The Great Ganache Experiment

I just love baking and I love cakes. I love experimenting and trying new things with cakes.
I worked at buttercream, found an acceptable style, and moved on to fondant. I'm not so good at that, but it's doable. My newest quest has been ganache. It's fairly simple, if you don't completely mess it up. Take cream and chocolate chips. Bring the cream to a boil, take it off the heat, and pour it over the chocolate chips. Let it sit for a few, then stir it up. It can be poured like icing when hot, whipped into fluffiness, used as plain ol frosting, or made into candy... Just, whatever you do, do not attempt to do dishes while making it.

Candied Pecans

Beautiful Cake #1

Beautiful Cake #2

Buttercream Frosting

Custard Filling

Chopped pecans for the filling

My lil helper

Pecan custard filling

You have no idea how scared I was to start the frosting process...
turned out pretty good, huh?

I had to frost the top because the ganache turned out super thin

So far so good...

Oops

Beautiful pecans

Did it look better messy, or "on purpose" messy?

Dad with his anniversary necklace 

Mom in her anniversary necklace

Dad with his necklace over his nose...

The last couple of cakes I made inexplicably turned out flat and dense. I blame it on the dumb baking soda and my amazing mental math skills. I am just so thrilled that this one turned out so well. I just got happier and happier as the afternoon went by... mostly.