60

My mother was turning 60 and I wanted to surprise her with a cake for her birthday party:

The cake is a classic Danish layered cake but with 4 layers to the usually 3 layers. 2 layers are of a classic sponge cake. The other 2 layers are chocolate mud cakes. The filling is one with chocolate and caramel cream and two with raspberry and mascarpone cream. When cutting the cake it makes wonderful looking 'strips' pieces. The coting of the cake is a marzipan layer and then covered with white fondant to make a smooth finish.

Everything on the cake is hand made. Even the roses and leaves. This is only my second time making roses and leaves. I have used templates to cut them out and they are made of fondant. My mother's favorite colors are purple.