Wowee! Great job. Pass the chocolate, er the raspberry filled, er :D :D :D

Wish I could have passed it around. There was so much left over. My favorite is the raspberry.

Awesome!!

DOUBLE WOW!

Gail, do you mind sharing your buttercake recipe? (Is it denser than a box mix?)
Thanks,
Kathleen

Sorry, there's no secret. I use Duncan Hines Butter Recipe cake mix. The only thing I add is a little almond flavoring -- just a hint of it.

Sometimes there is a request for the WHITE cake mix. IMHO, it has "no taste" -- kinda tastes like the box. :lol: So I use the whole egg and tell them that it will not be "real white." Then I do the same thing with the hint of almond flavoring.

As far as the denseness goes, it's a tender fine texture, so I use a lot of support (dowel rods, etc) to keep the cake from collapsing. Knock on wood, I've always been very blessed. There is a recipe that can be used You may have heard of the Dream Cake. It's a recipe using the powdered Dream Whip. It gives a firmer cake -- a little like a pound cake.

I kinda dabble with cake. I have made a few wedding cakes but have always used box cake. Once I did add extra flour and egg to a batter to try and get a little more denseness but wasn't pleased. I know from watching Ace of Cakes they use a pound cake and I have seen homemade Buttercakes on different forums (ie. baking 911 and Joy the baker). I was just hoping you a "secret" up your sleeve. :lol:
I just bought all the ingredients for buttercream frosting so I can polish up my technique. I would like to go work in a bakery.

Hi, my name is Olie,,I dabble with wedding cakes and I use my Grandmother's recipe, she called it the 1-2-3-4- recipe and it works quite well...I would be happy to share if you are interested.

Olie, Share! haha! Would love some info on your cakes!

GailG, those cakes are AMAZING! Was the chocolate on the groom's cake ganache? You really did an amazing job.