hector’s take on ROSE’S heavenly CAKES: Spice Cake with Peanut Buttercream (page 35), is done with hazelnut instead of peanut.  i adore the taste of peanut butter, but since i have inherited a 5 kg can of pure hazelnut paste from Italy, why not.

hector’s take on ROSE’S heavenly CAKES: Spice Cake with Peanut Buttercream (page 35), is a Wilton 3-D bear.  

hector’s take on ROSE’S heavenly CAKES: Spice Cake with Peanut Buttercream (page 35), as a bear:

for ROSE’S heavenly CAKES: Spice Cake with Peanut Buttercream (page 35), as well as most other butter cakes using the 2-step mixing method, it is imperative to have the butter at the correct temperature, so the cake batter becomes beautiful.  70 oF is ideal. using a pocket infrared thermometer: and while you wait for the [...]

hector’s take on ROSE’S heavenly CAKES: Spice Cake with Peanut Buttercream (page 35) is taken in a Wilton 3- bear pan. mix a 2x recipe to fill this pan.