Louis Birthday Cake: Final Comments

Well, the cake was a success. Potent with vanilla flavor and creamy rich textures. Still, I think I would have done things a little differently. The cake itself was quite rich and too heavy to absorb the vanilla cream. Much of the cream oozed out the sides of the cake. The effect wasn't without it's appeal. Vanilla cream is good no matter where you find it. I think next time I'll use a Genoise cake. I'm also not 100% sure about the boiled frosting on a birthday cake. It did make an interesting "snowscape" for the Star Wars figures, but it also oozed down the sides of the cake. Once again, it wasn't exactly unattractive. I imagine the boiled frosting would have held it's shape better if I'd whipped it longer. Perhaps next time either another layer of vanilla cream (now we're getting into trifle territory) or frost the whole thing with the more traditional buttercream frosting.