Full Tutorial for this cake Here! *** My extremely talented and creative and artistic grandma (she even has her own facebook page, how cute is that?) has been an artist using various mediums for more years then I have been alive. She has sorta been on a watercolor kick in the last few years, and I am SO glad she is. Her talent with watercolor is truly awesome!
A few years ago she gifted me with this:
Hydrangeas are one of my favorite flowers, so this piece is so special to me! As I gazed at it the other day… it hit me. I gotta make this a cake!
Seriously. Who thinks like that??? So I made this.
I am not inventing the wheel here. Is that how the saying goes? Or should I say, “I am not re-inventing the wheel here?”
Ugh. Lets just blame pregnancy brain. So this is just my take on it! 🙂 Although I love the periwinkle and cool tones the best, I really wanted to capture the color scheme that my grandma created in her art. And then, because I am determined to FORCE Spring into my life, I made the inside the most spring like flavor I could imagine. Lemon. Seriously, I don’t even like lemon cake. Or, at least I didn’t think I did! This is a white cake (recipe here) with lemon curd filling and lemon frosting covered in buttercream crumb coat and buttercream hydrangeas.
Lemon Curd Filling
Ingredients
- 1/2 c fresh lemon juice
- 1 tbsp. cornstarch
- 6 tbsp. butter
- 3/4 c white sugar
- 4 egg yolks beaten
Instructions
- In medium saucepan, mix together lemon juice and cornstarch until smooth.
- Add butter and sugar and bring mixture to boil over medium heat. Stir constantly for one minute. In small bowl use a whisk to beat egg yolks until smooth. Add in a small amount of the hot lemon mixture to the egg yolks. (this is tempering the eggs) Now pour the egg mixture back into the sauce pan, whisking rapidly until fully combined.
- Reduce heat to low and stir constantly until reach desired thickness. Don’t let it come to a boil again! (takes about five minutes)
- Refrigerate for at least two hours.
- Make sure its cool before adding to cake. Its a good idea to make this ahead of time so your cake assembly can be easier!
Did you make this recipe?
Thank you for making my recipe! You took pictures, right? Well go ahead and post them on Instagram! Be sure to mention me @iambaker and use the hashtag #YouAreBaker.
I made my favorite buttercream frosting for the flowers, and I used the entire amount! So even though the recipe is for a large quantity, I used it all. I just separated it into three bowls then added pink, light purple, and dark purple to each bowl respectively. This cake is truly delicious. Moist. Full of different flavors and taste bud tingling sensations. Can you just imagine it at a bridal shower or even as miniature centerpieces at a wedding??? This post was getting kinda long so I decided not to include the tutorial for the cake. If that is something of interest, just let me know. I didn’t know if it was pretty self-explanatory or not. 🙂
It’s a fantastic presentation to kick off the spring.
Kisses and good week
Hi Amanda,
I’ve been following your blog for a little while, and I’m just done meeting all of your baby shower guests. I feel like I’m crashing your party 🙂 Just wanted to say congrats on the shower, wish you a speedy delivery and a healthy baby boy. You have wonderfully creative and talented friends! Enjoy your party!
I don’t even know where to start!! Ok, first things first!! Wishing you great happiness and joy on the imminent arrival of your new little boy!!!!
Secondly – even on my BEST day, I could not pull off a cake like that and I am not even pregnant! The cake is absolutely gorgeous and would be perfect for a baby or wedding shower!
Finally, what a beautiful watercolor of hydrangeas and what a treasure from your Grandmother!!
Can’t wait to “meet” the newest little baker!!!
Beautiful cake Amanda! You just amaze me every time. And you must be one of the most patient people around to be able to ice like that. So purty!
This cake is SO stunning! You are amazing… Just amazing. But, it should also be mentioned that you’re not supposed to bring something to your *own* shower, silly girl. 🙂 You should relax!
Amanda, Honestly, when does you genius stop? I thought the ribbon cake was the most stunning peice of work I had ever seen. You trumped yourself!! This cake is STUNNING STUNNING STUNNING! You are so gifted! Congrats and Best Wishes on the new addition!
Amanda you certainly deserve this baby shower! I hope you feel special today and every day! Congrats!
And I just want to tell you that it is such a tribute to your grandma to make this cake inspired by her. How very blessed you are to have her in your life. The cake is beautiful and I love to see the slice on the plate. Truly a work of art!
♥- Katrina
Congrats on Baby #4!!! Hydrangeas are my favorite too and this cake is blowing my mind. I love it! And I am so glad Spring is here. I’m sure I will go into lemon overload. This cake would be perfect for Mother’s Day!! I love everything you do and again, Congratulations!!
This is such a pretty cake! The dome shape works nicely to show off all of the beautiful flowers! Thank you very much for the sweet link to me as well, my hydrangea cupcakes are one of my favorite projects of all time!
This is awesome. I may be somewhat of a newbie to the whole cake decorating area, so a tutorial would be WONDERFUL!!