 🙁

    Reply
  3. Cucina di casa da lu says

    May 8, 2011 at 1:34 pm

    >Ma quanto sei brava!!!
    Tuo lavoro è bellissimo.
    Un Bacio
    LU

    Reply
  4. Erin says

    May 4, 2011 at 8:05 pm

    >You make amazing cakes! I am an amateur cake decorator, and love looking at yours to aspire to!

    Reply
  5. Elisabeth says

    May 4, 2011 at 2:50 am

    >Gorgeous cake…for sure you're a "pro"…such a girly-girl decoration. Great post, as well.
    I bid on your tr-color cookies, and hopefully no one else did!

    Reply
  6. Cakewhiz says

    May 2, 2011 at 8:36 pm

    >great cake! i love all the colors!

    Reply
  7. Brindusa says

    May 2, 2011 at 7:21 pm

    >I always liked when work is combined with friendship. Than amazing things can happen. This cake is an example. Great job, girls!

    Reply
  8. Sandra says

    May 1, 2011 at 11:24 pm

    >Aha the Pink Velvet Cake!!! This is a beautiful cake. Having worked with fondant only once I can appreciate the time and effort that went into it. Your friend is very lucky.

    Reply
  9. TheProDiva says

    April 30, 2011 at 1:00 am

    >Great friendships are sooooo necessary! The cake, like your other desserts, looks amazing!I bet it tasted just as good!

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  10. Lizzy says

    April 29, 2011 at 10:42 pm

    >OMG…another stunning dessert!!! Just gorgeous…and simple enough that I might, just might, be able to pull it off…or at least a scaled down/less professional looking version. I'm in awe 🙂

    Reply
  11. Magic of Spice says

    April 29, 2011 at 8:03 pm

    >Amazing cake…what detail, gorgeous!

    Reply
  12. Debbie says

    April 29, 2011 at 5:21 pm

    >Sounds like a great friend 🙂 I would love to be able to work on a cake with a friend, especially one as beautiful as this, congrats!

    Reply
  13. Adora's Box says

    April 29, 2011 at 5:00 pm

    >Good friends are such blessings. How fun to make a cake together. Your cake looks so perfect and polished.

    Reply
  14. Anne says

    April 29, 2011 at 2:16 am

    >All of your creations are AMAZING! But this cake…wow…it just takes the cake! : )

    Reply
  15. Joy says

    April 29, 2011 at 2:07 am

    >That is beautiful

    Reply
  16. Happy When Not Hungry says

    April 29, 2011 at 1:42 am

    >What a beautiful cake! It looks so gorgeous. Nice job!

    Reply
  17. briarrose says

    April 29, 2011 at 12:52 am

    >This cake looks amazing. Incredible job.

    Reply
  18. Erin says

    April 28, 2011 at 8:44 pm

    >Your cake is absolutely beautiful! Great job!

    Reply
  19. Eftychia says

    April 28, 2011 at 7:31 pm

    >So beautiful!! Really beautiful!!! Excellent work!

    Reply
  20. Foodness Gracious says

    April 28, 2011 at 5:32 pm

    >Your creation looks awesome, and good teamwork and friendship is doubly important in the kitchen. You remind me of a friend I have who just got back from competing on FW Cake challenge, we dont know how he done though as hes not allowed to say until its been on air.
    Thanks!!

    Reply
  21. Cooking Rookie says

    April 28, 2011 at 5:32 pm

    >What a beautiful cake!

    Reply
  22. RLV @ bittensweetblog.com says

    April 28, 2011 at 5:15 pm

    >WOW! I want one! Pink velvet?! Sign me up!!!

    Reply
  23. Steph says

    April 28, 2011 at 4:29 pm

    >Oh my gosh!! This cake is stunning!!!

    Reply
  24. Jen at The Three Little Piglets says

    April 28, 2011 at 3:06 pm

    >That's adorable – and those happen to be my two favorite colors. I keep trying to convice my 6 year old to let me paint her room that color, but she wants purple!

    Reply
  25. Joanne says

    April 28, 2011 at 2:19 pm

    >Beautiful! I just can't get into fondant. Wish I could then my cakes would look that good….well, maybe not but at least they'd look better. 🙂

    Reply
  26. Parsley Sage says

    April 28, 2011 at 1:04 pm

    >This cake is super hot! I'm imagining it with the bow and it is 'girly-girl heaven.' Well done, ladies!

    Reply
  27. RavieNomNoms says

    April 28, 2011 at 12:46 pm

    >That is just the prettiest cake! You did such a nice job!!

    Reply
  28. spiceblogger says

    April 28, 2011 at 12:30 pm

    >GOR-ge-OUS! And what a friendship. 🙂

    Reply
  29. Becky says

    April 28, 2011 at 12:14 pm

    >What a gorgeous cake! I can drool over yours, because I would never attempt anything like this.
    A lovely story, too.

    Reply

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