31/08/2026
This one was a bit of a “let’s see what we can make with what we have” cake. 😅
It was a birthday cake for my partner’s friend, and I knew he liked chocolate cake, so chocolate it had to be. The only problem was… I had a very short time to make it, and I didn’t have quite enough chocolate ganache to cover the whole cake the way I originally planned.
I used the leftover gum paste anthurium flowers from a previous cake, added some leaves, and even found a few black cherries left over from making jam. Somehow, all these little leftovers came together better than I expected.
The chocolate cake ended up with this slightly rustic, almost antique-looking finish, with the golden details, anthuriums and cherries adding just enough drama.
And honestly, I’m pretty happy with how this one turned out.