when i started hector’s take on ROSE’S heavenly CAKES, i sourced for the best ingredients.  for the Holiday Pinecone Cake (page 234), i thought of using a finely milled confectioner’s sugar for the chocolate fondant. india tree sells a confectioner’s sugar that is 100 times finer particle size.  it claims making a smoother fondant.  over [...]

steps 75 to 84 of hector’s take on ROSE’S heavenly CAKES: Holiday Pinecone Cake (page 234).   holiday pinecone cake 75-time to decorate – 1 holiday pinecone cake 76-time to decorate – 2 holiday pinecone cake 77-time to decorate – 3 holiday pinecone cake 78-time to decorate – 4 holiday pinecone cake 79-time to decorate [...]

steps 45 to 61 of hector’s take on ROSE’S heavenly CAKES: Holiday Pinecone Cake (page 234).   holiday pinecone cake 45-chocolate fondant is made with water and gelatin   holiday pinecone cake 46-measured carefully   holiday pinecone cake 47-the proper way to dissove gelatin is to sprinkle it slowly on room temp water and when [...]

steps 36-44 and steps 62-74   of hector’s take on ROSE’S heavenly CAKES: Holiday Pinecone Cake (page 234).   holiday pinecone cake 36-after 7 minutes it is baked -do not open the oven door prior 7 minutes   holiday pinecone cake 37-unmold immediatelly or else it will shrink   holiday pinecone cake 38-transfer to a work surface   [...]

steps 1 to 19 of hector’s take on ROSE’S heavenly CAKES: Holiday Pinecone Cake (page 234). holiday pinecone cake 01-class starts with bookwork holiday pinecone cake 02-check oven temperature holiday pinecone cake 03-start the chocolate sponge cake by greasing the baking sheet holiday pinecone cake 04-measure cocoa by weight holiday pinecone cake 05-add boiling water [...]

closeup of ROSE’S heavenly CAKES: Holiday Pinecone Cake (page 234) :

hector’s take on ROSE’S heavenly CAKES:  Holiday Pinecone Cake (page 234) was done at my baking class: made and eaten:

hector’s take on ROSE’S heavenly CAKES:  Holiday Pinecone Cake (page 234) is done as the recipe on the book, except the chocolate fondant was shaped as individual chocolate petals: this decoration was inspired from Cake Bible’s Chocolate Pinecone Cake: the near black chocolate petals was achieved by using a darker cocoa in the fondant.  i [...]