Tuesday's with Dorie

I fell in love with Dorie Greenspan's cookbook.
My first attempt was to take a crack at making her black and white cake.

Here is what the final result was....

A DISASTER....

I realised I had four problems. First, you cannot be rushed when you make this cake. Second, this was not a cake for bakers chocolate. This cake requires a premium white chocolate. I realised when my cakes came out sloped, that I didn't shake my pans, to make them even. So when I cut my cake layers, the bottom portion was so small, it crumbled, split in half, as shown above.  The white icing was more like whip cream. Never reaching firm peaks. You can imagine my disappointment as I raved to my friends the day before Easter, what cake would b for desert... and then having it not turn out. Oh man, devastation set in and then I thought, NO, take some lessons away with this and try again. I will do this cake again, when I can find some premium white chocolate. I think the next cake I will make will be her party cake. Stay tuned.

I would rather try and fail, then wonder if I could do it. Practice makes perfect and my cake cutting skills, need allot more practice.