Monday, September 21, 2009

Congratulations Tonya!

Tonya was named "Employee Of The Year" and will be representing the clinic in the statewide "Employee Of The Year" competition.

This called for a celebration and celebrations call for cake!















  • Two 9x13 layers of Yellow Layer Cake from Baking Illustrated was a terrific starting point - it was very moist, dense and delicious.
  • Caramel Buttercream Frosting between the layers from a cookbook called "cupcakes" by Shelly Kaldunski - this could become one of my new favorite frostings!
  • Vanilla Buttercream Frosting from seriouscakes on YouTube - this is definitely one of my favorites (it pipes and holds up well without being too sweet)!
  • Homemade caramel was drizzled between the rosettes and in the small rectangle in the center of the cake.
  • A few milk chocolate chips topped the rosettes and added just a little bit of color.
My thought was that this would be a great afternoon snack - there was only one piece left by 11:30.....

Good luck Tonya on the statewide competition - I'm thinking another cake will be in order.....

5 comments:

  1. Jeff, your decorating skills are really good! With the buttercake and caramel, that is one rich and delicious cake. I'm sure everyone at work were trilled when you brought this in.

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  2. Wow great looking cake. Im sure it was tasty too!

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  3. What a beautiful cake! I love the different textures and fillings - but design on the top is wonderful. I'm sure everyone enjoyed it and were quite impressed!

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  4. The jam was from my sweet little old uncle in Nebraska. He makes jam every year and send some home with my parents. His choke cherry is so good!

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  5. You did an amazing you with that cake! Thanks for sharing :)

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