I didn’t have black currents, and I was aiming for more of a pastel coloured butter cream. Luckily, they had just started to bloom and I gathered a handful, deciding that their delicate blooms were the only decoration my tall, pink cake needed.įor the petal pink frosting, I use a combination of strawberries and blueberries (both from frozen). The morning I planned to serve this cake (more details on our afternoon tea party below), I headed to check on a little patch of bluebells that grow near our house. It is a bit of a long process, starting with the fruit puree and finishing with the buttercream, but it is broken down into manageable steps and a very well written recipe. I knew the recipe was going to be a smashing success, and I worked with confidence. The whole cake process went much faster the second time around. I’ve got a few slices stashed in the freezer for Saturday, when we will be eating wedding cake along with the Royal wedding guests as well as toasting our own anniversary. Once for an afternoon tea with friends (and these photos) and again for Mother’s Day with family. I made this cake from start to finish, twice. And the fact that this cake was created in London…well, it felt meant to be. Something about the soft petal pink frosting drew me in and those stunning interior stripes presented a challenge I had yet to master as a baker. Since Harry and Meghan’s wedding happens to fall on my own wedding anniversary to Danny (’tis true!), I knew we had to celebrate with cake…and not just any cake.Įver since I read through my copy of Sweet by Yotam Ottolenghi and Helen Goh, I’ve wanted to try their Lemon Blackcurrant Stripe Cake. Read on for the recipe, the inspiration, the occasion and loads of photos. It’s a light-as-a-feather lemon sponge cake, layered (vertically!) with a decadent berry buttercream and adorned with the first spring wildflowers. Today’s recipe is a mini wedding cake in honour of their union. With half of my heritage so firmly rooted in Great Britain, it’s no surprise that I am closely following the details for Prince Harry and Meghan’s upcoming wedding. I’ve also come across a few very interesting last names in my expanded family tree names like ‘Middleton’ and ‘Townsend’, which, if you follow the Royal family or watch The Crown, may ring a bell. The names of my paternal grandmother ‘greats’ fascinate me – Bridget, Mary, Clara, Edith – so very proper and lovely. I‘ve been deep diving into my British heritage lately, staying up late on those ancestry websites, and tracing the Wimbush name back for centuries.
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