the following link takes you to my latest take on this cake: https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.329900953703464.97011.307563519270541&type=3

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):

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 [...]