Cake Testing...

We went cake testing to two difference bakeries. We had two very different experiences. The first bakery had great cake but we took the cake home and to choose the decorations will work with the catering lady at the hotel. The second place was more what you think about when you think cake taste testing. We walked into a small conference room with a variety of sample cakes placed around the room. The lady assigned to us walked us through pictures as we picked and talked about how we would like the cake to look. Then brought out two plates. WOW! this is cake tasting. yum!

The first three rows are mousses for the middle of the cakes, then comes three jams and two custards, finally followed by the fruit/butter cream choices, white butter cream, chocolate butter cream, mocha butter cream, hazelnut butter cream, cream cheese butter cream, and lemon butter cream.

From the top of the plate is banana cake, devils food cake, chocolate chiffon. Directly below that is vanilla chiffon, yellow cake, and almond pound cake. The last row is carrot cake without raisins and red velvet.

We had a great time taking a little cake and a little bit of various middles. Oh the options we came up with were amazing. Steve's favorite was carrot cake with cream cheese butter cream. My favorite was a toss up between banana cake with white butter cream and devils food with raspberry jam and mocha butter cream. So we went with devils food and strawberry butter cream. :)