it took me 20 years to make the cake on the cover of The Cake Bible, kindly proclaiming it as my graduation:
http://www.realbakingwithrose.com/2009/04/hectors_cake_bible_graduation.html
it took me less than 1 year to make the cake on the cover of Rose’s Heavenly Cakes, for my nephew’s graduation: ROSE’S heavenly CAKES: Bernachon Palet d’Or Gateau (page 107):
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ROSE’S heavenly CAKES: Bernachon Palet d’Or Gateau (page 107), as close as it gets:
note that i torted the layer in half and filled it with ganache.
for ROSE’S heavenly CAKES: Bernachon Palet d’Or Gateau (page 107), i used this chocolate to make the fantastic ganache frosting:
ROSE’S heavenly CAKES: Bernachon Palet d’Or Gateau (page 107), at the banquet:
ROSE’S heavenly CAKES: Bernachon Palet d’Or Gateau (page 107), at Seattle University spring 2010 commencement:
for my nephew:
les perles and edible gold:
i baked the cake and applied the ganache, then i flew to Seattle. the night prior commencement, i applied the glaze.
the morning of the commencement, i traced the logo and placed the gold: pearl by pearl, freckle by freckle. on the bathroom sink of my hotel, with my micro projector taped on the medicine cabinet which indeed was perfect, as opening/closing the cabinet door would give me the perfect angle.
