German Celebration Cake
German Celebration Cake!
Chocolate, Red Velvet, and Lemon
How fun is this! And, a colossal pain in the rear to bake. No word of a lie, this beauty is labor intensive. I don’t make a Neapolitan Cake for just any reason because it’s that outrageous.
That being said… I really wanted to make this for a special BBQ our family was attending. Our church congregation/parish/ward was reorganized and The Sugary Shrink is now attending a Germany speaking service. Nope, I don’t speak German. Yeah, I sorta can follow along – sorta. Maybe. Better with an interpreter.
The BBQ was a way to everyone to get together and talk, eat, play games, relax, etc. It was a wonderful event. I thought baking a cake that says “Germany” would demonstrate our gratitude for the warm welcome.
I think it was well received – there were several smiles and associated head nodding up and down with accompanying “hmmm mmm” and one fine lady declared it, “Bombastic.” (I took that as a good thing).
This cake requires the work of baking three different cakes (and it’s no use making half batches of each of these flavors – I’m already mixing it, so I bake one 8″ round and use the remainder of the batter for cupcakes). Three cakes!! And, on top of that, I was baking a special-order carrot cake – which, turned out so cute. I just hope it was as yummy as it was pretty.
All that being said, I was really happy with the results of this German Celebration Cake.
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| Lemon Cake is the bottom layer and Red Velvet is the middle layer. The Vanilla Buttercream frosting has been tinted to match the layers, but I chose the flavor to be blendable with all the layers. The cupcakes, however, were filled and frosted with complimentary icing. |
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| Talk about a headache in ‘detail oriented.’ But, it looks awesome. |
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| Really?! Why didn’t someone stop me?! I crumb-coated each layer in the tint-appropriate buttercream…just in case this base layer of frosting peeked through the roses. Note to self, “you don’t have to follow every idea.” |
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Buttercream Roses in progress. I like the way things were looking.
 Finished cake with a sample of the cupcakes The Chocolate Cupcake is filled with a lucious peanut butter cream filling, frosted with a small ring of chocolate icing (chocolate buttercream whipped together with chocolate ganache!) and a small swirl of peanut butter on top.
The Red Velvet Cupcake is stuffed with a traditional cream cheese filling and frosted with the remaining red-tinted vanilla buttercream icing.
The Lemon Cupcake is beyond yummy! It is filled with an amazing homemade fresh raspberry curd (oh so smooth and delicious) and frosted with a lemony-lemon icing.
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I feel lucky that I could put this cake together and I’m pooped out … and my feet hurt. And the cake was yummy so that was worth it? It is to me during this season of my life. Since I can’t work in rehab because we live in Europe, I will gladly enjoy the amazing travel opportunities. I get to bake cakes and cupcakes and see the world. The next season of my life I hope to land in rehab. Doesn’t that sound like fun!?
I hope to make some new friends in this new church community.
*The German Flag for reference.
Made a version of this cake for the upcoming Germany vs Algeria football World Cup game – thanks for the great idea!