Arielle's 23rd Birthday

Arielle’s birthday was May 2^nd. I made her small chocolate cakes with a chocolate cylinder to hold the cake together. Inside the cylinder were four layers of cake with caramel layers between them. They were then topped with chocolate ganache and strawberry compote with fresh cut on top.

As many of you know we are moving to Michigan to go to the University of Michigan. I got her a UM Sherpa lined zip hoodie and some t-shirts. My parents got her a UM t-shirt and a UM sock monkey. Her parents got her a gift card to Pottery Barn which is really nice since we have been saving up for a nice bed from Pottery Barn. Overall I think her birthday went pretty well.

Arielle's 22nd Birthday Cake

I made a chocolate cake for Arielle's 22nd birthday. I got the cake recipes from Food Network but I came up with the filling, frosting, and sauce on my own. The filling between the two layers is a raspberry filling.

 

 The frosting is a chocolate ganache. I attempted to make a white chocolate ganache to marble with the chocolate ganache but the white ganache turned out too liquid so I used at as a sauce to drizzle over the cake. Overall it came out great and was the best cake I have made so far. Arielle's parents and mine both really enjoyed it as well.